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Danno

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  1. There's been some discussion about the old AMT car hauler trailer and about building a car hauler with a load of vehicles. I have had one of the trailers for a number of years and have always had a notion about loading it with new police cars. Well, a good friend of mine, Harold Oswald, beat us all to it. He recently won our local club's monthly contest (theme was "Commercial and Professional Vehicles") with his creation. It is a replica of a Cooper auto transport from the midwest, circa 1956 with a load of new '57 Chevys on their way to a dealer for introduction night. The tractor is an R&R resin body on the Lindberg Dodge COE chassis; some of the Chevys are Modelhaus resin, some AMT, and a Revell Black Widow. Harold maintains that the colors and markings are authentic for Jack Cooper Auto Transport, but since Harold's the only one in our club who's a former car salesman from Nebraska in the 50's and 60's, we have to take his word for it! Harold built each of the Chevys to represent a different series/model and engine/transmission combination. Harold swears all the hubcaps are in the trunks! I think his build is terrific!! If you want to see more, check out MoonlightModelers.com. Thanks!
  2. Pumper will be separate. Wait until you see the lowboy's load! Let's just say (for now) that it is non-automotive!
  3. Great news! It's getting closer ...
  4. You should be able to get one on ebay in a year or so. Or, you should be able to get a new one in 2 - 5 months.
  5. Bitchin'!!! {Can we say that here?} Love the traffic signal magnifier!
  6. John, Regardless, you should contact USPS and report it lost/missing or stolen if you haven't already. Even though you didn't purchase the tracking, since it was sent Priority Mail there is some degree of internal tracking involved by USPS. It could just have been misplaced and will turn up. Reporting it alerts them to look. And, make certain the Postal Inspection Service is involved or at least notified. If it is more than misplaced, they will want to know about it ... theft from the mail is treated very seriously whether external or internal. Good luck!
  7. Oh, that? Well, okay! Technicality; Case dismissed. After all, it IS all about you! By the way, Keemo Sabe, ... Very nice build!! And I, too, am looking forward to getting my paus ... er, paws ... on a couple of those little guys! Mahalo nui loa.
  8. That is SO wrong on so many levels!!! But it is SO RIGHT! Too! Great imagination; great imagineering; great execution! The future is yours! What a terrific marriage of Corvette and Beatnik Bandit! What a collaboration of Shinoda and Roth! Pure Ten out of Ten!
  9. Another vote for "Round!"
  10. The prosecution rests. (Book'em Danno!)
  11. Just trying to help out ole Flash! Seems he's gotten himself into a predicky-ment! My new year's resolution is to stay out of predicky-ments!
  12. Brian, the black headers look great! Hey, do you have any stock Model T wheels?
  13. Be aware the LACOFD Paramedic Squad Kit you are referring to is a 2005 series, not the 1970s series like Squad 51. You'll note the utility body is different than Squad 51's utility body (the part referred to as 'the bed.' While SSB's kit looks great, it is nowhere close to the Emergency! squad and won't help you replicate Squad 51. Also, the decal sets SSB offers are for replicas of specific FDNY companies and won't help you with your Emergency! Squad 51. I can't see the decal sheet that's included with the 2005 squad kit, so I don't know if it is similar to the 1970s markings.
  14. Very interesting. Good result!
  15. Danno

    2002 Camaro SS

    Nice! Really nice!
  16. ONLY 9 DAYS AWAY!!
  17. Nice, Zoli! But it's too small. (I'm a scale bigot.)
  18. Looking good.
  19. WHOA! That's ultra neat.
  20. Not until you finish your T.C. Coach!
  21. Dude, Hamsters, running in place in their hamster exercise wheels are the epitome ... the very icon ... of the "rat race." They present the non-verbal image that all the other drivers (not the cool, savvy, with-it playas in the Soul) are trapped in place in their unchanging, dismal existences in traffic while the cool dudes roll around in the Soul.
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