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    Let's go with that.
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    I would just look at it from a historical perspective.
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    Lesney did indeed produce plastic model kits, branded as Matchbox. ?
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    https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tow411/1979-chevy-w-holmes-commander-1200-t62594.html
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    History of the Captain Hook program. It appears a limited amount were actually built. https://holmeswreckers.com/captain_hook.htm
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    Here is a selection of Holmes wreckers with the General Motors style sculpted body sides. I am noticing differences in details, such as the light bars and the sculpting that loops up and over them.
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    FWIW, Holmes did offer tow units for 1/2-ton through 1-ton truck chassis, the model 220. The boom resembles the Midnite Cowboy unit. According to a Bring A Trailer post, there was even a 220 mounted on an '81 Toyota N30. What is the wheelbase on the Midnite Cowboy?
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    From a long-gone listing. Sorry images aren't larger. Note the cropped pickup bed sides.
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    I recall seeing Sleeping Bag on MTV, once. For me the song itself became background music to the action of the video and afterwards I had no memory of it. Kinda like OK GO videos for me. ?
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    Yeah, I have some like those. I also have some old Polaroid cameras as well. In my college days I got use out of my larger folding cameras by loading print paper in where the film would sit, one shot at a time in a "dark bag". Afterward I contact printed the negative with another piece of print paper. Not convenient at all, but I did get some interesting shots.
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    I heard a fascinating radio interview with him. Utterly fascinating.
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    I still have all my old darkroom stuff, a ton of obsolete cameras, and I think a bunch of slide mounts as well. Don't know what I'm going to do with it all.
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    “The cutting edge of the civilized mind is the hand of the craftsman.”—Dr. Bronowski “A person who works with his hands is a laborer. A person who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. A person who works with his hands, his brain and his heart is an artist.” —Louis Nizer I don't know who the quoted people were, but the quotes came from the website of the Craftsmanship Museum, located in California. https://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/craftsmanship-topic/
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    FWIW: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/from-scratch-word-history-origin I don't expect this to settle arguments, but the history of the term is fascinating nonetheless.
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    A different approach...
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    Has anyone even offered decals in scale? Such an iconic livery.
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    I'm just getting into this band, the dB's. '80s alternative/college rock is fascinating...
  25. Brian Austin
    That resin cab looks nice. FWIW, here's what a typical frame of the period looks like. https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1942_47/4247csm204.htm More info: https://vccachat.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/125810/old-online-chevy-manuals-links-update-1946-48.html
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