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Tidewater Automotive society - Norfolk Virginia , bout three hours from Dee, Cee twelve north from Charlotte N C , Three ana half from Raliegh and about an hour east of Richmond . V F W Post 4809 5728 Bartee Street Norfolk Virginia 23502 Novacane - Hurricane theme 29 classes 7am -9am vendor set up 9-1pm entries accepted 9-3pm swap meet and raffle 1-3pm judging What its gonna cost ya : Adult 10.00 unlimited entries Teen , 13-18 3.00 unlimited entries junior 13and under unlimited entries free Walk in de door to see why we do this .......... DONATIONS Raffle tickets 1.00 or 6/ 5.00 50/50 raffle 1.00 ea. 15.00 8ft swap table Greg Layton 757- 548o764 or redwagon 122@aol.com Jerry Quick 757-4686854 or tamsmodeler@aol.com

I may have steped in dooo do as I will probably have to stay here in Richmond Va and wont be able to attend Raliegh on the 12th . Please excuse me for not being there but It was totaly unforseen . I MIGHT I DID SAY MIGHT make Charlotte on the 26th Ed Shaver

Kevin , from what I can decern here it looks very nice . I used to drive a Astro 95 in Houston . I only saw a few Bison Cabs never worked or drove one . Ed Shaver

Looks attractive there , I like it , so there it's a good job ! Ed Shaver

Mike, that picture of you and your father are absolutely priceless ! Hop-a - Long Cassidy would even be proud if ya pardner ! I love it when fond memories are shared ! Ed Shaver

Nicholas , just to keep things in perspective - " G " scale and 1-24th scale run out to approximately 1/2 " = foot. Keeping that in mind every time will enable you to get a realistic " Stance " on the project. Look, there are two doll house stores here in Richmond Va . I can put you in touch with Lonnie Bell owner of Bells Exclusives here . He and his wife are very nice and easy to work with. In fact the store is across from a 1951 Crown Central gasoline station / well was a gas station . Google Crown Central to see what they had then . Ed Shaver

Like George 53, I'm nearly 60 myself....... I mowed yards , delivered the newspaper , topped a little Tobacco on the farm , ( HEY NICHOLAS ) and pretty much did what a kid of twelve could do. George , I too had that 61 Ranchero. In fact it's the only model that survived the hurricane that came through Richmond Va in 1973. It was painted in Testors Red. Drug stores , every toy store , Murphys, Woolworths , Roses, Peoples drug- C V S , Walgreens - shoot 7-11 even had models ! I bought gas at 19cents a gallon for the mower and yes , I smoked too, Phillip Morris Comanders - .30 cents a pack . Ed Shaver

Gee, I bet theres a whoe passle of James Dean Wanna bees out der that want that Porshe.......................... Ed Shaver

Nicholas, how many projects you have working currently ? By my count , at least 10 ! Whew............... Uh yes the farm , well shucks man , hit a couple of Doll house building stores . Tell them you're doing quarter scale , they translate that to 1-24th. Did you see the article in diorama about doing buildings from Foam Core called Walls The Easy Way ? I wish you were near Mount Vernon Va, I helped do a large model of Washingtons plantation about ten twelve years ago with a friend . Uh ya haven't given me much to comment on . Go to Michiaels and check out the animals that they have near the models , Some of them are in 1-24th scale . I used a few in the Pure station thats probably on page 4 in Dioramas . Ed Shaver

Bill, David Mc David Pontiac in Fort Worth would be proud of you . He had a beautiful 59 Convertable that used to sit in the showroom at the dealership on Camp Bowie Blvd JHis dog Wide Track , a Great Dane was always a faithful comanion too. Hey , that was an automobile ! Ed Shaver

Nicholas , Carl is correct. we have a " G " scale dealer here in Richmond Va. I refer to the place as the Toy museuem and the N A Z I 's that work there really are offended when someone disturbs their moment of tranquility as the store is in a very " Exclusive " neighborhod . The children all attend prestigious Catholic schools and the " official car is a Volvo Wagon . Now as to the price of that G scale , ya don't wanna know ! Ed Shaver

O K for all you admirers out there , heres the 78 Ford I bought back in June for 100.00 needing a cylinder head , brakes , new gas lines , a clean gas tank , tires and some minor re- wiring : Hey, gets about 15 around town , has good power . Wish I had power steering and a tailgate but hey , can't have everything can ya ! Ed Shaver

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1941 Wyllis Americar --- STOCK 1941 Wyllis truck , stock almost except for the push bar and the grille 1939 Chevrolet Sedan delivery bringing cold Climax Gingerale , ( a local beverage then )

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A mind............ a terrible thing to waste ! Ed Shaver

Scott, wil I may be among the senior bilders here , I have only heard of that piece ! I suppose that was one of the C O 2 propeled racers say 1949-50 ? Very interesting, and thank you for sharing it with us ! Ed Shaver

HOT DANG................... annother candidate for the Jerry Springer Show ! Ed Shaver

BUICK " Y " JOB Studebaker Coupe express pick up Heck I have more but they aint run of the mill carz and I don't own none of em either , cept a 53 Ford Panel Delivery ................ Ed Shaver

Man you HAVE TO BE IN THE OUT BACK TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ! Uh, how do you calculate the fuel milage , by the kilometer ? Ed Shaver

Gee, i wonder if McNamara thought to do any of those neat things you did to the Futura . Kinda makes ya wonder as Henery was always sniffin his hiney! Then too what did he bring to the table , the 58 T- Bird , the Edsel and of course the Falcon , and then he tried to run the Army from the Pentagon ! Ed Shaver

What a wonderful idea for a simply dreadful model , (UH THE BOYD WAGON )....... Meanwhile you will have a model that WILL DRAW ATTENTION , nice ! Ed Shaver

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