Tom Geiger

Just drink it! ?

And model cars

Today’s back breaking project! I’ve had the numbers for awhile, finally got them out of the garage today! Very pleased with the results!

I once wanted a picture of a Mr Softee ice cream truck... don’t Google “Mr Softee”!

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The Nova looks great!

Many years ago I was putting in a new outlet. My wife’s brother is mechanically inept and told me to stop, I was going to get electrocuted! I told him it wasn’t an issue because the power was off. His response, “What about the electricity that’s still in the wires!” I had a lamp in the room so I told him I had already drained the wires with that lamp. That satisfied him!

In my earliest eBay days I could go through the scale model category in an hour... yea, it was all lumped together in one category and there wasn't much to go through! And a good number of auctions did not have pictures. Just like old time classified ads so we didn't think it all that unusual. The minute I saw eBay I knew I could make money on it. I experimented around a bit... I bought myself a cheap scanner so I could scan model box lids. I sold a lot of models I wish I still had today! The US Postal Service had just launched Priority Mail and it only cost $2.99 for up to 2 pounds! I then discovered I could sell old car brochures. That was my big collectible prior to getting into model cars in a big way. Back in the 1980s I would attend the New York Auto Show on the last day and pick up sealed cases of brochures the manufacturers were abandoning. I used these to trade with International folks for brochures from their country. First I put a few up for auction. Auctions cost a quarter to start back then. Immediately I got bidding activity for brochures that were only 10-15 years old! I was in business! I found I could put up 100 auctions a week and sell most of them for decent money. It was unusual for something not to sell, and not unusual for a brochure to go $10-20. I found my market was people who owned the actual cars. I was making $1000 a month profit which really helped my family! Slowly but surely eBay got out of control. There eventually were too many sellers, all selling the same things! I knew my days were limited when new sellers would show up offering the same brochures I started at $2.99 plus $2.99 postage, at a dollar with a dollar postage. These guys didn't even know they couldn't mail the thing for a dollar! But they screwed up my business enough that it eventually wasn't worth selling anymore. The heyday had run it's course!

Yea, back in the day I won a rare item for my stamp collection with a 10 second snipe. The guy I beat emailed me congratulations! I had lots of great email conversations with folks I bought from or sold items to. It was part of the collector to collector honor environment that Pierre set up when he started eBay for his girlfriend to trade her Pez dispensers. On the opposite end, there were a lot of folks doing outside deals.. people would contact me to sell off site, others would offer me same item I was bidding on for less. Who knows if those folks even had the item to sell.

Keep in mind that the Coke branded kits are targeted at Coca Cola memorabilia collectors, which actually is a bigger audience than actual model car builders. Most of these kits will never be built, just the box art displayed on a shelf. For those that actually break the shrink wrap, they will find the red plastic pleasing. If indeed they attempt to build one, they’d likely not be painting it. The Coke folks will also appreciate the Coke machines etc included in these kits as well as the beautiful decal sheets provided. Just be pleased Round 2 found another avenue to sell kits. It goes to the bottom line that helps us all!

Very nice build! One of my favorite kits. I have a tub of parts kits. I also have one old restorable junker that’s been calling my name! It’s one of those kits that when I see one cheap at a show, I’ll always grab another copy!

From other cars

Looks great! Show us how the chassis looks from underside. I’ve been sizing up some mini truck chassis under classic bodies myself!

Boom! Boom! Boom! ?

I agree. One of the issues with annuals is that if the tooling exists, it’s in the last known version. So we will never see that 1977 era Chevette again. If that tool still includes the bonus parts, it would be great to issue that last version with those extras.

Nice truck! I liked the story too.. until you told us we were swindled! ? I will give you a real story! Back in the 1950s the Students dealer in Keyport New Jersey was Percy Washington. He did well until Studebaker went belly up in 1966. He wanted to pick up another make, but none of the US manufacturers would grant him a dealership because he was black. Percy wasn’t going out though. He took a chance on a little known Japanese brand called Datsun. People thought he’d be out in a year, but he promoted the heck out of Datsun and convinced a lot of his former customers and town folk to take a chance on it. Of course we all know Datsun went on to be a huge success. I bought my 1982 Nissan Stanza from him. Percy is long dead but the dealership is a block long up on the highway!

Good health to you going forward! ?

And Dutch people will show up in wooden shoes!

Eating Scooter Pies

When the Challengers first came out, I wound up with one as a rental car. The moment I got into it, it was like being transported back to my 73 Barracuda. Same interior.. even the same blind spots!

MCW has a bunch of bodies.. the different roof lines etc. Recently saw they were showing 71s on Facebook

I was exposed to Corvettes from Stingray thru the mid seventies because my friend Larry and his brother always had a few. They tried to entice me into their ranks by letting me drive and even borrow cars. Once he went on vacation and had one car too many to lock in the garage so he lent it to me. Fun but not my cup-0-tea! Edit- His mail lady was about his age and had a Corvette.. always started conversations.. they’ve been married 30 something years!

This ad just popped up to further the point..

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I was watching a documentary on the Vancouver serial killer who would lure prostitutes to his pig farm to torture and kill them. They never did find any bodies.. he’d mix it in with the hog remains from butchering pigs and drop it in the big bin down the pig rendering plant.. you know my first thought! The show didn’t touch upon it at all!