I would love to know the back story....

[Reeves Racing]

This is just weird... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-25-Vintage-1-24-Custom-Made-Wagons-for-junkyard-diorama-parts-restore-/381470324097?hash=item58d1673581:g:tz8AAOSwLzdWTNSR

 

[IceMan Collections]

The back story?  Shouldn't you ask the seller for that?

[cobraman]

Somebody liked wagons.

[Junkman]

Somebody liked wagons.

Are you sure?

[Reeves Racing]

Somebody liked wagons.

Definitely, and Judge Wapner but K-Mart sucks.

[Erik Smith]

Pun intended?

[John Goschke]

That is some pretty trippy work there! Fun to look at once you see that there aren't any AMT '58 annuals or early Johan kits!

 

 

[fog cutter]

if one was posted here they would be slathered with accolades. we need to encourage new builders of all abilities lest the hobby fall into ruin.

 

at $4.00 each, if someone got a hood, grille, or bumper, out of each it would be a deal. anything else a bonus.

[XJ6]

What so weird about it ? I click on the link you provided and to me just another eBay sell am I missing something here ?

[Harry P.]

God bless ebay!

[Rob Hall]

A lot look pretty fake and crude, like two door coupes with stuff stuck on the back..maybe built by a kid..

Edited December 19, 2015 by Rob Hall

[Atmobil]

Looks like there is a Ford GT90 in there aswell. Who made a kit of that?

[1930fordpickup]

Looks like there is a Ford GT90 in there aswell. Who made a kit of that?

Amt snapfast. kit. 

[Atmobil]

Ah, that makes sense

Looks like it has a topper from a pickup put on it. I wonder how much one could salvage from this lot. With some careful use of tools and maybe after a time in the freezer one could possibly get most parts off and hopefully be able to strip most of the paint.

[Russell C]

Somebody liked wagons.

Smothered 'em with love, maybe. Nevertheless, that green woody with the '39 Ford fenders & grille isn't a half bad idea, or it could be with better execution.

[DeeCee]

Any more than $5 the lot  is over priced i think.   

[Daddyfink]

Someone had models, balsa wood, odd paints and lots of glue! 

That person probably got told that those are old models and probably worth a bunch, hence the experiment began!

Odds are these might be from an estate sale and they have not clue what they are even selling. 

[louie]

To each their own. More power to ya. Whatever floats your boat. I guess what I am trying to get out is I am just happy to see the hobby taking in as many directions as possible and that one is definitely a difference direction.  Thank you.     

Jeff 

[Ace-Garageguy]

If you actually look at what's in the photos, it's apparent many of the models are really dirty...the kind of grime that comes from years of open storage. The newest subject is the red circa-2001 Mopar-looking thing second down, top left...so this builder was still working at least as late as that.

The shaky detail painting implies either a very young or a very old builder, or someone with impaired motor control.

The work all appears to have been done by the same person, but the colors are interesting...as though the builder was given one color to work with for each model.

The modifications, though very poorly done, appear to me to be too ambitious for a very young builder...especially the woody conversions, which wouldn't have much relevance to a child...

The obsession with station-wagons (the one exception being the stretch-limo, third down from top right) is interesting, but so is the apparent complete and utter lack of any appreciation of form and line.

And it would seem to me that anyone with the least semblance of a rational, critical-thinking-capable brain would have given up on this particular hobby after the third or fourth attempt having failed to produce anything remotely resembling good work.

My first guess was that these may have been built as a kind of occupational therapy by someone with problems...but...after looking at the seller's site, it appears this particular builder did many more models at a similar skill level. Probably not a kid, judging from the others.

The $99.99 asking bid is insane, as are the prices this seller has attached to other models on his auction site obviously from the same builder's collection. Apparently the seller has no more idea of what constitutes "good" and "value" than the builder had of the meaning of "craftsmanship".

If this is really the best someone can do and they enjoy it, fine, but it chaps my backside to see some clown offering this trash for money.

Whatever.

It seems Ebay has an entire sub-culture of idiots selling worthless garbage to idiots. Ain't technology grand.

Edited December 19, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[Petetrucker07]

It looks like the only wagon, is the Nomad. Everything else is "custom". 

Good for a few parts, but way over priced. 20 bucks at most.

[louie]

Ace - Garageguy, you definitely said it all. I just could not get out what I was thinking about this topic. And about the price for those models, again Ace - Garageguy you hit the nail on the head. Thank you.       Jeff 

[fog cutter]

they also could have been built as a group therapy project. maybe more recent than 2001 if they were donated kits.

[6bblbird]

I just made an offer!

[Erik Smith]

I just made an offer!

"I'll take them off your hands if you ship them to me for free"?

Those models, as well as a large portion of the seller's others, are one person's therapy. Nothing more. They are not worth a penny in my world excpet to a family member or something.  It looks like they were stored in an attic or garage for years and the seller didn't even clean off the spider webs and or fecal matter. Don't even get me started on the price...

[Ace-Garageguy]

"... and the seller didn't even clean off the spider webs and or fecal matter..."

That's rare and collectible spider webs and fecal matter, son.  

Edited December 20, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy