MR BIGGS Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Well it's been a few years since my dad'a passing, so I decided to got throught a few of his box's. I know some might not be model related but the last one is. All the stuff I found is all original paper back along with hard copy of the Presedent Kennnedy. and a model car magazine from 1965 called car model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR BIGGS Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) Some of you older model builder's will love this, Might even remember it. Edited February 12, 2009 by MR BIGGS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoengr Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 MrBiggs, I can almost smell the "old magazine" smell. Thanks for jarring the memory bank and especially thanks for sharing. I'll bet you dad is proud that you are taking good care of his memories! Take care...... Bruce from Fargo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James W Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Someone recently posted a built version of the 'VaVaVette' here on the forum. Those old mags are cool and have gotten a new life since the web has everyone exchanging images. Thanks for posting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Flowers Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I am glad that you have the opportunity to go though your Fathers things. I had an stepmother and she did what she wanted with my dads things. We were lucky to get anything of his. Enjoy the memories that you find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR BIGGS Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 MrBiggs, I can almost smell the "old magazine" smell. Thanks for jarring the memory bank and especially thanks for sharing. I'll bet you dad is proud that you are taking good care of his memories! Take care...... Bruce from Fargo locoengr they are as old as me and older. There are afew more things that are real old too. He brought back a few items from WWII when he was there. Nothing of his will be given away or traded, I will keep them for as long as I can. Mustanglover I hate when someone other then the family who does not care a bit of what it is, just keeps someone's stuff just to be a bitch. James this magazine has over 40 page's of good old how to's and kit's I have never seen before. It has a bunch of slot cars finals. It's too much to load up right now, but I will soon. Thanks again guys for looking, I hope it brought back some good memories for you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrodder Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Wow some nice old mags. Real kool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Flowers Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I have a bunch of the old Car Model Magazines . They are nice to look through every now and then. I treasure what I do have from my DAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Treasure that stuff...it will never be the 60's again. I wish I had hung on to my old magazines and "stuff" from that era. Looking at those photos told me one thing....it is official...I am now an old fart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Wow! Seeing those dates on those old mags brings back some childhood memories for me.............some not so pleasant. July 1965..............My mom and dad had just separated on their way to a divorce. My mom took my sister and I from a large 3 bedroom home to a small apartment. From there on it was weekends between two parents and still endless arguing. Anywho..........that is some PRICELESS stuff! The model mags I would want to scan so at least there on some kind of digital format in case something would happen to the mags. The John Kennedy articles appear pretty neat too..............I wouldn't remember much about him as I was just two when he was killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Well, I for one was delivering the Richmond News Leader, now defunct . Somewhere I still have a copy of the paper too. As for car model, yes , Budd Anderson , I had some correspondence with him while he was at A M T . Even today I miss his miscellaneous ramblings in the magazines , he had a lot to say , a lot of it good advice ! Ed Shaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 This thread brings back memories of that era. The happiness, and the tragedies, we will never get back that time, but the memories will linger forever. Did your Dad build model cars? I have been on a kick, building models of cars of significant people in my life, if memory serves me, as my dad built very few models. I only remember two, a 1963 Buick Electra 225 Hardtop (unpainted plastic), and a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible (brush painted black body, everything else unpainted). It's funny, he gave me the cars after he built them, and threw away the rest. I would have loved to have the parts. I have unbuilt kits of the two cars, but I have to build them my way, with at least full body detail and full paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Thank you for showing some of your dad's things. I had the honor of shaking J.F.K.'s hand when he was running for president at a gathering at a sports park in Norfolk, Virginia. A lot of things over the years you tend to forget, but never that moment. Thanks again. P.S. Started building model cars in 1958 ( before that it was planes and ships). Wish I had kept all my old magazines too. I'm glad you are keeping your fathers keepsakes. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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