84vanagon Posted March 28, 2009 Posted March 28, 2009 I was looking at some of my model car magazines, and I ran across this cool cover car. I know at least one of you can identify the well known, well liked and very accomplished builder. No cheating please (LOL).
84vanagon Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 Just a guess, but in 1962... Bob Paeth? No, but good guess! The builder frequents the board.
Foxer Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 I was chopping tops in 1962, but there CAN'T be anyone here older than me!!!!! eheh
Foxer Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 No, not Foxer or Art Anderson. omg.. I never meant for me to be in consideration with these masters. was just joking...
84vanagon Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 Good guess Andy, but no. Keep trying though! He frequents the board a lot.
E St. Kruiser50 Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) I was looking at some of my model car magazines, and I ran across this cool cover car. I know at least one of you can identify the well known, well liked and very accomplished builder. No cheating please (LOL). OH MY GOSH I used to own a copy of this mag with MY MODEL on the cover, but lost it in a move from California up here to Oregon. I was "BLOWN AWAY" when I clicked on here and saw your post. Do you own this Issue?? I'm looking for just one for my own collection of things from my past. Maybe even just a glossy copy of the cover?? This was my very first scratch-built car model, starting with a 1961 Pontiac Tempest. It was Named "THE PINK LEPRECHAUN". It was pink pearl. I was just 18 years old. It was in Rod & Custom also. Hope I didn't spoil your fun Don. Do I get a prize??? Edited March 29, 2009 by Treehugger Dave
84vanagon Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 OH MY GOSH I used to own a copy of this mag with MY MODEL on the cover, but lost it in a move from California up here to Oregon. Do I get a prize??? Ding, Ding, Ding... we have a winner! I wasn't 100% sure it was yours Dave, but your last name is kind of unusual. You didn't spoil the fun. I wondered how long it would take for you to find it.
RodBurNeR Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 I never would have guessed. That's really cool though, it's great to know of things like this.
Terry Sumner Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 That is very cool! Don, can you scan the cover page and post it?
E St. Kruiser50 Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 I was looking at some of my model car magazines, and I ran across this cool cover car. I know at least one of you can identify the well known, well liked and very accomplished builder. No cheating please (LOL). This is so amazing 47 years later after the event, and 32 years after moving here to Oregon, and losing this most cherished of all my memorabilia, Don in a PM, said he is mailing this mag to me. Please everyone, tell Don what a great gesture and gift this is to a fellow modeler. Don, I have no words to tell you how much I appreciate this. Thank you my friend, for being so kind and generous - dave
Art Anderson Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 Well, I turned 18 in the summer of '62, and was into customs and rods, but NOWHERE near your level, Dave! Nice work, especially given the times, the kits available, and the primitive materials we had to deal with. Art Anderson
84vanagon Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 Here is a cover shot for Terry. And for Dave, as you can see it's not pristine, but it's a very good "reader". I have had many years of enjoyment looking at it. I get a kick looking at these old car model magazines! The models are neat to look at, and it's a real treat to see a name that you know, especially in these golden oldies. What y'all did with the limited supplies, and the imagination that was put into many of the models still amaze me. Do you still have the model? If not have you ever thought of recreating it? I know even junker Tempest build ups don't come cheap, but how cool would it be to have "THE PINK LEPRECHAUN" back on your shelf!
E St. Kruiser50 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Here is a cover shot for Terry. And for Dave, as you can see it's not pristine, but it's a very good "reader". I have had many years of enjoyment looking at it. I get a kick looking at these old car model magazines! The models are neat to look at, and it's a real treat to see a name that you know, especially in these golden oldies. What y'all did with the limited supplies, and the imagination that was put into many of the models still amaze me. Do you still have the model? If not have you ever thought of recreating it? I know even junker Tempest build ups don't come cheap, but how cool would it be to have "THE PINK LEPRECHAUN" back on your shelf! It never seizes to amaze me when something like this comes out of nowhere, and the rush is so incredible, and the feelings so deep. Unfortunately, this model doesn't exist anymore. Things disappeared after several moves. Funny how that happen's. Now that I have pic's front and rear, I may at some point in the future, try to recreate it. That'd be a lot of fun. Much gratitude Don - dave Edited March 30, 2009 by Treehugger Dave
camaroman Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 What a cool post!!! Thanks for the history lesson.... Now i know how Dave developed those great skills seen in "The Graham"..... long years of doing "it"
E St. Kruiser50 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) What a cool post!!! Thanks for the history lesson.... Now i know how Dave developed those great skills seen in "The Graham"..... long years of doing "it" ".....LONG YEARS OF DOING IT". You got that right - 59 this year. Took me 54 years of building to get good enough to build the "GRAHAM". You'd think I'd be better at this in that length of time Guess some of us are just "Late Bloomer's" - . Well, better late than never . Edited March 30, 2009 by Treehugger Dave
Foxer Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 I'd love to see scans of the article once Dave receives it.. pleaseeeee....?
84vanagon Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 I'd love to see scans of the article once Dave receives it.. pleaseeeee....? Hi Mike. The magazine was like the new contest annuals. There were no articles on each car, but Dave did score on the cover and having the first TWO pictures under "The Ten Best Model Cars". "Chosen by the Editors of Rod & Custom and Car Craft Magazines"! WOW!
Hizoot Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Dave this IS just toooo cooool for schooool, I still have fond memoies of my old builds but to have one as a cover queen..! Well, like the TV commercial says " PRICELESS " ! Hizoot
E St. Kruiser50 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Dave this IS just toooo cooool for schooool, I still have fond memoies of my old builds but to have one as a cover queen..! Well, like the TV commercial says " PRICELESS " ! Hizoot PRICELESS IS RIGHT, not so much the cover thing, but life itself. I have some of the best experiences and memories from the past, a person could have, but even more important to me is the friends I have been gifted with. No one, especially me, deserves the wonderful friends I have, who, more than anything else, help me be a more whole and complete person. No one ever achieves anything of value in life without the people most important to them, because we are all the sum-total of the people we surround ourselves with, and share our lives with. I am who I am because of my "PRICELESS" friends and family who love me, without them and my Faith, I am nothing, and life for me would be worthless!!! Edited March 31, 2009 by Treehugger Dave
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