1/25 figure of a "square" from the 60s needed

[Aaronw]

I'm looking for a 1/24 - 1/25 figure of a fairly "square" 1960s man in a driving position. I know Jimmy Flintstone does a lot of figures but most are scantily clad women, "cool" guys or police officers.

I've had the idea of doing a diorama of an event that happend to my dad when he was a young man and need a driver figure for his part of the story. I'm thinking about using one of the Wierdo kits to play the part of the other car.

In the early 1960s my parents lived in Fresno, CA a (then) small city surrounded by farm land. He owned a stock Model A. One day while driving to work some guy in a "hot rod" with a big skull shift knob sticking out the top, kept trying to engage him in a drag race. Each time they came to a red light the other guy would rev his motor than take off in a cloud of tire smoke when the light turned green. Each time my dad in the Model A just putt putted along to the next light where this other car was waiting. After 3 or 4 lights, the light turned green and my dad started down the road, the hotrod made a great deal of noise but went nowhere. As he pulled off into the distance my dad said he looked into the rearview mirror and he could see a growing pool of oil under the hotrod, with the skull frantically flailing away.

[Ryan S.]

I have no idea about finding the "square" but that's a great story non the less. I can really picture that in my mind. It's perfect diorama material.

[Guest Johnny]

Aaron! Do you mean like the guy that came in the Skip's 59 Ford retractable HT?

He is wearing slacks shirt and tie and a flat hat (golfing hat??) He has one arm up for the steering wheel and the other acros the back of the seat to be around his lady friend!

[DanielG]

You could go to www.walthers.com and dig through the PREISSER figures, 'G' scale.

[The Modeling Hermit]

I get mine from ebay, from a person that goes by ronald6386. He has a very nice selection of "regular people' figures. I do think that the figure from the already mentioned 59 Ford would be an excellent starting point. You'd might want to do some adjustment on the right arm, but that shouldn't be too hard.

[Aaronw]

Is the '59 Ford you guys are talking about the one that has just been reissued with a green and white car on the box art?

[Aaronw]

While I'm asking questions, I haven't actually seen one of these Weird Ohs built up. I realize they are not really scale, but are they of an appropriate size to put alongside a 1/25 model car?

I'm thinking of something like this guy

http://www.megahobby.com/diggerweird-ohsbyhawkmodels.aspx

[glusnifr]

Hasagawa ,makes a set of regular driver figures ,there is a male short haired square ,that sounds just like what you are looking for..

jim

[jbwelda]

another source is the reissue of that pontiac club-de-mer, came with a great 50s looking couple. the guy looks just like ward cleaver so maybe its a bit ur-bane but it might be what youre looking for