Daddyfink Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/17/2020 at 2:48 PM, Dave Van said: PHONE HOME!!!! They had more important toys to make than some dumb van! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) On 3/21/2020 at 5:53 PM, Casey said: Revell 1/4 scale V-8 engine More on this kit, though the narrator doesn't quite get all of the details correct...: Edited March 29, 2020 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) Revell kit H-1499, which never saw the light of day: It seems the Aurora 1/16 scale Racing Scenes kits were very much on Revell's radar, but perhaps the sales numbers meant they weren't as much of a threat as initially feared. Edited April 3, 2020 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 51 minutes ago, Casey said: Revell kit H-1499, which never saw the light of day: It seems the Aurora 1/16 scale Racing Scenes kits were very much on Revell's radar, but perhaps the sales numbers meant they weren't as much of a threat as initially feared. They probably realized how much extra plastic was needed to make LInda and cancelled it! LOL! And that guy is not Shumacher, but he is lucky to be in such nice company! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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unclescott58 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 11:31 AM, Casey said: Revell kit H-1499, which never saw the light of day: It seems the Aurora 1/16 scale Racing Scenes kits were very much on Revell's radar, but perhaps the sales numbers meant they weren't as much of a threat as initially feared. Who is/was Supershoe? I've never heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Nemanic Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Don Shoemacher had the nickname "supershoe". His early cars were called "Stardust" and he also drove the Wonder Wagon cars, to name a few. Currently a team owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Pretty sure he, or his family, started the Schumacher battery charger company. He didn't drive or run the team for all of the Wonderwagon cars, but took the program over when the original guys weren't getting results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 4/5/2020 at 2:35 PM, Vince Nemanic said: Don Shoemacher had the nickname "supershoe". His early cars were called "Stardust" and he also drove the Wonder Wagon cars, to name a few. Currently a team owner. Drag racer? Indy? What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Drag Note the Christmas tree in photo.....above Linda! Edited April 6, 2020 by Dave Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, unclescott58 said: Drag racer? Indy? What? Drag Racing And like i said, that is not even him in the picture! ? Edited April 7, 2020 by Daddyfink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I was never a big drag racing fan, other than of Jungle Jim. But, him using a Camaro that I got as a model as a gift. And later finding out about Jungle Pam. There little question why I know about him. There are others I knew/know of too. And I slight remember his Wonder Wagon above. But, he himself? I had never heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) Here's the Revell Honda CRX mentioned earlier: And the AMT Quad Racer: Edited April 10, 2020 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbusch Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 On 4/5/2020 at 2:35 PM, Vince Nemanic said: Don Shoemacher had the nickname "supershoe". His early cars were called "Stardust" and he also drove the Wonder Wagon cars, to name a few. Currently a team owner. They were called Stardust because the Las Vegas casino by that name was a sponsor of his. It is pretty interesting, his mom and dad were bookies in Chicago and had connections with the casino. This article does not mention it but I read that one of his clients owed him money and that is how he became a partner in the battery charger business https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a2147006/racing-legend-don-schumacher-still-driven-dominate-improve-nhra/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 2/11/2017 at 8:41 PM, Mark said: It was a '66 Chevy pickup, produced from the original SMP/AMT tool. Someone else produced 500 or so assembled promo models from that tool, but the kit never appeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Grabbed one the first chance I got, and I'm glad I did. I'm surprised no more have been produced in the past 20-some years. Biggest difference between original and repro is the vacuformed glass with closed side windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJStyline Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Well this one slipped off my radar- so begins the search... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) On 5/21/2020 at 8:02 PM, ChrisBcritter said: I'm surprised no more have been produced in the past 20-some years.. I would bet the modern AMT '60 and Revell '65/'66 have filled most of the demand for that generation of Chevy pickup, despite the promo's unique longbed. Here's a 1972 AMT sales sheet featuring the never-happened T-529 Ahrens-Fox Piston Pumper: Edited December 12, 2020 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Didn't the Lindberg 1/8th scale competition dragster coupe make it into production in the late '90s early 2000s as a front engined dragster with a Fiat Topolino. Coupe body. Unless it was originally meant to have a different body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Creative Explorer Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 On 12/13/2020 at 12:05 AM, horsepower said: Didn't the Lindberg 1/8th scale competition dragster coupe make it into production in the late '90s early 2000s as a front engined dragster with a Fiat Topolino. Coupe body. Unless it was originally meant to have a different body. I think that the Fiat Dragster you mean is 1/12th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The Fiat was 1/12 scale, fairly decent body, so-so engine, chassis was shared with a futuristic bubble top show rod and not related to anything that ever saw a drag strip. Guys who like 1/12 scale stuff will buy built ones and part them out, and build more realistic drag cars using Monogram 1/12 scale kit engines and other parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 10/20/2019 at 1:26 AM, Richard Bartrop said: Now you've got me wondering how the Corvair would look if it survived into the '70s, with '70s style bumpers and '70s pimpmobile styiling. Perhaps it's just as well it died when it did. That Poor man's Porche couldn't compete with a Mustang or needed more than a Nova as a family car. About as wanted as a mini Cooper US spec in 1969. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 12/12/2020 at 3:05 PM, horsepower said: Didn't the Lindberg 1/8th scale competition dragster coupe make it into production in the late '90s early 2000s as a front engined dragster with a Fiat Topolino. Coupe body. Unless it was originally meant to have a different body. This..... Became this..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st 700 Quad Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 On 10/21/2019 at 12:40 PM, Casey said: And an uploaded version of the Ahrens-Fox Pumper: What I wouldn't giove for that Fox to be produced. It's GOT to al least be as good a seller as a garbage truck is going to be. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st 700 Quad Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 On 3/4/2017 at 8:10 AM, Dave Van said: The start of the laws protecting children form beer and cig advertising. Oh they work SO well, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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