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    Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    Hmmm... where have I seen the Lemlin before?

    Oh yea, Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion!


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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: I would kill for a Fuller Dymaxion. No shit.
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    04/26/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: Also reminds me of the Stout Scarab.



    [jalopnik.com]

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: Shit yeah! I had a book as a kid that featured the Scarab in some way. I always thought that was awesome. Now think 911 turbo transplant. Mmm.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer:
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    Image of SmaartAasSaabr SmaartAasSaabr
    04/26/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: or even better[upload.wikimedia.org]
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    04/26/09

    @SmaartAasSaabr: Nice! How about one of these?


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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/27/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: I'd take a real one first, but sure wouldn't turn that down!
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    This reminds me of the guy selling model car wrecks in bonsai arrangements. It was pretty fantastic stuff; just check out some of his work!










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    Image of .357 .357
    04/26/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: So, drinking and driving doesn't work in miniature scale either?
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Awesome- I guess I'd have to supply my own scale ambulance and/or coroner, huh?


    A sort-of related idea, 1:18-scale PCHs:


    [junkyardjewels.com]
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/26/09

    @Ash225/6: I saw a mass-produced half-finished project Golden Hawk once. I wanted it pretty badly.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/26/09

    @Ash225/6: Didn't Murilee do something like that too? The level of detail on these is really magnificent!


    BTW, the bonsai crash guy does custom orders, so you could almost certainly get an ambulance (at the same scale) through him. I bet it wouldn't even cost too much if you don't ask him to crashify it :)

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: You find that for me, and buy that for me, and I will personally fly you down for Laissez les Crapheaps Roulez*.


    * maybe not

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Yup, that would be this:
    [jalopnik.com]



    An awe-inspiring job. I've got an AMT Duster I plan on doing in a similiar PCH style, with a scale 340 on a scratchbuilt tripod chainfall, a pair of scale cinderblocks for the front, etc... but with my skills, I know I'll be disappointed. If I could find a scale-model slant6 to throw in the "weeds" nearby, so much the better, but I suspect I'd have to pay collector price for an old Johan Valiant kit- in which case, I'd just build that.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/27/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: It was this one, with a little diorama around it. Except cheaper, in stock, and through a catalog.


    Beautiful, ain't it?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/27/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: </a>...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/27/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: Squeal!
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    04/27/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: <i> </i>...
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    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    So was the original Red Baron a Hot Wheels or a Matchbox car? Or was it a slot-car? A Corgi? All I can remember is I had to have one, and eventually got one (I think..). Shoot, Murilee, you wouldn't believe the wall of memories that come flooding back (albeit dimly) at these weekend posts. Thank You!
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @coupeZ600: That was one of the original 1970 Hot Wheels "Red Lines" series:

    Pretty pricey now, I imagine.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    04/26/09

    @Ash225/6: Not as much as you might think. They made a gazillion of them, and there weren't many variations. They're worth less than the Custom Camaro and Custom Mustang that were issued at the same time, for example. Someone who's more active in the Hot Wheels game than I am these days is welcome to correct me, but I'd say a mint, first-run redline Red Baron is probably worth $150-200 today.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    Guaranteed not just to self destruct, but to hurt you as they do so---look at the pictures! Hard to beat the rolling--well, possibly rolling--Lemonator. Yes, that's what my entry will be called. One of these days. With "Exsqueeze me" on the back in nice, cheerful letters. And yes, we will peel out. We'll be rinding those gears until, of course, we need some Lemonaid.

    OK, I'll stop now.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    Joe Ely has a song called 'Crazy Lemon'. Someone may have to build this and race it at LeMons.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars


    The inspiration for the BMW 1 series.
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    Image of Maxx Cracker Maxx Cracker
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    These days, they can take humorous stabs at the domestic automakers' misfortunes. Might I suggest "Crashler?"
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/26/09

    @Maxx Cracker: "Frod"?
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    Image of Maxx Cracker Maxx Cracker
    04/26/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: General Morons. Scummer. Slaab. Creep.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    04/26/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: Colonel Motors, once a General but since busted.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/26/09

    @Maxx Cracker: Drollvo.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @Maxx Cracker: Toyscrota?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/26/09

    @Alfisted: In the library. With a candlestick.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/26/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: I was trying not to! *grin*


    Gonda? Pisson? Run-No?

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte:

    (recycled)
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/26/09

    @Maxx Cracker: GM= Government Money
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    04/26/09

    @Maxx Cracker: Pontiaxed
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/27/09

    @Maxx Cracker: No one said "Saturd"? (Or "Plasturn"?)


    How about Oldfolksmobile?

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/27/09

    @Maxx Cracker: Mercrummy. Stincoln. Dredge. Cadihack. Holvo. Nopel. Folden. Vauxhurl.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    Next on Jalopnik: Car-themed Garbage Pail Kids!
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