Model cars

We had Matchbox Cars when i was a liddly . . . i liked them, but i got into the toy soldiers more . . .

That must be when you learned how to arrange people as you thought best Set.

i had matchbox and hot wheels as a kid

but these TLUGZ, look pretty sweet

I like cars with a model in the back seat.

The one we've been playing with forever is a green over cream Chevy Malibu like this, with different colors:



They are really beautifully made.

nice

Wow . . . cool . . . SS396 Supersport ! ! !

My favorite muscle car was the Charger with the 426 Hemi . . . second to that, the Plymouth GTX with the 440 . . .

I think one of the stockpiled cars is a Charger. I've been quietly buying them for the last six months or so when I see something fabulous. When he goes to school tomorrow I'll have to take them out and see what I've got.

I have never really cared about cars at all. The only one I've ever lusted for is a circa 60s something Mustang convertable. If I can't have that I just don't really care what I drive.

The swan-song of Studebaker was the Studebaker Avanti, in the early 1960s. The Ford Mustang was a direct rip-0ff of the Avanti. The Studebaker company (then in its death throes), powered the Avanti with a 289 cu. in. engine, which in its final production model produced 240 horse power. By contrast, the 289 which Ford put in its Mustang developed only 210 hp. (Both figures are based on a single two-barrel carburetor.) The best engine production from Ford at that time was from the Windsor, Ontario, engine plant, and the 289 Windsor, with a four-barrel carburetor managed to produce 220 horse.

Studebaker's fuel-injected 289 produced 289 hp, one horse-power per cubic inch. I don't believe anyone ever matched that. There are Avanti fanatics in this country, but it is hard for them to assemble body parts to produce one, although it is still relatively easy for them to maintain the engine.

Ford will never admit it, but their incredible success with the Mustang (a model which is still in continuous production after 45 years) was thanks to the genius of the designers at Studebaker. Of course, Studebaker soon died of natural causes, so they could ignore the truth of the matter. The Studebaker also offered seat belts as standard equipment when no other cars did so, as well as a built-in roll bar, and was the first mass-produced American car to use disc brakes.

That's a beautiful car! I had a friend in college who drove an old Studebaker that still had a tube radio -- and it worked!

True confession: my first major crush was on a hockey player named Joe Watson when I was about 7 years old. My parents, hockey fans, invited Joe Watson to dinner and he accepted. I was all nerves. Joe Watson!! In my house!! Joe Watson arrived -- he drove a Mustang. Even though it was a fastback and not a convertable my crush quickly transitioned from the man to the car.

That was sensible . . . you could rely on a well-built automobile much longer than on a hockey player . . .

I knew Mr. B's dad for years before I met Mr. B. His office was next door to the bar I worked in.

One day we were arriving at the same time. Me on foot, him in a 1966 Cadillac de Ville convertable, cherry red, with white leather interior and a candy striped steering wheel. "Hey, Hollywood, our cruising for starlets?" I said and he laughed his huge laugh. (I still call him Hollywood.)

On Mr. B and my first official date he showed up in the Hollywood car and asked me what I wanted to do.

"Go for a drive." said I.

You may think I'm foolish
For the foolish things I do
You may wonder how come I love you
When you get on my nerves like you do
Well baby you know you bug me
There ain't no secret 'bout that
Well come on over here and hug me
Baby I'll spill the facts
Well honey it ain't your money
'Cause baby I got plenty of that
I love you for your pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what you do there in back
Of your pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac

Look at that
Here she comes
Here comes that girl again
One of the cutest since I dont know when
But she dont notice me when I pass
She goes with all the guys from outta my class
But that cant stop me from thinkin to myself
Shes sure fine lookin, man, shes something else

Look at that
cross the street
Theres a car built just for me
To own a car would be a luxury
But right now I cant afford the gas
A brand new convertible is out of my class
But that cant stop me from thinkin to myself
That cars fine lookin, man, its something else

Hey, look at that
Just wait and see
Worked hard and saved my dough
I buy that car and then I roll up with joe
Get me that girl and we go ridin around
We look real sharp with the wide top down
I keep on dreamin and thinkin to myself
When it all comes true, man, thats something else

Hey, look at that
Whats all this?
Never thought Id do this before
But here Im a-knockin on her door
My cars out front and its all mine
Its a 41 job not a 59
I got that girl and Im thinkin to myself
Shes sure fine lookin, man, shes something else

love the sid vicious version of the song, but i'm not sure i'd want to go driving with him

Mustang Sally uh-huh
Guess you better slow your Mustang down
Oh Lord what I said now

Mustang Sally now baby
Oh Lord guess you better
Slow your Mustang down hu-oh yeah

You been runnin all over town now
Oh I guess I have to put your flat feet
On the ground

Listen!
All you wanna do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is a ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride . . .

My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone
My ma's in the black seat sittin' all alone
As my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a test drive down Michigan Avenue

Now, my ma, she fingers her wedding band
And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands
He's tellin' us all 'bout the break he'd give us if he could, but he just can't
Well if I could, I swear I know just what I'd do

Now, mister, the day the lottery I win I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car
again

Now, the neighbors come from near and far
As we pull up in our brand new used car
I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out a cry and tell 'em all they can kiss
our asses goodbye

My dad, he sweats the same job from mornin' to morn
Me, I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born
Up the block I can hear my little sister in the front seat blowin' that horn
The sounds echoin' all down Michigan Avenue

Now, mister, the day my numbers comes in I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car
again

Are you buying them pre-built or as kits for Mo to build?

http://www.maisto.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maisto

These are their kits:

http://www.maisto.com/product_home_AL.asp

At this point we buy the pre-built cars. I have looked at their web site. They have some amazing cars that I haven't seen but I like the serendipity of stumbling upon them at the funky store.

We do buy some Lego trucks/cars that have to be built but I don't think Mo is ready for a really complicated construction. I can't wait until he is. I love building models!

65 Pontiac GTO...black of course, and several of the old Mercedes roadsters....500 K and such...the ones with the exhaust pipes exposed thru the cowling....top my list of....wow, I wish I owned that car. I also have a soft spot for the Corvette Stingray...my first and middle names when said together, with our local southern accent added, sounds like Stingray to outsiders.

Maisto, makes the GTO, and the MB 500 K, they are sweet....my favorite "Hot Wheels" were the construction sets.