cbaker65
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The last pic, which is kind of dark, is a black 33 Ford, that i have had since i was around 10 or 11, and the blue one is a 35 ford 5 window coupe with working rumble seat. The only Willy's i currently have that isn't in a box stored away is a '41 tilt nose gasser that is currently sitting on my needs work table in pieces. There were actually 5 different versions of the Paddy Wagon, one in black with chrome accents, one in black with gold accents, one in black with gold accents and the two police figures, one in blue with white accents, and the one in the pic, which is blue with gold accents, and comes with the two police figures. I have 3 of the 5, but i don't have the first issue (black with chrome accents), or the blue one with the gold accents without the police figures. I have about 20 of Tom Daniels cars. He is the one who created the Beer Wagon, Paddy Wagon, Badman, Mother's Pie's Wagon, and a whole host of different hot rod and race car themed stuff. I think he made a total of over 90 different models, and even the Quick Silver was one of his. I've done quite a few cars where the doors, trunk/tailgate/hatch opens, but that '57, from the very first issue was that way, and i think all they did is reuse the same original molds every time they re-released it, because every version of it was that way. Years ago, my step dad and i would go all out and build cars and take them to model shows, but, after awhile they kind of dropped off, and we kind of lost interest in putting that much effort into it anymore, but i have built cars with working lights, including dome lights that turned on and off when you open and close the door, engine sounds, smoke from the exhaust, cars that hopped and had scale hydraulics, and even a Ford F-1 that the hood would open just by touching it lightly.
I didn't know that there was model shows ,that is a lot of building I had only built ,at the most ,about a dozen ,lost interest ,
when I turned 16 ,however ,I did build 2 more after I got married at 18 ,which was the yellow 32 p-up ,an I believe the Chevelle!
You got me looking at models on e-bay now ,an what I see there is nothing what I had seen over the years ,there was way more
others than that ,including those trikes an 50's era roadsters ,however ,I did see some of those old rail dragsters ,an not seeing
too much of the 53's to 56 p-ups neither!