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Old 05-07-2023, 6:57am   #1
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Old 05-07-2023, 7:11am   #2
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Oh man!! I wish!!! As long as Im here....removed the bumpers from the '41. Put nerfs on the rear. Need another pair for the front.
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Ran the '79 F250 through downtown New Hope last evening! My confidence in the build is growing stronger!

Slow as molasses I'll tell ya! That massive 117 hp snaps your head back, Hold on!
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I looking at those two pix of the toy parts/pink cars, and it certainly looks like some guy went nutz and the car is 1-1 scale and real......BUT my wife insists there is some person/autistic? that makes models like that and stages the photos just right so to fake the toy to be 1-1 scale.....

SO????
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Come on Gene, you aren't that much older than me.

We all had Erection sets when we we kids.
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Come on Gene, you aren't that much older than me.

We all had Erection sets when we we kids.
So it IS a carefully staged photo.....OK, well dun......
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So it IS a carefully staged photo.....OK, well dun......
If it's not staged, those sure are some huge phillips head screws..
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If it's not staged, those sure are some huge phillips head screws..

You need the #98 Phillips to drive those properly without stripping them.
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I looking at those two pix of the toy parts/pink cars, and it certainly looks like some guy went nutz and the car is 1-1 scale and real......BUT my wife insists there is some person/autistic? that makes models like that and stages the photos just right so to fake the toy to be 1-1 scale.....

SO????
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You need the #98 Phillips to drive those properly without stripping them.
The holes have already been drilled though smh lol
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can we see a pic from 20 feet?
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Old 05-08-2023, 11:14am   #13
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Yadkin and Lars are so old, that if they were cars, they would have tailfins.
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I sure did, got it for Christmas one year!
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Yadkin and Lars are so old, that if they were cars, they would have tailfins.
* wagon wheels
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* wagon wheels
I believe I would have been better suited to live during that era.
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