Author Topic: The car thread. (Read 23182 times)

Starchaser · « **Reply #75 on:** June 11, 2023, 12:07:25 AM »

Quote from: DarthHawk on June 07, 2023, 11:38:46 AM

All of this takes me back to the days of my youth.
I was lucky enough to grow up during the Mopar/ Motorhead era.
Camaros, Mustangs, Firebirds, Trans Ams, Baracudas, Chargers, Comets,
Cougars, Roadrunners, Super Bees, Chevelles and many others.
Wish I still had my first car.
A 1970 Pontiac GTO. This golden beauty could haul ass down the highway.

Nice! Yeah, that would be a nice vehicle now for sure!

Darth More · « **Reply #76 on:** July 23, 2023, 06:10:03 AM »

Back in 2018 my dad found this car online for his buddy's daughter. Shortly after they picked up this SLC at a Mercedes dealership in Hamburg. It was only a year old with low mileage. And since his buddy worked for Mercedes for over 40 years, he got extra discount.

Unfortunately there's someone who has progressively been damaging cars along the street where they live. It's between the town's station and a supermarket. During the nights since 2019 he scratched more than 9 cars in the neighborhood with a key or else.

Last night he came back with super glue, so her dad, my dad and I spent this Sunday's afternoon trying to gently remove it.
Since it's acrylic I also used acrylic objects to remove it without damaging the paint. For example I used some acrylic display stands for CDs which I got from AliExpress for about 40 cents each.
The acid solvent in the superglue unfortunately solved part of the hardtop, which is made of plastic elements instead of alloy. It's frustrating and nothing but envy. I'm missing words here.

Tamer · « **Reply #77 on:** July 28, 2023, 06:14:34 AM »

I hope the police can catch whoever is doing this. That is not good!

Darth More · « **Reply #78 on:** September 12, 2023, 10:11:22 AM »

Quote from: Tamer on July 28, 2023, 06:14:34 AM

I hope the police can catch whoever is doing this. That is not good!

People have the suspicion that the man doing this lives in the neighborhood.

Darth More · « **Reply #79 on:** September 12, 2023, 10:17:59 AM »

Forney Museum of Transportation

4303 Brighton Blvd
Denver, CO 80216

On Sunday we visited not one but two museums in Denver before flying back to Germany. We were so lucky with the weather during the week, but it was cloudy and kinda cold on our last day.
So the conditions were perfect for some indoor activities!

Thomas Sears DIE-CAST Model Collection

1/43 scale

I remember the times when these models were part of a crate of beer or a cheese.
Back in the days when companies gave you gifts with your purchase.

1/24 scale

Darth More · « **Reply #80 on:** September 12, 2023, 11:53:37 AM »

Chevrolet Corvette

German automotives

Chrysler

Fire Trucks

1/18 scale

Darth More · « **Reply #81 on:** September 12, 2023, 12:06:17 PM »

Chevrolet - 1/18 scale

1/87 scale diorama

Ford - 1/18 scale

Starchaser · « **Reply #82 on:** September 12, 2023, 12:28:38 PM »

Great car collection to share...but missing the Chevy El Camino

Darth More · « **Reply #83 on:** September 12, 2023, 02:27:15 PM »

I'm sorry, Jeff. I probably missed it. We only had two hours for the entire museum until we had to go to the airport. Sunday was a crazy good day.
I found an El Camino at Walmart though, which was sold (gone) a couple days later.
Hopefully you can enjoy the upcoming pictures of the real classic cars,too!

If I see it correctly the red car must be a Chevy El Camino in 1/24 scale.

Starchaser · « **Reply #84 on:** September 12, 2023, 11:19:04 PM »

Sure 'nuff...that's a classic. I can't see the front end, so I can't tell what year its supposed to be, but it looks like a 1968-1972 model El Camino SS.

Darth More · « **Reply #85 on:** September 13, 2023, 01:32:41 AM »

It's interesting that MotorMax went plastic free as well so you can actually touch the product now.
Didn't recognize that the plastic window was missing when I was in the store. It always annoyed me when people pinched the plastic window anyways.

Hasbro probably jumped on the boat because they got funded by the government for environmental support. Looks like many companies did at least temporarily to grab some extra cash.