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 Posted - September 25 2013 : 06:44:25 AM
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Just scored this at my PT model train job, a tyco lot came in for resale, this nice Kenworth truck and trailer were part of it, for $5 I got this nice piece with box. I pretty much had everything else in the lot, but this was too good to pass up! 
Jerry
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 Posted - September 25 2013 : 10:50:39 AM
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here's mine, Jerry 
I thought we had a AOTW already? 
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Posted - September 25 2013 : 11:27:56 AM
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more athearn ken
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Posted - September 25 2013 : 4:38:25 PM
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quote:
Ben,
Can you get a picture of the front of the "yellow" tractor? I think that "Dodge" I told and mentioned I had is the same thing, but I'm to sure....I'm not even sure, its a Dodge, so....
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Posted - September 25 2013 : 7:40:03 PM
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quote:here's mine, Jerry
I thought we had a AOTW already?
Originally posted by microbusss - September 25 2013 : 10:50:39 AM
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That was last week's date. Not this weeks.
- Jerry -
PS to EM-1 - yes, that is the Dodge cab in yellow Ben has two of.
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Posted - September 25 2013 : 9:31:37 PM
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Yes it IS a Dodge & I wants a REAL one someday To do up in one of them Tycos I has pictured hehe 
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 12:18:09 AM
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Ben, Jerry, that's cool that its a Dodge, what year tho? AND what model number? Like the 1967 Dodge Power Wagon was a "W-200"? See?
I'm trying to figure out which truck that was the same so I can see what a real one, looked like, also to see, just what options were offered back then, for such a truck!
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 11:34:20 AM
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quote:Ben, Jerry, that's cool that its a Dodge, what year tho? AND what model number? Like the 1967 Dodge Power Wagon was a "W-200"? See?
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â September 26 2013Â :Â 12:18:09 AM
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It's an L series, probably 600, produced from 1966-1970, based off the A-100 cab. Here's a link to them :
http://www.sweptline.com/hist/a-100.html
The L-700 was similar, except it had super-wide front fender flairs for whatever reason.
Jerry
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 Posted - September 26 2013 : 12:05:52 PM
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yeah a L-700 is what I'd like to find & do it like the Tycos 
Course I'll repower it & redo everything with LED lights
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 1:48:27 PM
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WELL, that was a fast one! Thanks guys!
I got to looking through that website Jerry, posted ion the L series, and I'm amazed they had "gasoline options" for a power plant, AND to add to it, the Mopar 318, 2 barrel carb. was offered! That HAD to be some powerful gearing added to the differential to obtain speed with load......I'm truly amazed as what has been done with the common, Mopar, 318 motor block....That says volumes!
Now, granted, yes, I'm a Mopar fan, I LOVE the old muscle and those here that's ventured into that, has seen.....BUT, I'm learning too, these cars, were in deed fast, in a straight line, turns, curves, for get it, you'd take a grass blanket nap.....
Anyway these were based off the same as the van? (I admit I didn't have a chance to read through the whole website Jerry, posted)
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 2:17:13 PM
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quote:WELL, that was a fast one! Thanks guys!
Anyway these were based off the same as the van?
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â September 26 2013Â :Â 1:48:27 PM
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Yes, they used the same metal on the van and pick-up cabs, and used it on the big trucks, too. Pretty thrifty use of metal-work! I remember seeing a tilt-cab version of this, was thinking it would be neat to swap it down to a pickup or van chassis, and have it tilt, as a custom. I think someone else had the same idea, as that cab eventually disappeared from the vintage junkyard it was in.
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 6:07:26 PM
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AWESOME! I've always been fond of Dodge, more so then Plymouth or Chrysler but......That was then this is now, and this old stuff is got me all fired up..... I like the "custom" idea Jerry, it would be cool to have a tilt cab truck!
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Posted - September 26 2013 : 7:08:44 PM
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during the 80s & 90s Chrysler used Mitsubishi stuff & I like to call it Moparbishi
Saw that in a CARtoons magazine once
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 2:17:04 PM
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Ben,
I tell ya, the "Mopar" trend for me ended in 1979. BUT regained back to me, recently with the offering of the "new" Charger.............EVEN THO, it looks NOTHING like its real counterpart years ago. HOWEVER, my newest "favorite" car, has to go to the new Challenger....and it sort of looks like the old counterpart, and that keeps my interest......PLUS, that 5.7 liter Hemi, is built off the old 392 Hemi! Even tho, its NOT a "true" Hemi. The heads are NOT Hemispherical, they are Pent-Roof Hemi's......sort of Hemispherical, AND Pentigon at the same time! Which makes it more effient MPG's.....As it allows for more valves, 2 intake, 2 exhaust......
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 2:23:38 PM
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| I'd like to do up the new Challenger either like the Superbird in the Cars movie or like the Dixie Challenger from Hot Wheels hehe
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 4:17:28 PM
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Pardon Me,
Do you mean a paint job like this?
Regards John *************************
I got a lot of criticism for building the Charger. When I went over to Dodge, I asked Lee Iacocca, "What've we got to work with?" Well, we had these little Chargers with 2.2-liter engines and inefficient transmissions. The horsepower? About 90. But with turbochargers, we were able to pull 750 horsepower out of it. Same block, same engine. I still drive one. Those that we built for Dodge in the eighties can outrun the pocket rockets of today. This was the beginning of the pocket rockets, so I guess I had the last laugh. It's always a challenge to try to make a mule outrun a racehorse. <> Carroll Shelby
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 5:00:19 PM
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JOHN! That's NOT even funny! Ruin it for me why don't ya! I can't imagine Daisy goin in or out of THAT window!
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 5:02:38 PM
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Actually, Daisy Duke originally had a Yellow Plymouth GTX, ('71 or '72) with a 383 power plant under the hood, BEFORE she got the Jeep......
BUT, that's a disgrace to the General!
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 6:08:16 PM
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naah thats just plain silly
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 6:09:41 PM
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Consider the source.
The picture was taken in a Walmart parking lot. That is even smaller than a Dodge Fiat 500. Would need one for each foot.
John *******************************
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 9:59:44 PM
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John,
That's NOT a Dodge! Its a Smart car....Sadly, a lot confuse it, but the smart car was designed and built by Daimler-Benz.....OUTSIDE of the Chrysler company! BUT, the funny part, was the fact that Daimler, had control over Chrysler, and imported the smart cars into the USA under that import license/document....NOW its made, legal! As the smart cars were excepted into todays safety by the DOT's, AND Daimler has dropped Chrysler, all together and Fiat picked them up! Which makes it the other way around as since then Benz is legal here now! with the same sort of paper work for their import.....Plus, our government got a bit more easy going that way due to the "big 3" fall out a few years ago on their money loss!
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Posted - September 27 2013 : 11:06:09 PM
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John,
I beg to differ, I think it is a stupid car. If you have a head on collision with a dog, you will lose. The Daimler-Chrysler company made tanks for both sides in WWII. I'll bet Fiat built a few tanks for the enemy too.
Regards, john
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Posted - September 28 2013 : 10:22:53 AM
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Saw this on eBay . . . a Mantua metal kit; flat car with tractor and round nose trailer. Seems pretty rare. I didn't get it, but thought the fans of flat cars with trucks would enjoy seeing it.
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Posted - September 28 2013 : 10:27:54 AM
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hi barry i think you will find its a ulrich kit,as i am sure sean will verify ken
http://www.hoseeker.net/gallery/index.php?album=hotrains4%2Fulrichtrucks&image=Other_pix_020.jpg
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Posted - September 28 2013 : 11:00:44 AM
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This Ulrick kit is of a 18 wheeler so is missing many wheels and a few axels.
frank
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Posted - September 28 2013 : 6:15:47 PM
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quote:John,
I beg to differ, I think it is a stupid car. If you have a head on collision with a dog, you will lose. The Daimler-Chrysler company made tanks for both sides in WWII. I'll bet Fiat built a few tanks for the enemy too.
Regards, john
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I'm not saying their a "good" car. You wouldn't catch me "dead" in one of them! You'd die in a bicycle accident in one of them!
Sadly, for them....the old adage, "There's no replacement for displacement"...
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Posted - September 28 2013 : 6:52:39 PM
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| I have a real 1965 Dodge A-100 that is in the middle of going Pro-Street... The color will be House Of Kolor, tangelo Pearl orange... Really solid Texas truck.
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Posted - September 28 2013 : 6:57:04 PM
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Walt, I'm jealous! I want an old Power Wagon!
~John
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