Automotive timeline -late to the party edition
Vehicle #1: 1985 GMC High Sierra
LaLD Car Week Purple(ish) Friday
My submission for purple day is my monster jam Wild Hair. This was a truck that originated in ‘88 as owned and driven by Bob Breen. He then sold the name to Marvin Smith who ran a paint scheme similar to the one on this truck, only yellow and black. In the mid aughts, the name was bought by Jason Witte who ran this…
LaLD Car Week Black(and green wrecking machine) Thursday
Here is my submission for black Thursday, my custom monster jam Grave Digger. I skipped yesterday because, well, I don’t have a silver monster truck.
LaLD Car Week Blue Tuesday
My submission for blue Tuesday is my custom 1/64 Bigfoot Champions Hot Wheels. These things came out around 1991, and I used to have the entire lot of them when I was a kid. The one with small tires, the one with big tires, the one with really big tires, the tank, the hauler, and Snake Bite. A while back while going…
LaLD Car Week White Monday
For Monday, my submission for LaLD Car Week is a Matchbox Superchargers USA-1 I picked up a month ago at the local flea market.
LaLD Car Week Red Sunday
For my entry on Red day here is a Monster Jam truck I detailed and did a body swap to nearly 10 years ago. During a trip to my parents house, I discovered this in the attic while hunting for buried treasure. Some day I’ll put a grille and a tonneau cover on it so it looks a bit more finished. Enjoy!
Michael Knight Monday
Found this yesterday for $6, goes well with my mainline
Ka-chow
I think profile-wise the Solstice is pretty darn close to Mr. McQueen there.
Bought on the request of Tom Wilson himself
Just gotta get him to sign this one too.
So that just happened
“To John!
Automotive archaeology
While checking out a used car yesterday, I found this guy stuck behind the seat. Any of you guys know anything about it? I checked eBay and they go for about $8
Halloween Contest
Because what’s spookier than the Grave Digger?
How come no major 1/64 manufacturer has ever made a version of this?
Sure, HW made a dually and the “race truck” and Matchbox has its obviously smaller than 1/64 lifted version, but why has no one made a regular civilian version?
Quick customization tip
Just stumbled across this the other day. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to make roll bars, cages, and exhaust pipes without soldering as my soldering skills are, well, crap. For those who don’t know, I’m a mechanic. I’m around aerosol cans of WD-40, Brake clean, silicone spray, etc. They all come with these red…
Quick post
Just a two year old and the 1989 TNT champion.
More finds
Three Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) from McDonald’s.
Stomper Sunday
Just found these guys. All McDonald’s Stompers.
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
The original monster truck, Bigfoot. I made this from an old Hot Wheels Bigfoot Champions toy I’ve had (and used, and abused) and some Monster Jam wheels and tires. To go along with my Grave Digger #2, I made it in the style of Bigfoot #4 from 1990. From 1988 to 1990, there was the TNT points championship where all…
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