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22/12/2022 6:45 pm Â
These gals are serving refreshments after a desert drag race. Yes, I will have some of of whatever is being offered. The cars are Yat Ming 1939 and 1940 Chevrolet Shine Rodz .
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22/12/2022 8:37 pm Â
To my knowledge, these YM Shine Rodz were never issued in stock versions. Being tooled as customs only makes them kind of rare.Â
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23/12/2022 2:33 am Â
Terrific pictures Mike.
Thanks, Bob ! Like Chris mentioned, I don't think YM did these other than very nice hot rod/customs. The 1940 Chevrolet has a chopped top, so would be tricky to modify into a more stock vehicle. The 1939 Chevrolet might be a project but could be more possible to do as a "stock" vehicle. MotorMax have done a nice 1/24 scale 1939 Chevrolet coupe which I have.
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Christopher Moroni reacted
23/12/2022 3:55 pm Â
@mikedetorrice Mike I have the MotorMax in black which matches a 1/1 I owned about twelve years ago.
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Topic starter
23/12/2022 5:37 pm Â
@mikedetorrice Mike I have the MotorMax in black which matches a 1/1 I owned about twelve years ago.
Nice, Bob ! They are good-looking cars both diecast and real.
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23/12/2022 11:23 pm Â
Your first pic reminds me of the "Chicken Race" with James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause".
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John Kuvakas reacted
24/12/2022 9:34 am Â
Your first pic reminds me of the "Chicken Race" with James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause".
I had to dig DEEP into historical film archival footage, enlist the help of interns who are well-versed in 20th century early color film preservation, consult sociology professors familiar with post-war adolescent American vernacular and idiomatic speech such as, "Chicken Race,"  but yeah Rich, you're right. It's a similar image. 😀Â
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John Kuvakas reacted
24/12/2022 12:43 pm Â
@chris Awww c'mon, Chris. It's not like you had anything else better to do. LOL
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Christopher Moroni reacted