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24/10/2026 12:54 am
A couple of posts back I told of a Franklin Mint NIB 49 Ford Surf Wagon I ran across that had a crazy low buy it now. I had seen the model listed over the years with big, huge price tags so I figured I’d buy it to flip it as I already had the DM ‘49 ‘ Merc’ surf woody so I figured I didn’t need another one. Boy was I wrong! It took about a second and a half upon uncovering the model that I decided to keep it, what a beauty!
24/10/2026 5:02 am
Congrats - you acquired a treasure of a diecast model!
24/10/2026 8:51 am
A great find and now you need one of these:
This post was modified 2 weeks ago by GDH
24/10/2026 4:06 pm
Kev, congrats brother. Enjoy that beauty. What a great find. It makes it even better when you get it for a decent price.💯😎
24/10/2026 5:19 pm
great addition Kevin. Models like this add "life" (couldn't think of a better descriptive term!) to a collection. I've made up a nice surfin' woody ute rod and boards kit. There are a number of figures to add, along with GDH and Steves suggestions too Kevin.
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24/10/2026 7:34 pm
Thanks for the props guys, I’ve got a couple of figures for my DM surf woody. I need to be careful which figures I choose, my wife made me put a little t-shirt on the beach bunny. I took it off for the photo.
This is my favorite figure in my display!
This post was modified 2 weeks ago 3 times by kevins
24/10/2026 8:06 pm
@kevins posters in the background are great too Kevin
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25/10/2026 6:40 am
Ahh yes, The Big Boy. Sadly, they've closed a lot of them in our area, except the one here in town, woohoo!!! Now ours is busier than ever.
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