I'VE GOT MAIL! #117 Wednesday 4-14-2021

Ah, such great memories George! All my DM & FM brochures are in a big drawer. You make it so much easier to look at them this way! Thank you!!

Posted by: @perrone1

Ah, such great memories George! All my DM & FM brochures are in a big drawer. You make it so much easier to look at them this way! Thank you!!

Thank you Tony.  Glad my sharing them each day is appreciated.  I have all of my Brochures and individual model car titles and papers in files.  I keep them organized by mint, car, and year so that they are easy for me to access whenever I want to look at them.  The car titles and papers for each model have their own file.  I also keep each one in a sheet protector.  

It's fun doing the "I'VE GOT MAIL!" series each day as the memories are fond for all of these little cars.  

Another great brochure. I probably have most of these, but they are still packed away. Your posts bring back memories. Thanks.

Looking at these, I have all of them except the El Camino, not sure why I passed on that one.

Tony/George:  I too have all the brochures and magazines we would get.  I have all my titles, car infor, flyers and Tony's reviews which I printed and put with each car.  I have all my files in loose leaf binders by manufacturer.  Oh those were the days!  George keep sharing, it is great to see the old flyers again.  Maybe one day this will happen again, I can only hope.  

today`s submission is phenomenal !!!!  Thank you George

Posted by: @carsman1958

Tony/George:  I too have all the brochures and magazines we would get.  I have all my titles, car infor, flyers and Tony's reviews which I printed and put with each car.  I have all my files in loose leaf binders by manufacturer.  Oh those were the days!  George keep sharing, it is great to see the old flyers again.  Maybe one day this will happen again, I can only hope.  

Thank you for the kind words and support John.  It's nice to hear that others also have saved and preserved these great brochures and their models important papers.  I've learned that they take up considerable room, but it's worth it.  

Posted by: @jcarnutz

Another great brochure. I probably have most of these, but they are still packed away. Your posts bring back memories. Thanks.

Looking at these, I have all of them except the El Camino, not sure why I passed on that one.

John; obviously you must have an amazing and very cool model collection.  I'm curious...are you able to display them all at the same time or do you rotate them through for a period of time each?

@jack-dodds, you brought up an interesting question in your above post regarding whether John can display all of his collection, or does he have to rotate it.  

I'd be interested in hearing the answer from John, as well as from others.  I display all of my cars.  It's always been my thought that if I'm going to buy them, I'm not going to store them in a closet.  If that were to be the case, I'd see no reason to collect them.  But that's must me.  

So how about others.  

Posted by: @georgeschire

@jack-dodds, you brought up an interesting question in your above post regarding whether John can display all of his collection, or does he have to rotate it.  

I'd be interested in hearing the answer from John, as well as from others.  I display all of my cars.  It's always been my thought that if I'm going to buy them, I'm not going to store them in a closet.  If that were to be the case, I'd see no reason to collect them.  But that's must me.  

So how about others.  

George;  My goal is to one day have a large enough home in which to display my models.  Sadly right now about 80% of them are stored away, which is just wrong!  I plan to have this all settled in about a year.

@jack-dodds, wishing you the best of luck on your goal.  You'll have fun displaying your cars.  

Well, I moved three years ago and I do have more room. Initially, a friend was supposed to be building my display cabinets. His schedule just kept getting in the way, so I moved on. Sometime ago I picked up a Billy Bookcase from Ikea, and with some modifications, I now have some models displayed. 

Now that I know what I want, I am ready to move forward but the color of the Billy Bookcase I chose is out of stock, our current world situation is to blame. So I wait patiently. When completed, I should be able to display my entire collection. 

Posted by: @jcarnutz

Well, I moved three years ago and I do have more room. Initially, a friend was supposed to be building my display cabinets. His schedule just kept getting in the way, so I moved on. Sometime ago I picked up a Billy Bookcase from Ikea, and with some modifications, I now have some models displayed. 

Now that I know what I want, I am ready to move forward but the color of the Billy Bookcase I chose is out of stock, our current world situation is to blame. So I wait patiently. When completed, I should be able to display my entire collection. 

Wow John; that would be one beautiful display!  I hope you make it happen soon as it will certainly give you great joy.

@jcarnutz, I don't know the size of your collection, but based on what you've share in photos and continue to do so daily, my guess is your car count is impressive.  Good luck with those car shelves from Ikea and displaying your entire fleet.  And hey, if you would be so inclined, share some photos of the finished display.  THANKS in advance.