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29/10/2023 1:17 pm
This Sunday's pics are devoted to my one-off cars. I know a lot of you don't like Custom cars just Stock cars. I kind of grew up in the custom car era boom. I always built my cars to suite me no one else and still do today. I started building the plastic car models at age 10 or 11. Now at age 82 be 83 in Dec. In recent years have turned to Diecast cars. Loved the added parts the kits gave you to build it several ways if you liked. Now kits give you nothing extra.
This first DM car is reminiscences of the fellow that didn't have a lot of money to spend. So, he just bought bolt on parts. Like the Dummy Spotlights, the Lake Pipes, and the Flipper Hub Caps or lower the car to make his car stand out from the rest on the road or at your local Drive-in-Restaurant.
Lake pipes from old model kit.
Dummy Spotlights from old model kit.
Had the Air Cleaner Chromed.
When purchasing car received it damaged. Wheels broken off car.
Turned a bad thing into a good thing. Lowered the car by gluing the wheels on in a lowered stance.
Flipper Hub Caps came on car. Added a Texas plate.
Sundy's series of one-off cars will continue till I have no cars left to show. Thanks for looking.
29/10/2023 1:21 pm
Fantastic work sir!! Like you, I am a fan of custom cars. I love stock vehicles too, of course, but a nicely done customized ride of 'my era' back in the '50's and '60's, is killer! This Olds is what I'd have expected to see at a sixties car show. LOVE IT Hollis!!
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29/10/2023 3:08 pm
thats great Hollis. would love to see examples of your kit works if you have them
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29/10/2023 5:10 pm
I remember building customized model cars from kits in late 50’s and early 60’s and still enjoy seeing them as models or real ones. I like your model.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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29/10/2023 7:09 pm
I love the entire range of cars, characters and scenes you offer Hollis; thank you and please keep 'em coming!
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30/10/2023 12:14 am
Looks good Hollis. I was wondering how you lowered that Olds!
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30/10/2023 12:24 am
A fine build and it looks fantastic ! I like cars in all sorts of ways and a good design can handle different configurations very nicely.
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