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22/07/2021 4:07 pm
Last year I was searching for a '68 Roadrunner on eBay and I came across this weathered one. The price was the same as a nice stock example and knowing the work that went into turning this into a beater, I had to buy it. It reminded me of a car that a friend is storing for someone.
Here's the car that inspired the purchase, a B5 blue 1968 Plymouth GTX 440 with a torqueflite. It's been like this for years. The owner bought the car in the 70's and it was his high school car. He won't sell it for any price. It was tagged in the front and rear, after an accident in which it was the "meat in the sandwich". It does run, drive, and stop, but you have to use a gallon container of gas under the hood to feed the carb!
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23/07/2021 12:21 am
The seller's eBay name is OrlandoFlip. He also had a '67 Camaro listed at the same time which was incredible! I took some screen shots of it below. I just checked and he currently has no items for sale.
Tony Perrone and Tony Perrone reacted
23/07/2021 8:07 am
Nice work on it.
23/07/2021 9:38 am
Thanks for your posting on weathering. It is definitely an art, one I've attempted often with mixed results. Although I've seen some military dioramas with incredibly realistic weathering on military vehicles. I converted a DM '53 Chevy wrecker into this dump truck for one of my salvage yard dioramas. It turned out pretty good.
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23/07/2021 2:06 pm
@john-shamblin
John, you're dump truck came out great. Looking forward to seeing some more of your wrecks also.
John Shamblin and John Shamblin reacted
23/07/2021 3:57 pm
John, Your dump truck looks terrible, er great.