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28/10/2016 10:35 am
PICS - A real "Attic Find" - Proscale Texaco station in 1:43...
I was at a local shop (yes, an actual storefront with cases full of scale models, old and new as well as other auto ephemera) yesterday.
What did I spy? An old prototype of the famous Proscale Texaco station. I saw the production model on eBay recently for $120 but this store had this slightly rough prototype for a quarter of the eBay price. As you can see, the paint needs some touch up and one wall is a little warped but with a little paint, glue and some TLC, it should clean up pretty nicely.
I placed an Avoncast handmade white metal Tokheim pump set and a couple of Motor City Chevies with the station and one can see its potential. Thank you Jim Hardin, for making this set a couple of decades ago!
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28/10/2016 10:55 am
Great find, Randy! Outstanding and, as you say, with great potential. And about that "Free Air" lettering: I saw an air pump not long ago at a self-service station that required one dollar to operate for five minutes. On the pump, above the coin slot, was a sign which read "If you think air is free, try blowing up your tire."
Congrats on a terrific find.
28/10/2016 11:08 am
Great find, Randall. Congratulations!
28/10/2016 11:23 am
Congrats, Randall! Looking forward to seeing your next diorama 😉
Ralf Buyer
Wiesbaden, Germany
28/10/2016 11:25 am
A lucky find indeed, Congrats!
28/10/2016 11:31 am
I love this, Randy! An exceptionally cool find!
28/10/2016 7:06 pm
Nice ! Great score.