franklemire
franklemire
@franklemire
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Joined: Dec 16, 2020
Last seen: Nov 29, 2023
Topics: 21 / Replies: 258
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RE: The First GTO... [PIC]

I remember when this model first came out that there was a lot of chatter on the boards that they forgot to include a spare tire. Nut that I am, I bou...

6 days ago
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RE: The Ford GT40 MKIII

@100ford2003 Thanks for the kind words. I made a decision years ago to keep a pretty narrow focus on what I collect - sports racing cars of the 1960's...

6 days ago
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RE: The Ford GT40 MKIII

@100ford2003 You know that would be fine with me - I'm not looking to sell it - interesting idea though - Something that Tony K might have pulled back...

6 days ago
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RE: The Ford GT40 MKIII

@rich-sufficool It does feel good to fill in 'missing links' and luckily this model is a good representation of the car. There are still a few more to...

7 days ago
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RE: The Ford GT40 MKIII

@chris Just lucky - never ever expected to get a 001 especially on an international purchase with a seller I had never done business with before.

1 week ago
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RE: The Ford GT40 MKIII

@gavin That is why I bought this particular model - It turns out that the real car this color was the first 'customer car' (third one built) and this ...

1 week ago
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RE: A Tale of Two 250 GTOs... [PIC]

That was the interesting thing about race cars in the 'old days'. They were not 'one and done' but 'campaigned' many times for years and were constant...

5 months ago
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RE: Big John's Shiny Corvette

I'm afraid that it remains to be seen if there will be much of a market for them. I don't see a lot of 'under 40' collectors out there and most of us ...

5 months ago
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RE: Big John's Shiny Corvette

Was one of the best values for the money when it came out. H appy to have one in my collection

5 months ago
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RE: Wild, Weird and Winged... [PIC]

I have to admit to being partial to its FIA spec younger brother the 2F also a full detailed Exoto

5 months ago
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RE: Which one would you pick for your garage?

Would have to go with the Ford but back in the day I thought both of these cars had gotten bigger than they needed to be.

8 months ago
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RE: "le Monstre"... [PIC]

@marty-johnson On my model of a car that raced in the Panamericana in 1954 they are all the same. I have no idea why they are different on Rich's car....

8 months ago
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RE: "le Monstre"... [PIC]

I'm not generally a collector of models before 1960 or after 1980 but there are always exceptions to be made - This Ferrari is one of them

8 months ago
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RE: Four reviews coming in the next several days

Looking forward to your reviews. I understand your feelings about resin models but don't see them as as much a problem in a number of cases as you d...

8 months ago
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