got this for 15 bucks at a local antiques flea market... part of me hates to rip open old stuff that's still in the package, but a bigger part of me hates collecting stuff to sit on a shelf...

--rick

That's a good price for that set! I love the Petty Blue SuperBird.

Rick,
Ripper' open & Race the wheels off of them if you don't already have them in your stable. Otherwise, hide them in a box for the future so you don't have to annoy yourself by looking at them on a shelf. Simple, really! :thumbsup: on the score!

but a bigger part of me hates collecting stuff to sit on a shelf...
Then quit being a collector...:drunk:
And go race...:thumbsup:
(BTW, nice find.....)

Oh man thats good deal! rip it open and race them to death!!!

Wes

That's a damn good deal. I gave $20 for the set about five years ago and they're in hiding somewhere. Unless they slipped out in one of the wife's yard sale. OS! I have to go do some hunting to see if I can find where I stored those suckers. Well, glad to see my investment hasn't brought me that one great sale. :eek: rr

you guys are a bad influence...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/tycopetty01.jpg

here they are with their Petty brethren. i got the Dodge from a junk box at a slot car show... the windows are missing and the window posts are both cracked. the Buick was in a $3 Salvation Army Tyco set, along with two nice Tyco 2nd-gen ('79?) Camaros and a Marlboro Motta Alfa Romeo (WITH NO WING, dangit...)

just for posterity, I took a pic of the pure unused pickup shoes before the inaugural lap...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/tycopetty02.jpg

hey, anybody know where I can get a set of windows for that Dodge short of buying a Mopar Street Challenge set?

--rick

Its good to see them out of there. We're a "good influence". You did good.

:thumbsup: hey mike, you get my PM?

--rick

Great. Set them free and run em'.

Better yet, run them with X2 power instead of the wimpy HP7 pokey. That's the first thing I did to give my Petty cars the power they deserve.

Better yet, run them with X2 power instead of the wimpy HP7 pokey. That's the first thing I did to give my Petty cars the power they deserve.

yeah!! :)

Wes

Hmmmm. I think I have enough 440 chassis around to do that.

I was thinking that now I need to look for the Tyco Petty Oldsmobile, but it looks like they're a mite salty... there's one on the Bay now that's up to 40 bucks...

--rick

Nice buy for $15.00! :thumbsup:

Rick,
Nice find, glad to see you running them! I picked up a set for about $19 on<a href=http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1606754-2202639 target=_top > eBay! </a>
<img src=http://www.awltovhc.com/image-1606754-2202639 width=1 height=1 border=0> a few years ago and also set them free. After years of following the Petty Olds on<a href=http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1606754-2202639 target=_top > eBay! </a>
<img src=http://www.awltovhc.com/image-1606754-2202639 width=1 height=1 border=0> I've found that either they were badly beaten or they ended at prices that would make racing prohibitive. I picked up a Monroe 88 Olds on<a href=http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1606754-2202639 target=_top > eBay! </a>
<img src=http://www.awltovhc.com/image-1606754-2202639 width=1 height=1 border=0> for $10. The body had alot of racing related scrathes and rubs in the paint and the chassis only needed new pickup shoes. I stripped the body and sent it to Craig Corvino. He did a great job and at a price that I don't mind racing.

Jerry :thumbsup:

:thumbsup: hey mike, you get my PM?

--rick

Yea, sounds good.

I've included photos of a custom Petty Olds painted by Craig Covino