Went to fall Carlisle today and picked up some slot stuff. Nowhere near the haul I got in the spring, when I took Thursday off work and got there before the stuff was picked over, but still not bad for a Saturday. To be honest, I think I actually saw MORE slot stuff there today than in the spring, but this time everybody had their stuff in display cases with big $ on it, like they all suddenly discovered Fleabay.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/carlfall07a.JPG

I was happy to find the latest AW releases there, but disappointed that the bodies I really wanted were gone already. I was struck by GHINS (Gotta Have It Now Syndrome) and bought the Ford GT, the Sand Van and the Studebaker anyway. Had my choices been there, I'd have gotten the '74 Torino and the Camaro from Flamethrowers, and the El Camino from Thunderjet Ultra (and the '68 Torino and the AMX and the Dodge from Thunderjets... but I digress. A couple of vendors told me that stuff all went on Thursday and Friday. Sigh.) On the pullbacks, I got the Corvette and Charger @ 2 for $4, and the Challenger and Fairlane @ 2 for $5. Not bad...


I thought this was interesting:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/carlfall07b.JPG

Given the existence of the new Auto World, I spent a few bucks buying a little piece of the old one. This was weird... it has a MT chassis, but someone had lost the pickup springs and tried to use the brush springs in their place... without replacing the brush springs. Took a little figuring and some spares to get it running. And in an odd coincidence, the other MT chassis I picked up (from a different vendor many aisles away) also had the springs screwed around... only this one, someone tried to use pickup springs as brush springs, and one brush spring as a pickup spring. Now THAT one is a screamer... stuck it under a pullback Buick Turbo and it's a smooth, fun runner.

Anyone ever seen this LL before? Know what make of truck it's supposed to be?

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/carlfall07c.JPG

I just thought it was cool because I had never seen one... kinda reminds me of the old AFX Datsun...

--rick

thats a good deal you got there! :thumbsup:

Wes

That neat little truck is a Nissan hardbody.
It survived the Rokar buyout by lifelike.
These are my favorite pickups, hey!

Great score all around! :thumbsup:

Nice haul Rick..
I was wondering if you were going to make Carlise this fall...

Scott

Yeah, Scott, I just barely made it... an old high school buddy just picked up a 1:1 '70 Skylark convertible, and he was supposed to come in from out of town and we were gonna try to see as much as we could between sunrise and sunset, get him some bumpers, a GS hood, and so on. But life and work and kids and stuff jumped in, and he had to cancel at the last minute. So my 5-year-old came with me instead. He lasted longer than I expected... we were there from like 8:30 till 4. He whined and complained for most of the time, but on the way home he said he wants to go again... :rolleyes:

--rick

Great finds Rick,

A good deal on some clean examples. Having your son along was the icing on the cake!