Jim... Who's tires are those on the front?? Are they sili's and will they fit on an Aurora hub?? Dooo tell. :thumbsup: nd

Beautiful restoration!

tjd... the fronts are original tyco s... I think they would fit on an Aurora hub... weird jack sells a silicone version. The rears are PVT's


thanks for all the kind words guys!

great links Bob!

Nice SAVE!!!!!!!

SAVED!
totally trashed ebay find... restored and saved.
I re"candied" it... replaced chorme pieces from 2 other junk bodies and came up with this beauty

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/tcheet1bb.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/tcheet1aa.jpg

Hey VJ me likey this one alot ! Very very sweet looker and true crafting. Way cool save man way cool !

Bear :wave:

Another one in my Tom Dainels line

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/rootbeerwagon3.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/rootbeerwagon1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/rootbeerwagon1c.jpg

VJ,
Looking good! :thumbsup: rr

Very cool and very clever!

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/rootbeerwagon1a.jpg


Dang, here's some more great engineering!!! That's a cool little wagon!!! I likes that metallic red and the chrome add on's :thumbsup::thumbsup: RM

Jimmy does it again! :thumbsup:

Wicked cool VJ!!! I have been sooo tempted to try a die cast conversion, but always chicken out!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Jimmy that is very slick looking...NICE WORK MAN!

Bob...fun, fun, fun...zilla

Wicked cool VJ!!! I have been sooo tempted to try a die cast conversion, but always chicken out!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

The good thing about doing DC's is that the cars are usually cheap... like a buck or 2... so don't be afraid to experiment. You could start with Hot Wheels cars with the plastic chassis... they're the easiest. After a few, you'll begin to figure out what works and what doesn't. I have a box load of bodies from projects that didn't go as planned, LOL! Usually the biggest hurdle is trying to find cars that have wheel bases that line up with a t-jet chassis. That's why 90% of mine are usually done with cut down Life Like chassis. Plus, the Life Like chassis have all the power, and then some, you'll need.

The direct drive motors are a winner and makes it possible to do cars like the beer wagon. That one wouldn't be possible any other way. I just wish I could find a cheaper source for them.

spare parts car.... came out kinda nice

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/llcheetah.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/llcheetah4.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/llcheetahchass.jpg

Nice Root Beer Truck :thumbsup::thumbsup: Now I want a rootbeer float:rolleyes:

spare parts car.... came out kinda nice

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/llcheetah.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/llcheetah4.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/llcheetahchass.jpg

This is Terminally cool.

Kinda?.... Quite the understatement, because I do love me some Cheetahs. :thumbsup::thumbsup: nd

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/llcheetah4.jpg


That's one of my favorite colors!!! That scoop will be busy, sucking in some air, to feed the LL chassis. Looking goooooood again VJ !!! RM

VJ, one Great looking Root Beer Wagon & one Fantastic Parts Cheetah - Cool Colour!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ..RL

Mean Cheetah! Looks fast standing still.

another in my Tom Daniels line... die cast base... the rest is plastic.
Direct drive motor... again.


http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/tt3a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/tt1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/ttchass2.jpg

Pretty dang cool VJ!!! Reminds of the old "Stagecoach" model from way back!!! RM

VJ,
Great Taxi! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

VJ does it again!!! Sweet!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

I wish there was a more economical source for them motors!! I'd like to try something like this some day...:rolleyes:

Jimmy - Great touch by painting the lead wires to match on the underside of your latest build. They look like an elaborate exhaust system. Cheetah is awesome.

Do you have an unlimited supply of flag pick ups?
Jim

Very cool... I bet Win now wants a rootbeer float and a trip to Mexico. Just don't make a Circus Wagon... because then we'll have to stop and take him to the Circus along the way to Tijuana!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: nd (ok make it... we'll take him)

Very cool... I bet Win now wants a rootbeer float and a trip to Mexico. Just don't make a Circus Wagon... because then we'll have to stop and take him to the Circus along the way to Tijuana!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: nd (ok make it... we'll take him)

:woohoo: I"M GOING TO THE CIRCUS!!!!!! :woohoo:

SWEET TAXI!!!!! and we can skip the the trip to Mexico ...... last time I was there I was sick for 9 days ...... and I DIDN'T even drink the water ...... all I did was brush my teeth ......:cry:

NOW do you see what we have to deal with?????

Later (on the way to the Circus) this was heard in the car....

Nuther Dave: "Settle down back there Win, stop kicking the back of my seat... and dammit stop asking if we're there yet"... I mean it Mister... One more time and we'll have no root beer floats!!!!

Win: Nuther Dave how can we "have" no root beer floats? That makes no sense... What do they give us empty glasses???

Nuther Dave: ..... sigh! ..... :rolleyes:

thanks guys.... it runs pretty well too. The die cast chassis and the plastic top give it a nice center of gravity.

As for the flags, I buy them in lots of 20 from riggen.com... down to my last 5 though...

VJ,You can bring them to the show in parsippany on Sunday.Stop the excuses'I'll pick you up if you want. Tom Stumpf

Whats next on the plate Jim??... Another Daniels or maybe a Barris ?? nd

Thanks Tom... I may be buying a REAL car on Sunday, i that falls through... I'll take you up on your offer. I'll be moving out of the city in a few weeks, I just bought a house out in the country and now I need a car... naturally. I'll have a HUGE area for my slor car set up. I can't tell you giys how excited I am to own my own space.... no more apratment life! No more city life, except for work, of coarse.

did someone say Barris car?

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/CUSTOMFIREBALL500.jpg

Thanks Tom... I may be buying a REAL car on Sunday, i that falls through... I'll take you up on your offer. I'll be moving out of the city in a few weeks, I just bought a house out in the country and now I need a car... naturally. I'll have a HUGE area for my slor car set up. I can't tell you giys how excited I am to own my own space.... no more apratment life! No more city life, except for work, of coarse.

Aw c'mon Jim, you dont need to buy no "steenking cah",

A coupla hundred gallons of yer patented handy dandy liquid black chassis and a big ass electric motor...we've seen you do it a hundred times! LOL!

I think yer ready for a 1:1 Jimotor-mobile :thumbsup:

The real question is, "Is the New York Departement of Transportatin ready?"

good question Bill... I haven't owned a car in 20 yrs.
My last car was a '78 Lincoln Towncar .... that got about 47 feet per gallon.

I rent a car a few times a year, about 6 times inside the last month, with all the house hunting. I forgot how mnay dagerous drivers were out there. I've seen some amazingly stupid stuff recently on the roads from dimwits, morons and NYC cab drivers

did someone say Barris car?

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/CUSTOMFIREBALL500.jpg



Now for some reason that just made me unbend and go WOW! Nice WOrk Jim!

good question Bill... I haven't owned a car in 20 yrs.
My last car was a '78 Lincoln Towncar .... that got about 47 feet per gallon.

I rent a car a few times a year, about 6 times inside the last month, with all the house hunting. I forgot how mnay dagerous drivers were out there. I've seen some amazingly stupid stuff recently on the roads from dimwits, morons and NYC cab drivers

Yeah boy howdy!

I believe the escalating moron factor and our heightened survival instincts that come with age are directly related.

thanks coach... all I need is a Frankie Avalon driver and you'd be able to hear him sing the theme song to Fireball 500. Those Roger Corman race movies from the 60's are campy as it gets... painstakenly shot over the coarse of ... 3 days.

VJ. Nice work on the Taxi & Fireball 500!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ..RL

VJ,

Congratulations on the House and sounds like my kind of location. Lucky! We live in a small Farm Town but, not in the country part. Lucky, Lucky you man!!

I have been busy lately and just checked out a bunch of Cool Jimmy builds. Great stuff. That Coach is awesume, so are the rest also.

Bob...I'm lovin' it...zilla

Cool FIREBALL 500 :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Hey Bob... I grew up in pretty rural area, so this is like a home coming for me.
It will nice to fall asleep at night to the sound of crickets rather than car alarms and police sirens.

Crickets can be pretty dang loud, but yeah still better than car alarms, sirens, gunshots, bar fights, Harleys, etc.

Congrats on the purchase. :)

Where I am I don't have any of those noises.. Maybe the occasional harley. What I have to contend with on a regular basis here are dogs barking, cats fighting, and the POS car in dire need on an exhaust system passing by. Oh, and a few troubled youths who really think crap music loud enough to make parts of their car fall off is cool..

Enjoy the peace and quiet VJ!! You earned it!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: It'll take a while to adjust, so make an audio tape of the background noise you've grown accustomed to to lull you to sleep.. I had a heck of a time falling asleep without the truck idling and/or having a reefer unit cycling on and off when I got off the road.. :rolleyes:

jimmy..
enjoy the quiet.... after living in Denver for 20 yrs.... I forgot what quiet was, I live in a smaller town than Zilla does....... and the silence can be quite enjoyable.... No problem with Boom boxes... someone told the offenders I was heavily armed... Suddenly it went away.. Now all I hear is occasionally my neighbor firing off his 55 chevy... and laying a block of rubber on the street.... Music to my ears..
Nice job on the coach and the Fireball.....
CJ

did someone say Barris car?

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/CUSTOMFIREBALL500.jpg

Man, you guys are killing me. Another great one VJ! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

did someone say Barris car?

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/CUSTOMFIREBALL500.jpg

This was a very cool car for it's time!!! Glad to see it reborn!!! RM

Body by Bruce... tyco 440, with weird jack white walls


http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/funnybird1.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/funnybird2.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/funnybird1glow.jpg

Oh yea!!! That's Hot!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: RM