My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Posted By: BulletBob

My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 04:41 AM

That my truck addiction has went to another level now

I'm just getting geared up for when I can't do anything with my real ones in the cold weather

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 04:43 AM

Another one

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 04:44 AM

some more

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 04:52 AM

They keep appearing on the door step,my neighbor across the street received one a couple weeks ago

Posted By: basketcase

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 04:52 AM

those look great

Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 05:35 AM

Yeah my daughters room use to be the model room. a bit over 200 last I counted. There were truck parts also but had to clear it all out so she had a room. Going to get my nephew started on one next time he stays. Wish I had more dodge truck ones though

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 05:45 AM

Thanks!

I found a CrewCab body & interior kit but that's something the girls can buy me for XMas
I need to concentrate my $$$ towards getting all my real trucks home & that kit is a couple hundred to buy & build

I bought a "MPC Dodge Truck Junkyard" with a couple rare partially assembled kits & three more partial Lil Red kits along with a bunch of parts from other hard to find kits for $28+8.50 shipping

I have 4 complete Lil Reds unassembled all for $20 or less each shipped to the door

My wife & girls went together & got this for my birthday

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 05:48 AM

. Wish I had more dodge truck ones though [/q

Okay then. I bet I have your address

Got sumpin I been meanin to send ya anyway!

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 05:51 AM

I bet Harry has this truck for real in his stash

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 05:56 AM

Aint the right color probably

Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 05:57 AM

Guy on ebay sells a 4wd conversion parts(axle drive shafts and t-case)
Also found some resign clubcabs.
I have a couple LRE's a 4wd lb and an assembled Rc and one Still in the box. My old supervisor picked me ipod an LRE for $9. Waiting till I have some spare cash for the 4wd kit to build for the wife

Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:02 AM

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I bet Harry has this truck for real in his stash

I guess this would count lol.

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:09 AM

$50 for the front & rear & another $25-40 for the the 8 lug 4wd tires & wheels used

I've got the 4WD w/Dirt bike & the "Rolling Thunder" truck that this hood came from

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:13 AM

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I bet Harry has this truck for real in his stash

I guess this would count lol.

Don't you have the rollbar for that one?

Or did you sell it yet?

Posted By: 340SHORTY

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:16 AM

That stepside would look good painted graphic yellow..

Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:25 AM

Quote:

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I bet Harry has this truck for real in his stash

I guess this would count lol.

Don't you have the rollbar for that one?

Or did you sell it yet?

Yes I do cause Nobody wants to buy it. I even have a Plow for the scaled ones lol. You need a set of 4wd tires?

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:29 AM

You can buy resin cowl hoods & shorty Sweptline beds for cheap but they want $125 for a cab & interior tub another $15-20 for a Lil Red kit for the rest

If you dually one the tires & wheels are $40
The Ford kit to dually the right way is $35-50

I used a GMC wrecker kit for this Lil Red Cab forward chassis & all wrecker chassis in the rear

Dually kit for $23 shipped

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Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:32 AM

More tires.

The clubcabs kits I saw were only $40-50

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Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:35 AM

Wife

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Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:37 AM

One of mine

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:50 AM

The CrewCab kit I saw was $85 at first then he sold one & about a month later he listed another for $125 + 18 shipping & sold it
Peed me off with the price hike
but sells the short bed for $20 & like 3-4 for shipping

You have to cut the Lil Red glass in 1/2 & a bunch of crap

If you want a LWB like the real trucks you & I have you have to spend $30 for the LWB chassis to cut up & $35-50 for the bed & another $20 for the tailgate,$20-30 for the tail lights

I caught a bunch of guys sleeping when I bought my JY one with less trucks & parts went for $75 or so a few days before I won mine

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 06:54 AM

Harry, I likes them Dodges!

Maybe some others will break out theirs

Winter is coming you know!

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 09/28/13 07:00 AM

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That stepside would look good painted graphic yellow..

The Tubbed one Huh

Gonna buy a Sweptline bed like my Pro Streeter had for it & paint it that solid green that only a cheap grandpa would have bought

My Pro Streeter had a 340 like you truck has

Posted By: bboogieart

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/01/13 03:31 AM

Your wife may be right. There are worse things to be addicted to,huh?

feel free to check out the rest
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/bboogieart/library/models?sort=6&page=1

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/02/13 05:26 AM

I've been trying to get a van like that cheap but as you know.... That ain't happening!

I just got two reissue Richard Petty 70-72 Dodge Dart KitCars one to build one to put up

Posted By: Robbins

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/03/13 05:39 PM

That's cool stuff.

Posted By: Cooter

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/03/13 05:59 PM

Just picked this and an IMC Little Red Wagon last night at auction. There were 3 custom mid 70s B vans that I should have went for, but it was choice lot, and I thought the guy who went to $20ea wasn't interested in them.

My bad, but these were $7.50, which is great for a cheapskate like myself.

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/04/13 04:47 AM

You wanna maka profit?

Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/04/13 05:42 AM

That's one I have. Bob beat me to the question too

Posted By: Cooter

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/04/13 04:02 PM

It is already spoken for. I called a good friend while I was at the auction, and asked if he wanted me to bid on it for him. It is his for the $7.50.

Posted By: hp383

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/04/13 07:25 PM

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/10/04/crafting-scenes-of-iconic-americana/

Since we are on the model topic, this seemed relevant.

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/04/13 08:53 PM

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It is already spoken for. I called a good friend while I was at the auction, and asked if he wanted me to bid on it for him. It is his for the $7.50. [/quote
Well, then ask him if he would like to make a $52.50 profit plus shipping of course

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 10/04/13 08:55 PM

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http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/10/04/crafting-scenes-of-iconic-americana/

Since we are on the model topic, this seemed relevant.

Jamie, that's cool !

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/16/13 02:42 AM

Here's what the postman has brought for me to build this winter

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/16/13 02:44 AM

A few more

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/16/13 02:47 AM

I hit the jackpot on Ebay with that Warlock that was missing one tire
The Hauler is on of the two above being built my way

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/16/13 02:55 AM

That van should look familiar I got it from BBoogieart

The Little Red an original issue from 1978 another smoking deal off Ebay

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/16/13 02:58 AM

Harry, It's time to break em' out
All you got to do now is shovel snow & babysit when you ain't working

Posted By: SattyNoCar

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 05:06 AM

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Just picked this and an IMC Little Red Wagon last night at auction. There were 3 custom mid 70s B vans that I should have went for, but it was choice lot, and I thought the guy who went to $20ea wasn't interested in them.

My bad, but these were $7.50, which is great for a cheapskate like myself.

Of all the times I've seen that box, I just noticed the box art is screwed up. Does the model match the box art mistake?

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 08:02 AM

Yes it has the wheels from the 72-74 issue kits with lockouts

Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 07:05 PM

I want the wheels lol
I wanna make a mold to repop some wheels

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 07:38 PM

They get $35 for the wheels new from a bashed kit used ones go for $25-30

Posted By: 76dodgeboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 10:11 PM

Yeah I won't pay that. some of those guys are @#%holes. I haven't used mine yet. I paid $40 for the whole kit

Posted By: hp383

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 10:38 PM

I was thinking maybe the mistake was the double front turn signals.

There is one in the grille, and another in the lower grille valance.

Posted By: SattyNoCar

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 10:39 PM

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Yes it has the wheels from the 72-74 issue kits with lockouts

How many mistakes are there?

I was talking about how it has a '77-'78 grill but still has the '76-back parking lights below the grill.

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/17/13 11:13 PM

You know I saw that & it didn't even ring a bell

Posted By: poorboy

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/18/13 12:24 AM

I had a real truck (think it was a 77) that had both sets of turn signals, the ones in the grill and the ones in the valance under the grill. Maybe Dodge sent out some early trucks with both? I would have had that truck in about 82 or so, it was a 3/4 ton 4x4. Gene

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/18/13 07:32 AM

I've made some progress on the rollback

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Posted By: MoparBilly

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/25/13 11:12 AM

I love showing these threads to my wife, and trying to convince her that she has it easy with me!

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/27/13 04:37 AM

My wife has it easy with me
I moved all the model car stuff into one room
A bunch of my FSM collection that spans 60 years or so occupy the book shelves in my living room with the top shelves being filled with cans of vintage American Plastic Bricks
All the other rooms except for the wife's Zen room & the bathroom have Vintage & NOS car & truck parts stashed & stored in them
I have a room downstairs for my race track & diorama

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/30/13 05:06 AM

Here's what I've got done to my Tyrone Malone "HideOut Truck"

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 12/30/13 05:09 AM

I've already painted the backside of the bed & detailed all the suspension parts

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Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 03/07/14 06:30 AM

Imagine the "Hideout Truck" with this cab

http://www.aitruckmodels.com/images/ck130dodgels1000.jpg

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: My Wife says,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - 03/07/14 06:37 AM

I'm building the "FireHouse Race Team" a American LaFrance "HaulerHome"

Blacked out areas in the middle & front are where windows will be with the rear being open air

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