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[Super Blue 72]

Hi Neil,

Sorry you have to part with your cars. 

Have you posted them here?  Or if there is an ebay item number/s let us know!

[brads70]

Well I have a ton of "collectable " diecast but I have to go the other way & unload most of them , cannot take them to Panama with me , I guess I need to get an inventory together but if anyone wants some of them I will sell them , I have about a dozen mispackaged Hotwheels & some damaged before packaging as well as treasure hunts & original redline cars. I listed a number of them on Ebay but no bites last week .

What do you have in 1:18 scale?

[JeffAARy]

I find this post interesting because as I mentioned on a prior post, I am new to this board. I have always loved muscle cars and I now own 3 different ones and one classic. Believe it or not, I used to have another hobby that I was a very serious collector in and we had a chat board just like this. Here's the part where the connection comes in. I see many of you have mentioned how you collect diecast and one mentioned you have old hot wheels back to the vintage ones. Thats what I used to do. I had a very serious collection of old hot wheels which we called redlines. I had one of, if not the rarest collection in the midwest. Currently, there are two published books out there that have many of my cars in them that the authors requested. Or should I say cars that I had. I reached a point where I lost the desire of the hobby and sold my collection. Some of that money has paid for the last 2 muscle cars I now currently own. Believe it or not, for those of you who might not know, there is a lot of money in the older hot wheels. Especially the mint and rare ones. I miss my little cars but only till I climb in my 1:1's and then I think, hmmm, guess I dont miss them to much after all. I can always pull out a book and reminisce if I choose.
Brian

Welcome, GTOMAN.  Your old olive King Kuda blister is quite happy hanging on my wall.

[Moparguy71]

Well Hello Jeff. I'll be darn what a small world. I never pieced together the AAR in your name. I got it now though. Thanks for the welcome. Send me some pics sometime, would love to see it!
Brian
Moparguy71
GTOMAN

[Super Blue 72]

Just picked up this Dixie Challenger this morning.  Why is there a little piece of metal that hangs from the header panel to make it look like a split grill?  The car itself looks sort of like a mix of a Challenger and a '71 Road Runner or something.  The C pillar isn't quite Challenger material.  The Chrome inside the grill area is '70 Challenger though.  Was this originally some sort of funny car? 



Different pic showing what I'm talking about the grill.  I think I'm going to circumcise it.... 

[JeffAARy]

The Dixie Challenger, and-its predecessor the Rodger Dodger (Rodger Dodger has a blown hemi and exhaust pipes sticking out the hood), are re-releases of 1970's Hot Wheels cars.  The front of the car is 1970 Challenger, with the 1970 Cuda vertical center grille divider added.  The back half of the car is 1973 Charger SE.  The Rodger Dodger first appeared in 1974, the Dixie Challenger came out when the Dukes Of Hazzard craze hit and it originally had a General Lee paint scheme:
http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/rodgerdodger/

For another wild Mopar Hot Wheel, check out the Bye-Focal.  That one is a 1970 Challenger with an elongated front that accomodates 2 hemis with injector stacks.  It has a clear hood with dual six-pack scoops:
http://onlineredlineguide.com/OtherRedlines_ByeFocal.html

[brads70]

The bye-focal is pretty cool!    I had buckets of hot wheels when I was a kid ( 1970's) wish I had them now!

[Super Blue 72]

The Dixie Challenger, and-its predecessor the Rodger Dodger (Rodger Dodger has a blown hemi and exhaust pipes sticking out the hood), are re-releases of 1970's Hot Wheels cars.  The front of the car is 1970 Challenger, with the 1970 Cuda vertical center grille divider added.  The back half of the car is 1973 Charger SE.  The Rodger Dodger first appeared in 1974, the Dixie Challenger came out when the Dukes Of Hazzard craze hit and it originally had a General Lee paint scheme:
http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/rodgerdodger/

For another wild Mopar Hot Wheel, check out the Bye-Focal.  That one is a 1970 Challenger with an elongated front that accomodates 2 hemis with injector stacks.  It has a clear hood with dual six-pack scoops:
http://onlineredlineguide.com/OtherRedlines_ByeFocal.html

Great info!  Thanks, Jeff! 

[Chryco Psycho]

I listed about 40 Hotwheels on Ebay last week , nothing sold , I have some mispackaged ones & some damaged ones still in packages.
 I have a black 71 GTX in 1/18 , I have numerous Muscle machines , I have a Purple 69 Charger & a couple of Cudas in 1/18 .
I have the Dodge Dually Black & red truck , approx 2000 body style from JRL
I have 2 Fuchia you build it 69 charger Muscle machine kits , I also have a Pink & Black Muscle machine 1/64 remote control cars , I also have a yellow AAR remote Muscle machine 1/64
I have a Real Rider silver twin pack with the 70 R/T Shaker Challenger & the 06 Concept Challenger both in silver .
 I have a Roger Doger / Dixie Challenger , it was misstamped so the rear chassis is badly twisted when it was rivited , it is dark blue  still in the package .
I have a blue 65 Impala with the front bumper twisted & dragging on the ground when stamped also in the package
I have a Fiat500 Dragster also misstamped with a twisted front end in the package , red in color .
I have a silver 32 Vicky with the hemi engine twisted up , misstamped still in the package , it is silver & red 
I have a Classic series green Hemi Challenger with the rear axle not attached inside the chassis so it sits on the chassis again still in the package .
I have a V8 Vega in dark blue with tape wrapped on the nose of the car inside the factory package .
I have 2 Dragstrip Demons Tom McEwen corvette funnycars packaged on Roland Leong Hawaiian funnycar packaging .
I have a Solar Reflex in gold packaged on a Shell Shock card .
I have a Classic series Scorchin Scooter jade green on a T bucket card .
I have a Silver Buick grand National silver in color with 10 spoke wheels , I believe this is rare as it is the only one I ever saw with 10 spoke .
 I have a green hot wheels Superbird , just regular production from 8 years ago .
I have 4 of the first edition brown Daytonas with the huge blower .
 I have 2 Street & Show HotWheel Altered State cars with real rider tires , 1 red & one white .
I have a HotWheel Baurtwell 69 Charger orange with white interior & roof & 22" type rims .
I have  numerous  Treasure hunts , 3 Drift King in Black , I Rockster green  , 1 Bad Bagger blue , 1 Neet Streeter Green, 5 65 Mustang Convertables red    .
I have a blue 71 GTX Mopar Mayhem Johnny Lightning with opening hood & Uniroyal rubber tires .
I have a pair of 69 chargers Muscle Machines 1 with blower , 1 not
I have a blown 69 Boss 302 Mustang with the red & blue Tires
 I have the pair of silver 70 Cuda MM cars 1 blown 1 Shaker hood
 I have 2 100% Hot Wheels 2002 Ford series 67 Mustang fast back red cars , these are similar to treasure hunts with rubber tires & detailed chassis & opening hood.
I have 2 Curious Yellow 71 Charger R/T American Muscle series very highly detailed with opening trunk & hood with a card on the factory poster.
 I have 2 of the bigtime Muscle blue 70 challengers still packaged 
I have 10 more boxes of 80 hotwheels in each case that I have not even opened to look through yet .
 Let me know if anything is of interest & I can send pix , I will look through some more boxes & see what else I have

[Chryco Psycho]

List 2
 All Johnny Lightning
30 th edition Lime green Superbee with factory poster card , but the casting is ugly !!
3 Zinger series , 2 70 GTX, 1 blue , 1 green , Yellow 70 Challenger R/T mis carded as a 71 Challenger
1 red Mopar or no Car series 70 Superbird
1 white / red 69 King Wing Daytona Rebel rods series with decal sheet
1 Black chrome 69 Daytona Monopoly 70th anniversary
Mopar Muscle series yellow 72 satellite
orange 69 Charger spoiler series

[brads70]

Neil if you have anything related to the Trans-am series I'd be interested? Sam Posey, Savage etc....?

[Chryco Psycho]

I have 2 of the Sam Posey , Pony car series & # dan Gurney cudas but & was going to keep those .
 the new vintage racing series has a lot of the TA cars

[Super Blue 72]

Nice list, Chryco! 

Cox EZ Bee II RC plane

Purused craigslist, watch the ad when it was $100, then $75, then $50 so I decided to check it out.  Another Cox 0.049 engine RC plane.  Guy said I could have it for $40 but when I plugged in the batteries the servos didn't work so he let me have it for $15.  NIce guy. 

Pic is just a representation of what I got.  No box but it was built then put on a shelf, never ran.  Engine has never seen fuel.  The gentleman never even put batteries so was surprised it didn't work.  Something to fiddle with... figure the engine alone is worth more than what I paid.

[thenuke1]

on my way home from vegas.... i stopped at the Victorville Target and FINALLY found a hot wheels ive been looking for plus another nice find



i wish that plum crazy chally had black stripes like mine but this will have to do ...

that fire department dixie challenger caught me off guard .... i didnt know they had another one out

[DAYLEY/CHALLENGER]

70 Challenger.............One of my sons coworkers sent this to me.......I guess the cops are always on the lookout for their type of cars............This one was just special..............