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Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
I don't think we've had a thread to show customized 1/64th trucks,so here we go:
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Here's some of mine. Group photo and then individual.
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
the rest.
The blue with flames needs some darker red wheels; or chrome; I think. The two white '69s I bought on The Toy Peddler. I had the guy make the #38 M&Ms for me. They both had the regular wheels; when I got them; so I swapped them out with Disney Pixar CARS wheels. ![]() The last one; light blue/white is a Greenlight.
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Those are all great! I love the '56 Flashsider w/plow. That one is a GL/Jada fusion? I want to ask that Ebay seller who does the 4wds (DCP?) to do me a custom. One one these days I'll bid on one and hopefully win. I haven't tried yet
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
I know. But,WTH,I guess to have just one done just right I'd splurge. Figure cost of two trucks,one one plus wheel/tires/parts,then time and I can see why.
I need to dig up pics of more of my customs and post. That blue w/flames & red wheels looks awesome,too!
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
![]() ![]() I was bored, and did a few scale versions of my cars. Crappy phone picture, sorry. |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Those are cool. I like your stock-look two-tone job. I did a couple of those,too...but don't have the real version like you! Hah,I have that exact same driver door on my spare cab
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 09-20-2016 at 10:17 AM. Reason: "o"s for "i"s |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Terrible picture,but the job is actually decent if I you ask me
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
It's not a hot wheels or matchbox size but this was gifted to me last week since it resembled my build
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
It's not a Hot Wheels,it's an etc. They make so many versions. I really like this one. Like yours,huh? Cool
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Nice.
I decided to take pictures of all my '62s and all my 67-72s together. The '62s are left to right: *Factory light green 2-tone/fawn interior/white grille/custom painted surfboard *RR wheel swap/white interior,bed,& grille *Factory saddle poly 2-tone/black interior/custom painted surfboard *Three on right are RR wheel swaps In back is 4wd conversion using Hummer chassis The 67-72s left to right are: *RR wheel swap *Factory tangiers orange/RR wheel swap *Factory medium blue 2-tone/black int/RR *Body swap with 4wd *4wd conversion using Hummer chassis/custom tonneau *Body swap with 2wd
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
I have found some of the new '67 shortbeds that Hotwheels has issued (Fred Meyer) and already have the rivets drilled to do a version of my real SWB.
While I was there, I discovered that Hotwheels is now doing a Australian '73 falcon XB! ...which is what Mad Max's car was. I see someone else out on the interwebs already had my idea: ![]() ![]() |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Where do ya'll find wheels to change out and do you have pics of the customizing in progress ?
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
I just take the wheels out of other cars. Each car's only about a buck and I've found that the goofy fictitious cars (hot rod toilet, animal cars) have the best motors and pipes or spoilers. I'll buy one of 'em just for a scoop or a blower engine.
Each axle is held in with a kind of tension prong thing, and you just pry it out and put it in the frame you're building. I start out drilling the rivets. Begin with a small drill bit and work up (it's a metal rivet surrounded by plastic in most cases, and can get ugly quick. From here all the interior, glass and body pull apart and you can paint the interior and so on while you do the next step: Then I dump the body in a jar of lacquer thinner and let is sit over night. Hit that with a wire wheel or brush, then knock yerself out with paint and customizing. |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Thanks for all that info ,will try it sometime .
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Here are a few from my collection.
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Those look great .
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
The wheels get robbed from donor vehicles. I've also bought other Custom 69s with Real Riders and swapped the chassis (when I can get one of those cheap). I saw on the Red line club site that they sold a collection of upgrade wheels,then never found it again
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 12-29-2013 at 09:22 AM. |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
some very cool trucks here! not to hijack, but special-K, any chance of a look at that amt '67 fleetside sport truck (wrecker) underneath those hot wheels?
that '69 fleetside beside it looks interesting too. never seen a box that looked like that |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Here's pictures of the '67 kit. The '67 AMT has no pictures on the ends. He's a custom GL (not mine),so it's not a hijack,right?
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 12-29-2013 at 09:48 AM. |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
Here's the '69 MPC. These had the same picture on ends as on top. Here's another custom 1/64th diecast,too.
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
very nice special! a couple of rarer ones. just did a search, found 2 MPC '69's, $100 & up, & one '67 that got me excited for 3 seconds
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TOY-...item1e8512aa19 might be a problem fitting that chevy grille on that body (although that f body would make an interesting model) have to say, wouldn't mind either one on my workbench ![]() |
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Re: Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc
I was unmotivated and bored on Sunday,which usually gets me doing something piddly rather than any of those things on "the list". I had a group of Hot Wheels slated for body swaps or paint jobs,so out came the drill,stripper,and paint. Nothing too special,but customs all the same.
I wish I could knock out all this paint work on real trucks all in one day. First,is the Archie's '70 Blazer. I kept looking at these at the store but passed them up because I don't care for the tv show tampo thing and the way the grilles are it would be hard to do nice color change. It hit me if I masked the upper off I could paint the lower with rallye wheel paint and have a decent looking Blazer:
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