I have been a car nut for longer than I've been a guitar freak and even at the age of 2 knew every domestic and foreign car on the market.Since I could never afford the cars of my dreams I've amassed a huge collection of car magazines dating back to the 60s in some cases and dozens of books on classic marques.
Lately I've gotten into collecting diecast models of classic cars and so far only have about a dozen cars and motorcycles.Today I ordered 2 cars from one of my favourite now defunct car makers Packard.I ordered a 1955 Carribean convertible and a 1930 Boattail Speedster.If I can ever track down a '34-'36 Packard Dual Cowl Phaeton I would consider myself having the Holy Grail as that's my all time favourite car even ahead of the '62-'64 Ferrari 250 GTO.
Has anyone else been bitten by the diecast bug?That goes for old Corgis and Meccano Dinkies of which I also have dozens kept from my childhood.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I have a modest collection of die-cast musclecars from Danbury, Franklin, and Johnny Lightning......19 or 20 at last count.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Have only two, a 1956 Chevy 1/2t PU and a 1952 Chevy 2dr stileline Delux car. I also have full size vershions of each. The truck is in a milion peaces and the car is almost ready to drive.

I have the full set of fifty Danbury Mint pewter collection from the early 80s.

Did some research a few years back on them and it seems that the UK set is different from the US set which caused some issues when I wanted to sell them.

Unfortunately, the wife doesn't like them so they sit in a box in the attic.........

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speak slowly I'm a drummer too!!

And I proudly lack a stick or a kazoo up my arse...........

Put the wife in the attic instead!



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

I have around 1200 cars, mostly Hot Wheels but with some Johnny Lightnings and Matchbox thrown in, as well as miscellaneous diecast stuff. All in boxes under the staircase and around 99% of them in the package.
I also have around 30 1/43rd cars mostly LeMans type racers, and around 10 1/18th scale cars, again endurance and Can-Am cars.
What I value the most is my small collection of Original Hot Wheels from the 60s-70s, what they call Redlines. Some incredible colors.

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Current Gear: Ron Kirn Barnbuster Tele,
Marshall: 1971 SuperLead 100>1997 1960-TV, bunch of pedals
and a 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe named Veronica

I have over 400 1/24-1/18- etc diecasts and plastic model cars. I have been into that stuff since about the same time I started playing guitar at age 8. CARS and GUITARS! Yeh man!!!

Yup, collect Redline era Hotwheels and Lesney Matchbox a few Johnnys too -- mint to near mint only. Also a few Carousel 1 60's Indy cars (1/18 scale) amazing detail. Stuck in the late sixties early seventies I guess.

mclmk8d, lovin' that rose chaparral!

i collected a few, i used to work in a hobby shop and spent most of the time drooling over the scale models... but with the price equivelent to a good strat... i never got one...

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blues - its a religion...

I sold a LOT of 'em on eBay when our son moved out.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

I've been selling off a bunch of unbuilt plastic car models on eBay to help finance my guitar hobby... still got a basement full of car models, though... about 500 or so... I'm not abandoning the car model hobby, just paring down...

give me a link or something to the adds. I need more stuff.

definitely my favorite also...the pink AMX2 also

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Current Gear: Ron Kirn Barnbuster Tele,
Marshall: 1971 SuperLead 100>1997 1960-TV, bunch of pedals
and a 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe named Veronica

I went on the Danbury and Franklin Mint sites and their prices are extremely steep even though they are no doubt high quality models.I have seen models on the http://www.diecastmint.ca/ site for much much less for some identical models.Where I collect models from The National Motor Museum Mint (Diecast Mint)I get 1/32 models and pay usually $20 for models with a MSRP of $40 and their 1/24 and 1/18 models usually go for $35 to $60 respectively.On the other sites 1/24 models are routinely over $100 so I think I'll stick with the Canadian company for now for price,quality and selection.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.