ebay model sgt_murf...

every once in a while I stumble across an Ebay Model that totally takes my breath away...not so much with sgt_murf...he does, however, make me smile and he'll make you smile everytime too!...perhaps you've run into him?...I've tagged him on my list of Favorite Sellers...CHEERS sgt_murf, and THANKS for being part of the show!!!

summertime...

I'm calling it...SUMMERTIME is here!!!

vintage iron...Beatersville 2012

    amazing week-end in Louisville, Ky...took a side trip from my beloved Abbey Road On The River festival to the Beatersville car show...man, you just can't buy patina like that anymore...here are a few of my favorites....you can see more photos HERE ...             

when toys become REAL...Al Unser and the Johnny Lightning Special...

   when toys become REAL is every little boys fantasy and that fantasy became a reality in 1970 in the form of the "Johnny Lightning Special"...In late 60s Topper Toys mounted a challenge to Mattell and their #1 toy, the Hot Wheels die cast car...Topper never came close to Hot Wheels in terms of sales, quality or "coolness" but they did win the "Grand-Daddy-of-em-All", the Indianapolis 500 in 1970 and 1971...

as American as Apple Pie, Baseball and Mario Andretti...

In 1969 Mario Andretti won the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing", the Indianapolis 500 making himself, Andy Granatelli and STP a household name here in America...

vintage snap...

I found this sweet little modified stocker while surfing the net in the Orlando International Airport...

more vintage Gym Shorts...

putting in work at the "junkpalace"...keep an eye out for my new book, the King of Vintage Gym Shorts...

vintage "Watch List"...

here are a few cuties that I had on my watch-list this past week...Happy Monday!

RIP Caroll Shelby...

this was my first post ever on Thrift Score and More...

Sunday, October 2, 2011

best "THRIFT SCORE" ever?...

this post is for the pickers, prospectors and Treasure Hunters who, in a slump, think that all the "GOOD SHIT" has already been found...

this is the 1950s "Cadillac Special" built by Caroll Shelby and it hasn't seen the sunshine since the 1960s...it was originally built for a 1959 "All Racers" contest at the world famous Langhorne, Pa Speedway...this custom coupe was shipped East from California, qualified for the Pole and never took the Green Flag to start the race (over-heating) and was locked-up in a nearby New Jersey barn hoping to race another day, which never came ..here she is in 2010 rolling out of the darkness from where she had been stored (except for a few select joy-rides back in the 60s) for the last 50 Years...

1959 Photo...Langhorne PA..."All Racers"