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05-02-2007, 02:14 PM | #1 | ||
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05-02-2007, 02:18 PM | #2 | ||
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The man was a creative genius. Did cars for a lot of tv shows in the 60's. The Munsters, The Monkeys, Batman etc....
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05-02-2007, 02:20 PM | #3 | ||
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I see a lot of cars that I had as a kid!
Wel my ones were "matchbox", geez i hada LOT of Matchbox cars as a kid. I loved them! They say mattel is now the biggest car maker in the world based on number of cars sold. (Mattel now owns both Matchbox and Hotwheels) |
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05-02-2007, 02:23 PM | #4 | ||
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Gee he even beat Ford Aust to the Punch
http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/K...llery_xr6.html Yep he designed the original Ford XR6! His prototype looks subtley different to the final production Falcon, see if you can spot the differences |
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05-02-2007, 02:41 PM | #5 | |||
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05-02-2007, 02:50 PM | #6 | |||
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Creative genius, that’s an understatement. This bloke is brilliant.
When the time comes I wouldn’t mind being carted away in this beast.
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05-02-2007, 02:54 PM | #7 | ||
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That is simply awesome ... was having a good look at that.
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05-02-2007, 02:55 PM | #8 | ||
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That hearse is almost worth being put in a box for, just for the ride!
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05-02-2007, 03:40 PM | #9 | |||
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Then I'll do a Hans Moleman with the, "I don't want to be a pain, but now that you mention it." (in reply to the gravedigger's statement, "Gosh darn it, ain't anybody in this graveyard dead?") |
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