For those of you looking for vehicles....

That is probably the best $ 3.00 you have spent for an addition to your layout. Love the vehicle. I am going to e-mail you about this.

Any way of getting some ideas what other cars

where is this at

Havent figured out about email folks yet

thanks

terry91954@gmail.com

Is the "bargain store" unique to where you live or is it a chain that might be near me too?  (What's the name?...you can email me privately if you prefer)

Nice and COOL!

Can you tell us what year this is?

What other cars do they have in the series?

You could buy the supply at the store and sell them to us.

Guys...I am about to go into a meeting but just a quick reply.  This bargain store is just a local establishment.  They buy out overstock and out of business inventory.  I have shared with others who they are but so you don't waste your time, this store will not ship....Others have contacted him about this already.  He doesn't even do any of the auction sites.  I could sell them to you as suggested above but I doubt knowing my price, anyone on here would be willing to pay a couple bucks more for each car plus shipping.  We would be talking about around 5.00 per car and then the shipping.  Only way to do it would be to purchase in quantity...say 5 to 10 or more.  If you are really interested, this guy has all kinds of 1/43 vehicles.  I have probably purchased over 200 from him at this point....

Gotta go....my client needs me!!

Alan

The Bird is a '55 or '56 - hard to tell the difference. I've seen cars like that elsewhere. The CVS drugstore near my house has a big rack of toy cars, including a T-bird that looks just like that one, a '55 Nomad, a '57 Chevy, and a couple of other interesting steam era cars, but they are getting more than $3 for them - $5 or 6, I think. There's a dollar store next to the Safeway where I get groceries - I'll have to check them out next time I buy food. Maybe they'll have some cars for cheap. 

That is a nice car.  Any idea of the exact scale of who made it. I'm going to look at my locl CVS for it but I didn't see this last time.

LIke these since I seen em, !!!!!!!!!!!!!

would like a T-bird, Corvette, if they have

and at least  3 more GM , productions. for total

of 5, and I will follow, guidelines, provided

by  Leaving Trains

Thanks

Terry

what else do I need to do !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I owned the actual car once. I'ts a 56. That was the only year it came

with a factory continental kit. Other things like fender vents and wind wings

were improvements over the 55.

Sorry that was back to Alan ( Leaving Tracks)

my apologies on mis type

thanks

Terry  Patterson

I would hope they are not all "American Classics" series.  It would be hard to populate a layout with those.  We had a discussion in a thread not long ago where we all were wishing for some more "common" cars of 40s and 50s.

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Dennis

OK...done with the quickie meeting with my client. 

First...these are the Motor Max Premium series.  These are NOT the motor max cars that you see in drug stores or at Walmart with the opening doors and lids that have large gaps, etc. Also, they are NOT the current run of modern vehicles that you so often see that have a cheap look to them.  I think my pictures reveal that this is a decent looking car for the $$$.

A quick look on the Bay under completed auctions reveals that these sell for as much 20 to 30 dollars if we are looking at the muscle cars.  Some of the non-muscle cars go for around either side of 10 bucks.  So...I am not unhappy with what I paid.

Dennis....all of the cars that this store has are not the same manufacturer or series but the lack of common cars from the 40s and 50s is an industry problem in this price range for whatever reason.  Most of the cars this guy has are from the 50s and 60s.

I haven't considered reselling them....and still don't know if it would be worth it in my time and investment...packing, etc.  Think of it this way, to make $20.00 selling the cars for $5.00 each, I would have to sell 10 of them not including shipping costs. The only way to make the shipping reasonable would be to spread the cost over multiple pieces in the shipment otherwise I don't think most of you would be interested.  Anyway, if there are those of you that want to populate areas on your layout, let me know and perhaps we can figure something out...

This is what the store has in stock....ALL of the versions of the New Ray cars and pickups.  Many of the Yat Ming cars and a few of the Premium Motor Max cars like pictured above.  In addition he has a bunch of the Road Signature series.  All of these cost me 2 to 3 dollars each depending if they have the box.  Finally, he has some nicer vehicles as well and a collector of larger scale cars would go nuts in his store...but for whatever reason he doesn't want to pack and ship. 

Alan

Road Trip to Arkansas!!!!!!

The T-bird looks great. First one I've seen with a "Continental kit" in 1/43. Where'd you get the Chrysler Turbine parked in the service station garage?

What I want to know is where is the blonde babe who owns the car?

Great car and pictures, BTW!

Alex

Santa Fe VA......tell me when you are coming...we will have the diner ready and the berth pillows all fluffed!!

Matt.....the Turbine is from the same place...2 bucks!

Alex....the blond is inside waiting for her oil to be changed...

Alan

I just picked up a hard top version same car same maker.  It was 8.36 with shipping to get it.

TMACK....where did you get it??

Alan

ebay on "buy-it-now"

My Rite Aid has a display full of 1/43 scale cars. They often go on sale for $3-4 each. And the cars vary all the time as they sell off. If I see one that looks good I go to the school supply isle and grab a ruler. I check the wheelbase. If a 57 Thunderbird has a wheelbase of 12 feet I know it's way too big.....or a Caddy with a WB or 8 feet.....too small. I don't need EXACT scale but not WAY off  I pass.

When I still lived in Ca we had a Factory Outlet store for a local toy store chain and they always had a bunch of cheap diecast.  But you do have to know the sizes you are looking for.  Russ

I checked E-bay and found no completed auctions for the Premium series of Motor Max cars that didn't total $10.00 or more...  Motor Max makes different series of vehicles and the lesser expensive ones are not as nice as the Premium series.  There are several on e-bay that you can buy for 3 or 4 dollars but they are not the same detail level as the T-Bird pictured above. 

Like I said, I will get back with those that are interested and see what I can do for you.  Probably would cost somewhere around 10 bucks to ship as many as one could get in a standard USPS priority box...still less than I have seen them anywhere. 

Alan

I too had a 56 T-Bird.  Had that car for 18 years until our twins came along....  Almost wish I still had it.  But they cost too much any more. 

Nice addition to anybody's model car fleet.  As they say on the Barrett-Jackson auctions "Well bought!"

Jerry

Are you talking about the the t-bird or the twins. My money says the t-bird would be cheaper.

TGP.....I need your e-mail address.  You can contact me by using my e-mail posted on my profile page.

Alan

spent Hour trying to figure out profiles , ????????

no luck

terry91954@gmail.com

thanks

Terry....to find a profile, just click on the member's name on the far left under the moniker.  This will take you to their profile.  Look on the far right and scroll down to find if they have posted their e-mail address.

Alan

Alan,

Great looking car

Alex

Where is the store that sells these cars?

Ed

Alan,

I dont know if I got a good or bad one, but it looks pretty good to me. 

The pictures below are a Road Signatures Studie, The new Motor Max T-Bird, A Welly from CVS) and around the corner is a CHP Road Champs in the one picture.

Nice lineup TMack!!  Your T-Bird is a good one.  You can see why I like the $3.00 price!

I finally found the listing on the bay and saw that your car cost $5.98..shipping was $2.38 and it was listed as "used" (who cares, it looks new!).  Anyway, this is a good example of what would be about the best price one could get for that kind of quality and detail. 

I like the orange "welly"....can you post closeups of it and tell more about how it compares to the other two.  By the way, the Road Signature cars are usually very nice for the price!

Alan

two years ago I could swing a dead cat and find Road Signature cars at $6.50 a piece, I should have bought a truck load.  No one local is stocking them anymore.  I have found a few things here and there.  My $20 funeral hearse turned into a $400+ resale that funded a bunch of stuff on my layout this year.

$6-$8 per vehicle does not sting too much.  $3 would be fantastic.

I got the Welly 1953 Bellaire out of the CVS bin ($7.00), all the others I returned as they were huge.  Made the Road Signatures look tiny.

Ted...the pictures look great.  Still $7.00 is not bad for what you have there!

By the way, I just sent a followup e-mail to you concerning our group....

Thanks,

Alan