Hi Everyone!
Here is your first hint for our next O scale release. Happy guessing!
Have a great weekend!
Mark the Menards Train Guy
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I was wondering when the next release would occur.
I say it is a car dealership.
Ford auto dealership
50’s Ford F-100 hood emblem. Maybe a dealership, farm truck, farmers market, gas station, flatcar with truck?
A beer delivery truck!
I'd guess something related to FoMoCo, so of course I'll have to buy it.
Road Kill Restaurant. A restaurant specializing in Road Kill cuisine.
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Ford Gear and Lightning Bolt Hood Emblem for 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 F-100s
Above is probably correct a dealership or just an f100 from that time period in diecast 
If I might be so bold to say both can be found pretty easily in the secondary market.
My hope is a Ford industrial facility!
Can we get an additional hint?
Automobile manufacturing plant.
I bet the toy cars made in this plant will work better than the ones made in the real Ford plant!! (ツ) (ツ) (ツ)
How about some Chevy cars and trucks, I will never by another Ford.
Marty
I always like the first hint. Gets the mind working overtime. Like ScottyRR maybe it is a diecast truck or a beer delivery truck like Mike g is always hoping for. A dealership with a rotating sign. Maybe a ford factory. Weekend is a long time to go without another hint. It will be interesting to see what it will be....................Paul 2
I'll go with a Ford dealership. There's already a ton of Ford cars and trucks out there priced in the $10 - $20 range .
@Grampstrains posted:Anyone remember that Ford also made Tractors? Maybe a farm supply?
Gosh I hope not, they weren't anything to brag about. I operated a few... it was not a pleasant experience.
The logo pictured from Menards was used on the F-100 pickups from 1953 to 1956.
@wild mary posted:I'll go with a Ford dealership. There's already a ton of Ford cars and trucks out there priced in the $10 - $20 range .
If it is a dealership, I'd be interested, especially if it comes with a few mustangs.
Menard's does not normally release items that old (1950s), so I think it will be a junk yard with some parts off an old F-100 rusting away in it.
Other possibilities:
Auto Parts Store
Drive-in or Drive-thru Restaurant (maybe McDonalds or Big-Boy)
Gas Station and/or Repair Garage
Ford Factory (probably too big to be likely)
Drive-in Movie Theater
Kingsford Charcoal Boxcar
If its a dealership, I hope they "punch it up" a little and include a rotating
illuminated sign. K-Line/Lionel had a stand alone one, although it wasn't actually neon.
UnclePeteRR
My guess is the Dearborn truck plant, a basic white box with a "green" roof and a huge Ford Emblem.
Henry’s mail box emblem on his old time farm house.
The image shows a chromed emblem. What could the Stoney Creek residents use? A great dealership, a repair facility, a small plant that produces parts for the truck, or a lighted truck pulling a horse trailer.
A couple of weeks ago I asked the question about Menards missing from the scene and folks said it was too early in the year for them to post an offering. So my gut hunch was right that something was afoot.
I hope the offering comes with a nice option to get a lighted vehicle as a bonus.
It’s a mechanic’s garage for the cars and trucks with parts that to be Fixed Or Replaced Daily! 😉
Harry Potter Ford dealer. (Lighting bolt)
Ford truck with working lights?
My guess/hope ...
Not a Ford dealership (that's been done) or a Ford pick-up truck (that's been done many times), but a FORD Used Truck Lot with a modest "office," several figures, and some pick-up trucks (all different colors) lined up under lights - with sales banners.
Mike Mottler LCCA 12394
@Mike H Mottler posted:My guess/hope ...
Not a Ford dealership (that's been done) or a Ford pick-up truck (that's been done many times), but a FORD Used Truck Lot with a modest "office," several figures, and some pick-up trucks (all different colors) lined up under lights - with sales banners.
Mike Mottler LCCA 12394
Maybe a Ford A-1 used car lot with bunting. Perfect for a 50s or 60s theme layout. GM & Chrysler products in the lot because that is a new car sales tool, they say look at all the Dodges and Chevy's that were traded in on Fords. I'll probably get nasty replies but that's how they try to sell cars.
Airport hangar with a Ford Tri-motor plane
Learned to drive on a Ford Golden Jubilee tractor.
Would love an O scale one but I doubt that is it.
Ford boxcars would be cool.
I wish I had gotten the Ford Farming one K Line did.
My sort of local hobby shop had it but they wanted $10 more than list price for it.
That turned me off so I didn't buy it.
Now I wish I had, oh well.
Whatever it is, I will probably buy one.
BTW, Menards can you make us an O scale forklift?
I saw some forklifts in the toy bin at the store but these were at least G scale if not bigger.
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I might be interested in something to go with my Ford Mustang Dealer already on my layout. I have a covered junk/Hobo scene near bye, so a junk piece would be appreciated. Not likely, Menards hasn't done well used.
New truck, A Ford F100 1953-1956.
Maybe it will have operating head light or a load in the bed?
Hopefully Menards may of weathered the truck🤔
It could always be two trucks on a flat car?
Everyone is guessing a structure or a boxcar. I think they are doing something really big! A motorized inspection vehicle: a scale Ford F100 running on either conventional or with Bluetooth. This will be their first motorized unit, to be followed by an industrial switch engine next year.
Do we get a prize if we guess correctly?
Is it a new Automobile Carrier loaded with new trucks?
Andrew
@falconservice posted:Is it a new Automobile Carrier loaded with new trucks?
Andrew
Oooooh good idea!
Would be the perfect emblem for the new Ford electric truck.
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Terrific, just terrific. What an innovative car.
hoping to see a FLIP-UP cross connect bridge between the cars that is used when unloading the trucks.
alas I'll need to 3D print them.
Very nice - but a '53 Ford Truck with a modern Pepsi logo seems a little out of place.
