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Author:  75dartcustom [ Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:31 pm ]
Post subject:  miniature slant six for auction
if you can't figure out what to get me for christmas here you go:
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i know, my eyes are bugging out too.


yessir ladies and gentleman that is one authentic old school miniature slant six engine with moving parts. you woulnd't believe how easy it is to do work on this thing. 10 times easier than the real deal. found it on ebay. i would cry to have one of these to play with. check out the link. just pm me and ill give you my address so you can send it to me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1-4-Slant-Six- ... dZViewItem

check out the link so you can see the big pictures. then show your wife and use every guilt trip available to you.
Author:  oldgoat83 [ Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:57 pm ]
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I had a V8 when I was a kid.
I never got it completely together.
Too bad this isn't a working gas engine.
Author:  dakight [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:09 am ]
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That's cute as a bugs ear, but I've got many better places to put $255.00. LOL.
Author:  GTS225 [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:26 am ]
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Yep....neat things to have. I got lucky awhile back and found one at a local auction. Cost me $75, but I knew they were going for more on the Bay.

There's also a clear plastic one, vintage 1964. I've seen them pop up on Ebay about twice in the last five years. Quite rare.

Roger
Author:  Jon Dahlberg [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:43 am ]
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For $255 you can get the real thing and then some. Now that'd be cool to have on an engine stand in your living room.
Author:  Valianator [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:23 pm ]
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Those are cool. I'd love to see Revell reissue those (I'm a model car nut as well as a full scale slant sixer). Supposedly the molds still exist, but would need repair to be run again. Sure would be great to be able to buy one of those off the shelf for twenty bucks or so at any hobby shop!
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: miniature slant six for auction
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if you can't figure out what to get me for christmas here you go:
Image
:shock:
i know, my eyes are bugging out too.
There is one of those, in box, about 10 feet from this desk as I type. I bought it shortly after eBay opened for business. Paid too much for it!

I opened one of the plastic bags inside the box about five years ago, for Bill Weertman to sign the valve cover for me. (He was Chrysler's head engine engineer for many years, had a major part in the design and development of the slant-6, and wrote the "How car engines work" book that comes with the model kit and also bears his picture). He laughed out loud when I pulled the model out of my car to show him. He remembered it well, said he had one and was amazed at how big and involved a task it was to put it together. Lots of filing, fettling, whittling, etc. and TONS of tiny parts. This probably helps explain why there are so many partially-built examples going across eBay.

There were two different versions of this kit: The 1961-mid-'62 version is as pictured here. It is made out of red, silver and black plastic. The 1963-'64 version GTS225 mentions, which is indeed much scarcer, is a "visible" type engine with clear plastic engine block, valve cover etc.
Both versions are motorised; the motor resides in the bellhousing and takes two C-type batteries.

I don't imagine I'll get round to building this kit for many, many years. Maybe when I retire.
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