Diecast Disaster

thrush544 · Post by **thrush544** » December 11, 2009, 8:35 am

Diecast Disaster

I just bought a cool looking 1/18 scale 56 F-100 off of e-bay. (I am a sucker for gray or gold center torque thrust wheels with white letter tires.) I took it out of the box to look it over. To my unbelievable disgust it has a small block chevy engine in it !?&%^$%&*(%^.

What is up with that !!!

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don morris II · Post by **don morris II** » December 11, 2009, 10:28 am

there should be a law

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » December 11, 2009, 10:36 am

i would want a refund. false advertising. :2cents:

dwbr · Post by **dwbr** » December 11, 2009, 1:23 pm

swap the engine

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Gary Seymour · Post by **Gary Seymour** » December 11, 2009, 2:59 pm

Wow! Talk about life-like detail! :o

I would see about a refund.

3ontree66 · Post by **3ontree66** » December 11, 2009, 3:03 pm

Send it to JC for Christmas!! Give him a target for his pellet gun. :lol:

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » December 11, 2009, 3:07 pm

3ontree66 wrote:Send it to JC for Christmas!! Give him a target for his pellet gun.

outstanding idea !
i 2nd the motion. :cheers:

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » December 11, 2009, 5:17 pm

Glue the bonnet shut so no one can see the shame!

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » December 11, 2009, 8:11 pm

3ontree66 wrote:Send it to JC for Christmas!! Give him a target for his pellet gun.

but paint it yellow first......

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » December 11, 2009, 9:02 pm

Guys.
Bonnet.
He's not talking about a head cover your grandma used to wear.
Alan means the hood.
Bonnet means the body part that covers up the motor.
The "boot"is the trunk lid.
Kind of a universal thing that, because the boot is where everybody keeps the beer, no matter where you're from.
Even Abbo's from Meekatharra.
ROTF
U@ss

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » December 11, 2009, 9:49 pm

Except the Abbo's don't call it beer or piss.
I think they call it "grog".
Alan, help me out here.
U@ss

Post by **Greg D** » December 11, 2009, 10:38 pm

Think I have a 1/18 Y block if it bothers you that much. If you like the model "Y" worry about it - it's pot metal and plastic for goodness sakes.
I have a Mustang die cast that is a $150.00 model car, working seat belts etc. - if I tried I could probably find complaints about it. I prefer to be happy I have it since it was a limited run of 3000 pieces and had been out of production for quite awhile when I got it.

jakdad · Post by **jakdad** » December 11, 2009, 11:09 pm

This is my recommendation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjTIm-vSKg

macgiobuin · Post by **macgiobuin** » December 12, 2009, 1:40 am

But how well does it run?

Post by **Greg D** » December 12, 2009, 9:09 am

macgiobuin wrote:But how well does it run?

charliemccraney · Post by **charliemccraney** » December 12, 2009, 9:35 am

A slick model built with this much attention to detail would be awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeUMDY01uUA

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » December 13, 2009, 9:13 am

here you go.....
now you just need a little hoist to drop it in .....

http://cgi.ebay.ca/1-18-Engine-Ford-427 ... 518d1d5132