OLDS Sometimes when the wife goes shopping

Jakefromstatefarm

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She wins big.. she went to go grab some craft supplies to make Christmas gifts at hobby lobby yesterday. She came back home and showed me what she got and in my normal "uh huh, yep, yeah" answers as she showed me her scores. Then she said "and I saw this and thought you might like it" so I glance back towards her and she whips this out of the bag.

My excitement level went through the roof, I couldn't believe one of these was actually on a store shelf for purchase, and the fact that she bought it for me. I think I was more excited about this than my last purchase of parts for the Cutlass in the garage.

Th best part, my wife knows me so well.. she bought 2 of them. 1 for me to build and the other for me to leave in the package and/or build at a later time.

She did so good that I was expecting her to then tell me she bought something huge and/or expensive but that was not the case.

I'll wrap it and let it surprise me again on Christmas morning with my son.

Another thing I was unaware of, was level 5 models. I had only previously seen up to level 3 in my younger years of building model cars.

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Dude! Do NOT pull the cellophane off that box!! Not sure where it would fall in the collector category but unmolested 1st and 2nd generation still in the box and unopened model cars are right up there in auction price on E-BAy> Visit that site every so often and models that I bought for 3.50 as a kid are now seriously hugging the 50.00 mark. Even parts and brutally ravaged kits are demanding high ducats. Not saying you should flip it but definitely leave it unbuilt. As an antique it should appreciate in $$$. Mega congrats to your wife for having such a keen eye.



Nick
 
build it!
 
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Dude! Do NOT pull the cellophane off that box!! Not sure where it would fall in the collector category but unmolested 1st and 2nd generation still in the box and unopened model cars are right up there in auction price on E-BAy> Visit that site every so often and models that I bought for 3.50 as a kid are now seriously hugging the 50.00 mark. Even parts and brutally ravaged kits are demanding high ducats. Not saying you should flip it but definitely leave it unbuilt. As an antique it should appreciate in $$$. Mega congrats to your wife for having such a keen eye.



Nick
I can always go buy more. I asked if these were all they had or if they had more, she said there was at least 2 more at that time.

I'm going to build at least 1. The other may stay packed away or build it later.
 
I see the Vin 9 exhaust and air cleaner. I wonder if the FE3X has the 30 hp Y pipe and shorty headers and 5 spd shifter shown at all? I love the details in models, amazing present!
 
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Buy them all!
 
That's worth a nice dinner at the very least. Keep the best one in the box, build one and put it in a plastic display case and GO BUT THE REST OF THEM! Best wife ever!
 
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Nice score! Your wife is a keeper!

I picked up one of those same 442 models at HL last year about this time, but haven't opened it yet. Wife was hunting down Christmas decor stuff and they had all sorts of junk on sale. Like what your wife said, they had several of them. They must've seen a profitable venture and made another run or something. I recall they were pretty scarce there for a while.

I still couldn't help to critique the model on the box for "authenticity". I know there's always concessions made on model cars, but I'd have had corrections. I'm thinking this started life as an 83 H/O kit.

One thing I think I'd do if building it "stock" is get some RWL Eagles for it. They provide naked, smooth tires with the kit, but I'd spend a few bucks to get something more accurate looking:
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thats sweet! I put together probably 100+ 1/24 scale models when I was a kid...(probably messed my brains up with all the fumes! lol) I used to get stupid with them....using redsewing thread for spark plug wires/battery cables/painting everything/drilling out exhaust tips so they looked real etc... your post brings back some long forgotten memories!
 

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