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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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still ongoing. stupid bastages putting everyone else at risk for their idiocy...
- Oct 7, 2000
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I've got some serious catching up to do in this thread 
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Regarding the above, I have a clear bittersweet memory of those cars. My parents got me this one for Christmas:
The bittersweet part is that I REALLY REALLY wanted the Cox Dune Buggy (which was the one on the TV commercial). My parent's got me the Baja Bug instead because it was a few dollars cheaper. I have a photo around somewhere of me opening the gift at 7 years old. I have a forced smile on my face... was a great moment in time as I think it actually captured the second the disease of GAS set in me. And I'm not joking. When I could finally afford to buy my own toys I decided I'm getting WHATEVER I want, WHENEVER I want, and EXACTLY as I want it.
Irony is I actually liked the Baja Bug much more than the Dune Buggy that everyone else had. It was way cooler.
....Regarding the above, I have a clear bittersweet memory of those cars. My parents got me this one for Christmas:
The bittersweet part is that I REALLY REALLY wanted the Cox Dune Buggy (which was the one on the TV commercial). My parent's got me the Baja Bug instead because it was a few dollars cheaper. I have a photo around somewhere of me opening the gift at 7 years old. I have a forced smile on my face... was a great moment in time as I think it actually captured the second the disease of GAS set in me
. And I'm not joking. When I could finally afford to buy my own toys I decided I'm getting WHATEVER I want, WHENEVER I want, and EXACTLY as I want it.Irony is I actually liked the Baja Bug much more than the Dune Buggy that everyone else had. It was way cooler
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I've got some serious catching up to do in this thread
Regarding the above, I have a clear bittersweet memory of those cars. My parents got me this one for Christmas:
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The bittersweet part is that I REALLY REALLY wanted the Cox Dune Buggy (which was the one on the TV commercial). My parent's got me the Baja Bug instead because it was a few dollars cheaper. I have a photo around somewhere of me opening the gift at 7 years old. I have a forced smile on my face... was a great moment in time as I think it actually captured the second the disease of GAS set in me
Irony is I actually liked the Baja Bug much more than the Dune Buggy that everyone else had. It was way cooler
You just reminded me of something that I'd forgotten long ago. I had a Testor's Sprite Special like this. (I didn't put the decals on mine.)
I just found a better photo.
As if the one-sy suit wasn't bad enough, the blue rubber boots worn by Tom Selleck's stunt double (on the right) are icing on the proverbial cake of bad taste.
Blue Rubber Boots would be a great Funk band name.As if the one-sy suit wasn't bad enough, the blue rubber boots worn by Tom Selleck's stunt double (on the right) are icing on the proverbial cake of bad taste.
Baow, chicka, baow-waow, chicka, chicka...
My brother and I each got one of these for Christmas one year.
Ha, right after 9/11 my ex Wife wasn't allowed to board a plane with a gun shaped belt buckle similar to this >just dont take this through an airport
It's actually only a half of a gun, as the other side is flat right down the center with the clasp and fastener sticking out. She had to discard it before boarding
Cars with door key holes on any door other than the driver's.
Multi-band VHF super-regenerative receiver that can receive signals in both AM and FM. It was manufactured in the 1960s by Kuhn Electronics.
Kewl! I'd love to have the real version of that gear!
Actually have a couple floating around the house. One time after I'd taken off my right boot, trying to get the left boot off it slipped, and the backwards force I was applying with my left leg just about peeled the toenails off my right foot. Still remember hopping around in helluva pain with one boot still on.
