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Old 05-02-2007, 02:14 PM   #1
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Check out these cars!

http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/N...s/novelty.html

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http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/K...s/kustoms.html

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http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/T...s/tvmovie.html

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Old 05-02-2007, 02:18 PM   #2
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The man was a creative genius. Did cars for a lot of tv shows in the 60's. The Munsters, The Monkeys, Batman etc....
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Old 05-02-2007, 02:20 PM   #3
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I see a lot of cars that I had as a kid!

Wel my ones were "matchbox", geez i hada LOT of Matchbox cars as a kid. I loved them!

They say mattel is now the biggest car maker in the world based on number of cars sold. (Mattel now owns both Matchbox and Hotwheels)
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Old 05-02-2007, 02:23 PM   #4
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Gee he even beat Ford Aust to the Punch

http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/K...llery_xr6.html

Yep he designed the original Ford XR6!
His prototype looks subtley different to the final production Falcon, see if you can spot the differences
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Old 05-02-2007, 02:41 PM   #5
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I see a lot of cars that I had as a kid!

Wel my ones were "matchbox", geez i hada LOT of Matchbox cars as a kid. I loved them!

They say mattel is now the biggest car maker in the world based on number of cars sold. (Mattel now owns both Matchbox and Hotwheels)
same here, I still have a few of them in boxes. I used to race them all around the house aswell.
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Creative genius, that’s an understatement. This bloke is brilliant.
When the time comes I wouldn’t mind being carted away in this beast.

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That is simply awesome ... was having a good look at that.
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Old 05-02-2007, 02:55 PM   #8
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That hearse is almost worth being put in a box for, just for the ride!
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Old 05-02-2007, 03:40 PM   #9
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That hearse is almost worth being put in a box for, just for the ride!
I'll second that!

Then I'll do a Hans Moleman with the, "I don't want to be a pain, but now that you mention it." (in reply to the gravedigger's statement, "Gosh darn it, ain't anybody in this graveyard dead?")
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