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[Edo]

Gentlemen

the Supreme, Sidereal, Almighty Thingie Kingie is back with another outstanding toy to warm up this long forgotten thread!









A truly beautiful creation by our friend Mike “32Deuce” Zimmermann, the UFO 12!

Mike's design seems to come out straight from one of the most stunning movie ever made, Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang,

and off course the UFO 12 would look great cafe racing around Gotham City too:





Now you gentlemen are wondering what’s under that magnificent delight, right?

Well, nothing less than a Bob “endbelldrive” Suzuki’s hyper jaildoor chassis:





Motor, judging by the arm’s balancing holes, might be a Mura 16D (where is the Infallible Mr.Pea when you need him?) and the wheels are Kai’s inspired by antique U-Go’s:





... let’s chant all together:

He has white horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door
Oooh, what a lucky man he is
Oooh, what a lucky man he is
a new toy he has!

[Jairus]

Painfully vintage and beautiful through and through!

[havlicek]

The car is...perfect. No really! I love the body, the chassis, the motor, the whole shebang.

-john

[boxerdog]

I think Mike could sell some calendars also!

[tjsguns]

NICE!

[Jencar17]

Leckerchen!!

[macman]

Edo, prehaps you should make us a "Babes with Thingies" calendar???

[One27ray]

Nice car Edo Mike does really nice work another great car for your collection

[Gator Bob]

Outstanding !!!

[MSwiss]

A great looking car.

Probably my favorite Thingie body of all time atop a "maximum security" (lots of bars) Jail Door chassis.

[Horsepower]

I'd try to make those rear brake lights work. Just me talkin'.

[Edo]

Gentlemen

to underline the Renaissance of the Thingie Forum on Slotforum (which has been betrayed by many in favor of Slotblog- BTW the guilty ones will be punished sternly) it seemed to me that the best way was to homage Larry "Ls" Shepard, who is no longer with us, but who left a mark all over both forums with his wonderful scratchbuilt cars.

Some of you old timers might remember the SuperCukaluk Larry built for me back in 2007, see here the whole story:

Larry speaks

And now once again here it is, this time on my wooden track which really honors this wonderful fast car:









The inside with the monster Mura C-can:





Once again so you can see the car in detail:





Thanks again Larry wherever you are!

Edo

[Jairus]

That's beautiful Edo! Larry is sorely missed indeed as are Pappy and others who have moved on.

As for SF, if I was given moderating ability of even my own posts I would have made that forum the center of the Dynamic Proxy. But it was not so... so here is easier for me.

I suggest you maybe consider hosting the 2013 Proxy from your throne? "Build it and they will come!"

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Love that UFO body and Bob's chassis..... I think the arm is a Thorpe arm?

[Horsepower]

Edo- I remember when you first posted it and I was blown away by Larry's imaginative interpretation of the 'roach. Seeing it again is a wonderful tribute to a grade "A" good guy. I'm sad that he's no longer here to tell us about it and his many other exploits. I can't tell you what to do of course, but if it was mine it would have a special place under glass as a tribute to a great guy. Then again, knowing how Larry was, he'd be mad if it didn't see some track time!

[Gator Bob]

Anyone have this article to post?

Model Car & Racing April 1968 article, "Things About Thingies."

http://getyourwebsit...gallery123.html

[don.siegel]

Bob,

I'm pretty sure that article has already been posted, perhaps by Edo, either here or on SlotForum. Have you tried a search?

If not, I can post it...

There was another article or two on Thingies like this, but not a lot - most writers were anti-Thingie, except of course Floyd "Thingie Man" Manley!

Don

[Edo]

Ahem,

Bob, not that I want to be rude or anything like that but the very article you mention is at the very beginning of this thread!

Perhaps the size is a bit small for a comfortable reading but it's there.

Anyway, I've just found bigger scans, I hope they're ok to read:









Ta

E

[don.siegel]

Thanks Edo, I was too lazy to look myself, but I knew it was on there somewhere.

And if the picture's not big enough, press Ctrl and turn the wheel on your mouse... (maybe everybody already knows that, but I just learned a couple years ago...).

Go Gene...!

Don

[Gator Bob]

Duh,

Open eyes, then mouth.

Rude is the American way. I'd nit?

Are we blessed with any of these young gents . . . . still on board with us?

Thanks "E"




- Maverick reader, (still troubled)

[MSwiss]

Edo,
Thanks for posting the pics.

I like that that they used "sanitary" in one of the descriptions vs. "sano".

[don.siegel]

Bob,

If you look at the caption on the last page, the "Eldon's dirty old record breaker" referred to is our own Eldon "Gene" Adams, still living in the Detroit area, (can't remember the exact user name offhand), who occasionally posts here, pulls bodies and builds fabulous chassis...

Don

[TSR]

And fortunately, some of these beauties survived for future generations to enjoy (pictures courtesy His Edoness):

[Gator Bob]

Don, that's cool as heck, more candy!

Dokk,
Like . . since the world is coming to an end or, like, the men in black will take it anyway ... can, like, that whole "silver platter" go on epay?
Or is the thought, like, "one at a time"?

[Jairus]

I think it's like.... NEVER!