AJ Hoyt's cool cars
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, Oct 28 2010 11:51 AM
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 11:51 AM
Everybody knows who "Joe Cool" is, but I'll bet not many know who the cat on the front of AJ's Lotus is:
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 11:59 AM
Isn't that Garfield?
Most excellent paint schemes also!
Most excellent paint schemes also!
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:24 PM
That's Fat Freddie's cat! 
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:25 PM
That cat has a National Lampoon or Zap Comics look to it.
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:27 PM
That's right, Tony... the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:41 PM
The great Fat Freddie's cat... I loved those comics, THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS, loved when Fat Freddie would blow "smoke" in his face, and get him stoned... he'd be eating the garbage thinking it was gourmet food, then take a dump in FF shoes or headphones... now those were comic books, weren't they? Written by R. Crumb.
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:44 PM
I am amazed I can remember Zap comics but not my own phone number and what pinion I run on an F7 vs a TSR.
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:46 PM
Selective memory, Tony P...
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:50 PM
Or too much dope in the '70s.
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 02:25 PM
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooww!
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 02:36 PM
Gilbert Shelton?
Fat Freddy? Phineas Freak? Freewheelin' Franklin? Wonder Wart-Hog?
I really loved these comics in the beginning of the 80s when they were reprinted (translated) in the german U-Comix-Mag.
Great job!
Fat Freddy? Phineas Freak? Freewheelin' Franklin? Wonder Wart-Hog?
I really loved these comics in the beginning of the 80s when they were reprinted (translated) in the german U-Comix-Mag.
Great job!
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 03:22 PM
Hey Christian, I'm glad to see this was not strictly an American thing!
Wonder Wart-hog actually started appearing in Hot Rod Cartoons magazine in the mid-60's, without the drug and sexual content of course
Wonder Wart-hog actually started appearing in Hot Rod Cartoons magazine in the mid-60's, without the drug and sexual content of course
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 04:45 PM
Who could forget the greatest Robert Crumb character of all..... the ever-pubescent "Honeybunch Kaminski"!
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 05:15 PM
Ever Jailbait you mean!
R. Crumb fans are invited to watch the Terry Zwigoff pseudo documentary produced in 1994- if you haven't seen it already.
R. Crumb fans are invited to watch the Terry Zwigoff pseudo documentary produced in 1994- if you haven't seen it already.
That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 06:50 PM
"I'm Fat Freddie's Cat. I'll S*%# in your shoes and pee in your hat"
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 08:37 PM
Pablo we read those back in Sweden also. 
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You know hippies at that time! Nesta
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It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 29 October 2010 - 02:56 AM
Isn't that Garfield?
Can I retract my guess? Must show I'm too young, and never read comics!... like that!
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Posted 29 October 2010 - 03:03 AM
Close, but no cigar
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Posted 29 October 2010 - 06:27 AM
I have some cartoons about them, too. They were translated into Finnish in 80's. And Fritz the Cat, of course.
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Posted 11 November 2010 - 08:13 PM
Take a wee peak in my bag nailcakes
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Posted 12 November 2010 - 08:09 AM
Sounds like "the Checkered Demon"...
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 12:17 AM
Everybody knows who "Joe Cool" is, but I'll bet not many know who the cat on the front of AJ's Lotus is:
Now the Family is Complete.
A couple of months ago, I painted a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers body with Fat Freddie in the center, Phineas on the British (Can Am) driver's side and Freewheelin' Franklin on the American (Stock Car) side.
They are all giving their "signature salutes", with Phineas giving the classis "peace" sign, Fat Freddie giving the "power to the people" upraised fist pump and Freewheelin' Franklin brandishing his usual "bird" at the world (I edited it in a not terribly clever but period correct slot car related way in order to make the car more "family friendly").
The Honker II body is actually pretty robust. The Joe Cool body has been raced about 5 times and is still holding together.
The new body is very light. I got a new airbrush just after Chrismas and it is like I have never known airbrushing before (actually, it is exactly like that! I had a crap airbrush that NEVER worked great).
This is my first attempt to use the "resized" pictures according to the Bulletin Board Resizing 101. The files are MUCH smaller than original but still seem large.
Keep it in the slot,
AJ
Sorry about the nerf. "Sorry? Sorry? There's no apologizing in slot car racing!"
Besides, where would I even begin? I should probably start with my wife ...
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The only thing I know about slot cars is if I had a good time when I leave the building! I can count the times I didn't on one two three hands!
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 08:36 AM
Hey AJ! Cool Bod Man! Hey next time I come out we should play Heads and Feds! I have the original game still.....
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 08:53 AM
Don't need the game, just paint the car!
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Love the Freak Brothers! They were supposed to be making an animated movie(!), but I don't think it got past the "internet trailer" stage. What I saw of it was pretty bizarre 
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