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[jazzeum]

Yes, I was just watching that unhappily

 

[4th Hussar]

Finishing my coffee and trying to decide between doing taxes, painting bathroom or yard work. I think I will go skiing followed by a nice late lunch/ early dinner.

 

[jazzeum]

That's a tough choice. I'd opt for the yard work. Have fun skiing.

It's about time for me to put the Xmas decorations away. Been procrastinating

 

[marco55]

I've cleaned 6 'snow know off my truck that the weather people said would be light dusting,had coffee,fed the cats,washed clothes,ate breakfast,reading this and now go clean one of the bathrooms.
Mark

 

[Njja]

Interesting thread! I am enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon polishing some of the Smith Miller trucks I have recently picked up. I enjoyed these as a boy, and its a lot of fun to see them again!

 

[jazzeum]

Very nice John. I'm sure you must collect the Hess trucks.

 

[Njja]

Very nice John. I'm sure you must collect the Hess trucks.

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Interesting, I actually had two articles published on Hess Trucks and once published a "Price Guide"for them. At one time I had over 100 of them but I lost interest when the "speculators" moved in.

Now days I really don't pay much attention to them (which is a shame) every now and then I run across a few stashed away in various closets or boxes.

I wrote the articles published in "The Train Collectors Quarterly" back in the late 1980's when I worked evenings at a corporate office.......lots of "quiet time". No I wasn't a night watchman, I handled consumer affairs for a large company and took calls from across the nation.

I started buying Hess trucks in 1964 (my Dad actually) every christmas. They were only sold from thanksgiving until they ran out of them usually a little before christmas. I contacted Hess and received a lot of interesting information from a woman that ran their archives. My articles documented which trucks were made when, and gave a little information about each one.
The response I got was overwhelming, except questions from the "rivet counters" Some of these folks had detected slight molding differences that led them to believe the trucks were produced at different factories in Hong Kong. This turned out to be true, but Hess records on location production no longer existed. Originally these trucks were simply a promotional idea that simply took off beyond all expectations. At one point in the 1990's one of Hess's warehouses was robbed of a truckload of the vehicles!

Today I prefer Smith Miller, they are cast aluminum and rugged. Fun to collect and a nice one can easily exceed $1K. Some of the early Hess Trucks also easily exceed $2K but they are plastic which can yellow when exposed to even moderate sunlight. They are much less likely to maintain their appearance over time.......and much more fragile.

Here are a couple of classic Hess:

First the original 1964 Tanker

Second the second offering released in 1966 The Voyager Tanker

 

[danscott]

Interesting thread! I am enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon polishing some of the Smith Miller trucks I have recently picked up. I enjoyed these as a boy, and its a lot of fun to see them again!

nice looking trucks,and room,
sitting here just knocked of a 12hr nightshift drinking coffee listening to the
psychedelic furs
simo

 

[jazzeum]

Love that tanker. I had forgotten that you had mentioned that you had written articles about Hess.

Sitting here practicing some scales and a blues scale.

 

[GREG]

Im in the process of building a L-Tower Flak building with my daughter for a school project.They are doing real world applications for math class so they have to build a building to scale.I wonder what grade I will get for this project .I mean what grade my daughter will get.

 

[fishead19690]

I,m trying to get through the random pictures thread on my fishing forum its only over 3000 pages long!!! Lots of cool pics! We should start are own over here.
http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/showthread.php?t=509750

 

[Spitfrnd]

Interesting thread! I am enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon polishing some of the Smith Miller trucks I have recently picked up. I enjoyed these as a boy, and its a lot of fun to see them again!

Great looking tankers. What hanging Spitfire is that in the third photo BTW?

 

[Fubar]

Preparing taxes. ICK.
FUB

 

[Njja]

Great looking tankers. What hanging Spitfire is that in the third photo BTW?

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Nothing special, just an old model I picked up somewhere.

 

[4th Hussar]

I've cleaned 6 'snow know off my truck that the weather people said would be light dusting,had coffee,fed the cats,washed clothes,ate breakfast,reading this and now go clean one of the bathrooms.
Mark

I went skiing and we could use your 6 inches of light dusting. We are having a tropical "El Nino" winter and have 10 inches of snow where we would normally have 3 feet. I will be bicycling rather than skiing next week. Still need to do taxes and paint bathroom. Not sure when I can get back to the troops.........................

 

[thebritfarmer]

starting with a cold and watching the Grammys

 

[jazzeum]

No cold myself but have a heck of a headache, to go along with a cracked rib Nice...not!

 

[Deitz]

Reading my owners manual, I just picked up a Ford Escape and fighting a cold, which I seem to losing at the moment.

 

[Njja]

Reading my owners manual, I just picked up a Ford Escape and fighting a cold, which I seem to losing at the moment.

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Ugh the old owners manual......I remember when it was a quick simple read.
Today they are like the encyclopedia britiannica. Even when you are
excited about your new vehicle it gets a bit dry after the first 100 pages or so!

Hope you enjoy your vehicle!

 

[marco55]

Getting ready to watch Caprica.
Mark