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> 914's - is there a correlation between toys and 914's?, Did you build models or make go-carts or play with hot wheels as a kid
914's - is there a correlation between toys and 914's?
Where do you fall ? Not casual, but a passion with:
Hot Wheels and other cars - had a huge collection ! [ 6 ] ** [11.11%]
Go carts - I was 8 and smelled of gasoline ! [ 1 ] ** [1.85%]
Models - Probably brain damaged from the glue ! [ 3 ] ** [5.56%]
Hot Wheels and Go carts baby ! [ 2 ] ** [3.70%]
Hot Wheels and Models - not allowed to drive go carts ! [ 14 ] ** [25.93%]
Models and Go Carts - when it was too bad to drive, I was building ! [ 5 ] ** [9.26%]
All of the above (toys, carts, models) - yeah, I'm a MAN ! [ 20 ] ** [37.04%]
None of the above - but making up for it with my 914 ! [ 3 ] ** [5.56%]
Total Votes: 54
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Mountain914
post Nov 4 2006, 01:05 PM
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Too much time in thin air!
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OK - I look at pictures of these freshly painted 914's (prior to trim and such), and engine swaps, and customizations, and I can only think to myself: Oh golly, I am still building and playing with scale car models !!
I mean really, when I was growing up I wasn't allowed go-carts, but I had a HUGE hot-wheels collection, and electric car race track, but I spent a lot of free hours (too many) building scale models. (What do you mean glue causes brain damage (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ), With models, it was even to the point where I would chop and channel and put in electric lights (with an AC/Adapter) and do custom interiors, and swap engines (where they weren't always susposed to go) and everything !

So, without any great meaning from this poll, I am just curious - do you think the 914 specifically might be a result of this ? Or more specifically, do you feel sometimes looking at the 914, above all other cars, you are working on scale models again ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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URY914
post Nov 5 2006, 06:56 AM
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I started off with Matchbox cars. Very cool cars built in England. The were $.50 each I think. I still have a bunch. Than Hot Wheels came out and I had miles of track. I had a "Powerhouse" that had two spinning wheels that shot them around the track. Than they came out with some that had motors in them that you charged the battery up with the "Juice Machine".

HO scale slot cars were next. Tyco and Aroura AF/X. Mine had silicon rear tires. Stuck to the track like glue. Bought all my supplies from Auto World via mail order.

All the while I was building model cars. 1/25 scale. I build the combo below in high school.

I never owned a go cart but I had friends with them and we would go to tracks around town. I remember that even tho I was a pretty big kid and weighed more than the others I always beat them on the track. The trick was to never lift and NEVER use your brakes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


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Mountain914   914's - is there a correlation between toys and 914's?   Nov 4 2006, 01:05 PM
effutuo101   Lots of Hotwheels. When my daughter came around, g...   Nov 4 2006, 01:57 PM
Lou W   I've always looked at my car builds as nothing...   Nov 4 2006, 02:37 PM
So.Cal.914   You may have a point, Hot wheels, go-carts and mod...   Nov 4 2006, 05:50 PM
JOHNMAN   I just haven't yet built my first cart. Hot W...   Nov 4 2006, 08:20 PM
URY914   I started off with Matchbox cars. Very cool cars b...   Nov 5 2006, 06:56 AM
JPB   :rotfl: All of the above and not using the brake t...   Nov 5 2006, 07:27 AM
race914   Had a 'soap box' derby wannabe that we...   Nov 5 2006, 09:15 AM
toon1   I had RC everything( planes, cars, boats etc. ) th...   Nov 5 2006, 09:20 AM
grantsfo   In the 1970's it was Go Karts, minbikes, model...   Nov 5 2006, 10:23 AM
rjkavanagh   started collecting Hotwheels in 1967, gave them al...   Nov 5 2006, 10:32 AM
BarberDave   :trophy: What are you guy's talking abo...   Nov 5 2006, 01:50 PM
morph   I built models, also had AFX and tyco pro tracks ...   Nov 5 2006, 03:32 PM
914rrr   Do mini-bikes and dirt bikes (motorcycles) sorta c...   Nov 5 2006, 07:10 PM
rick 918-S   Of course the models I built were never like the b...   Nov 5 2006, 07:20 PM
ptravnic   LEGOS!   Nov 5 2006, 08:44 PM
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