Model Railroading > A new old building

I just finished this structure for my layout. The Tyco kit has been under my layout since 1993, I would pull it
out and look at it every3 or 4 years. I became tired of the old building on this corner which was from my
2nd layout built in 1977, it was starting to yellow. So a few days back  I built this kit and added my sings.

I guess we all have a few kits we have bought and not assembled.

Later,
Charlesn
 

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I’d like to visit the See’s Candies for some chocolates to eat while watching the trains roll by. Nice work.

Nathan

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Great building. Love the Pinto.

Cliff Rutherford
Grain Valley, MO

The Pinto looks like a Fresh Cherry HO car.  As it happens, my first car was a 1971 Ford Pinto 1600 CC gutless motor and manual transmission. I took it in for the recall regarding the "exploding gas tank" issue.  I saw a video on YouTube which purported that the Pinto wasn't statistically any more prone to exploding gas tanks than other cars.  But the old wives tale persists.

And speaking of See's candies, when I was a teen living in Davis CA, I always knew when my mom had been to Sacramento shopping because she always brought back suckers from See's candies.  I think there was a shop at the K street mall in down town sacramento.

Cheers,
Jim

JIm:

I had a Pinto too and it was modified per the recall. IIRC, the thing that instigated the recall was an incident with three girls in a Pinto were burned alive near Elkhart, Indiana (not far from me). The Pinto was rear-ended. Whether other cars are prone to it or not,  it was a tragic event. I recall we did (and still do) have laws in Indiana as to how far the  back of car can be jacked up for that reason. In the Pinto's case, it was a very cheaply made car, and the car didn't have much protection for the gas tank. IIRC, however, the modification was just a strap attached to the fuel tank...

Victor Baird

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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>  I
> took it in for the recall regarding the "exploding
> gas tank" issue.  I saw a video on YouTube which
> purported that the Pinto wasn't statistically any
> more prone to exploding gas tanks than other
> cars.  But the old wives tale persists.
>
 

The Pinto had the fuel tank between the rear axle and read bumper I recall , wouldn't take too much of a rear end accident to be real bad real fast .   Great looking photos !

I recall a shield was mounted to prevent bumper mounting bolts from puncturing the fuel tank, and something about the filler pipe.

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mvrr10 Wrote:
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> The Pinto had the fuel tank between the rear axle
> and read bumper I recall , wouldn't take too much
> of a rear end accident to be real bad real fast
> .   Great looking photos !

A LOT of cars back then had the fuel tank between the axle and the rear bumper, it was not uncommon.
Of course you also had pick ups with the gas tank inside the cab with you against the back wall.
How we managed to survive those design booboos is beyond me.

Im sure you are right. It's just been so long ago the only thng I recall was the strap.

Viictor

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> I recall a shield was mounted to prevent bumper
> mounting bolts from puncturing the fuel tank, and
> something about the filler pipe.
>
> Posted from Android