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I built something!
Two years ago I was asked (as usual) if I have a SWAT van that could be used in a potential Arkham set. I didn’t have one then (or did I?) but 30 minutes later I did.
Back then I figured that if it won’t be used, then I can always sneak it into something else as a taco truck or a TV van, whatever, but it went thru.
The build is pretty straightforward except for the front, that utilizes an odd combo of plates and brackets built in every direction on a footprint of a 2x2 brick to create the distinctive Chevy Stepvan headlight assemblies with it’s eyebrow turnsignals. No doors, as these things usually drive open, and since the doors are of sliding type, I don’t think it’s feasible in this scale.
As usual, I built it in different colors, and different lenghts, but the final product is pretty close to my initial sketch.
This is also the set where I was allowed to wish for an element for the first time ever in my career here at LEGO, and I went for a tyre that I needed for years now.
It’s a real gamechanger for me, and you’ll find that tyre from September 12th in the 76300 Arkham set.
1952 Metro Van by International Harvester. Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats, at Eastern Market, DC
The truck bodies, manufactured by the Metropolitan Body Company, were designed by Raymond Loewy.
I found this truck in a junk yard near the Mason-Dixon line. It had no drive shaft or carburetor and a nest in the intake manifold. Once I got that squared away, it ran, drove and stopped great. I did replace one tire. It is an oddball 18? inch or something.
Sunbeam Bread Truck - Lewis Bakeries - Clarksville, TN (Former American Bread Company truck) Miss Sunbeam Bread or Sunbeam Bakery. This picture is from 2001 and I think the truck was about twenty years old.
Nice portrait of the Mumford Volunteer Fire Department from 1970. Left to right for the apparatus:
antique fire engine; early 1950's Chevy, early 1960's Boyertown rescue unit, 1958 or '59 Chevy and a 1963-'65 Ford C-cab.
Baltimore Ave, at 47th St.
Local bread van
rolls on
on wet pavement on rusty trolley rails
dark inside and still blurry out
condensation bumps awake and forms
drips on cheesesteak rolls
west to 52nd
Saturday 9 am
past Lee's and the breakfast errand.
Engine: GM 350 cu. in. V-8 gas
Transmission: 4 speed
Auburn, NY sold this 1980 step van at auction back in May of 2010. VIN number was TPM35A3501788. Photo courtesy of Auctions International.
If you want to use this image, ask permission PRIOR to use. Don't be a thief - under most circumstances, I'm quite reasonable.
Copyright 2011 - Alan B.
Operated by: Canada Post, Winnipeg, MB
Unit Number: 13071
Body: ?
Chassis: ?
Notes:
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Canada Post delivery van with advertising wrap, seen on Graham.
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I built something!
Two years ago I was asked (as usual) if I have a SWAT van that could be used in a potential Arkham set. I didn’t have one then (or did I?) but 30 minutes later I did.
Back then I figured that if it won’t be used, then I can always sneak it into something else as a taco truck or a TV van, whatever, but it went thru.
The build is pretty straightforward except for the front, that utilizes an odd combo of plates and brackets built in every direction on a footprint of a 2x2 brick to create the distinctive Chevy Stepvan headlight assemblies with it’s eyebrow turnsignals. No doors, as these things usually drive open, and since the doors are of sliding type, I don’t think it’s feasible in this scale.
As usual, I built it in different colors, and different lenghts, but the final product is pretty close to my initial sketch.
This is also the set where I was allowed to wish for an element for the first time ever in my career here at LEGO, and I went for a tyre that I needed for years now.
It’s a real gamechanger for me, and you’ll find that tyre from September 12th in the 76300 Arkham set.
Original Kodak Safety Film Kodak Plus X-Pan Negative Scans. Image No. 29
From the collection of Richard G. Kruse, purchased at a recent estate sale.
Mid to late 60s. Udorn RTAFB, Thailand.
1960s Chevrolet Step Van