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Build-A-Bear is a retail shop that allows kids to select a teddy bear, stuff it, and choose accessories. The kids literally “build” their own bear. Now car enthusiasts have their own version of Build-A-Bear in a company called RIDEMAKERZ. You choose your body and chassis and then customize it to your liking. There’s even an option to make your RIDE into a remote-control vehicle. Each RIDE is equipped with, “…body, chassiz, stock treadz, stock wheelz, RZ Mix SONICPOD, working headlights and taillights, Certificate of Title, Personalized License Plates, RZ Tool for assembly and RZ CRUIZECASE.” RIDEMAKERZ just opened a shop in the Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota.
RZ SLING gold blinger
Autoblog has another nice gallery posted. This time it’s of the unusual cars that were present at the 2007 Art Center Car Classic show. There are quite a few interesting cars in the gallery, including domestics and foreign models, both newer and older.
The example below is the trio of 1953 - 1955 Alfa Romeo BAT concept cars. BAT is an acronym that refers to Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica rather than specifically to the cars bat-like look.
Cleaning out the camera. Found some wheels with Hudson caps, a Ferguson 35 tractor, a military Jeep, a few gas pumps, and a literature display. That’s about all I have. It was pretty slim pickings come noon on the last day of the event.
I made it to Iola. Sort of. By the time I walked through the gate the gatekeepers had abandoned their post and the banners were coming down. There were a few vendors sticking it out to the 3:00 official closing time, but most had long packed up. Even though the show was winding down there were last-minute deals to be had. Krause — publisher of Old Cars Weekly — had a tent full of remainder books on sale for $2 to $5 a pop. I picked up standard catalogs for Chrysler, Ford, Cadillac, Mustang, imports, a spotters guide, a book on muscle car advertising, another on concept cars, and a beautiful 752 page color hardcover about hotrods all for 52 bucks. Not a bad deal at all.
Here are a few of the cars that were staying put until the festivities were done:
The ‘67 Pontiac Lemans was a GTO convertible clone painted up like a Hot Wheels car. In the window was a dealer sticker that listed the MSRP at $3,429.77.
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Can’t make it to the Iola Swap Meet up here in Iola, Wisconsin? Me either, and I live an hour away from the dang place. The show promoter — Old Cars Weekly — has a photo gallery of what we are all missing. It looks like a really good event this year. There’s still one day left… maybe, just maybe I’ll make it. You can see even more at Angelo Van Bogart’s blog.
this is what you missed in the July issue of Classic Motor News. We took a brief look at the life of William Harrah, the collector who assembled a 1,500 car collection which eventually became the National Automobile Museum. We linked you to resources that provide detailed information on how to do a $50 paint job on your car. And finally, we recommended Dean Batchelor’s book, Harrah’s Automobile Collection for those who would like to learn more about Harrah and his cars.
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