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**Quog** · 10-31-2022, 09:49 AM

Last night, after closing time, we decided to start a few alterations on the Showroom.

We are going to be concentrating on the front entrance.

First, we pulled out those front steps – never was really happy with them.

“Hey…didn’t there used to be a showroom here?”

“Oink?”

**pjedsel** · 10-31-2022, 01:13 PM

That gives a whole new meaning to remodeling and alterations of the existing building. Wouldn't be surprised to see the gang of pigs alerting the rocks that are left.

**guy64** · 10-31-2022, 03:47 PM

OINK!

[Trans.] "Hey bub, you got a permit for that?"

**Quog** · 10-31-2022, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by pjedsel View Post

That gives a whole new meaning to remodeling and alterations of the existing building. Wouldn't be surprised to see the gang of pigs alerting the rocks that are left.

Well thankyou very much pjedsel...you had to plant the seed, didn't you? You had to put ideas into their little piggy heads...

Actually, this is why the Garage staff are never welcome up at the Showroom, even during renovations.

**Quog** · 10-31-2022, 04:48 PM

Originally posted by guy64 View Post

OINK!

[Trans.] "Hey bub, you got a permit for that?"

Planning permission....?

HAHAHAHAHHHA!! AHA!! HAHAHAAAAAAA!!!

**guy64** · 11-01-2022, 01:34 AM

Originally posted by Quog View Post

Planning permission....?

HAHAHAHAHHHA!! AHA!! HAHAHAAAAAAA!!!

I'm taking that as a "No."

"Oink-oink!"

[Trans.] "Permits? We don' need no steenk-eeng permits..."

**Quog** · 11-01-2022, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by guy64 View Post

I'm taking that as a "No."

"Oink-oink!"

[Trans.] "Permits? We don' need no steenk-eeng permits..."

Well I guess, strictly speaking, this is a portable structure…I can pick it up and move it around the house or carry it outside, and therefore doesn’t actually need planning permission.

This is according to the pigs…

They are all, of course, well versed in all the local zoning bylaws, building codes and standards, including the loopholes.

“Oink Squeeek!”

[Trans.] “I say…pass the Chardonnay old chap.”

**pjedsel** · 11-01-2022, 10:23 AM

Sorry (well maybe) about planting that idea in those little piggies heads - should have known they would have creatively run with it!

**Quog** · 11-01-2022, 02:46 PM

Today at the Garage…

You must be joking!

Nope…I missed the turquoise Tooned Up Super Rig when it first came out, so when this green version popped up at our local Superstore, I grabbed it.

Just love the styling on that cab.

Also the little detail of the window part the way down.

The Head Starter car that comes with it is pretty cool too!

**Quog** · 11-01-2022, 02:58 PM

The plastic heads that Hot Wheels sometimes use always remind me of Myles Ahead. Or at least, if he had some drastic nose-reduction surgery…and a moustache trim.

Just look at Myles’ bony arse and “gas” tank! I guess that little V8 on his back has been specially modified to run on undiluted fart gas. He must eat beans with every meal.

As a kid, when I first saw FARBS on the pegs in BOOTS department store in the UK in the 70’s, I thought that the limbs were bendy, so you could create your own poses.

That would have been awesome!

Only ever bought Myles Ahead and Hot Rodney. Hy Gear and Red CatchUp never really appealed.

Though my original Myles was mauled a few years back - https://www.diecastgarage.org/node/102958

"DURP!?"

**Quog** · 11-02-2022, 10:41 AM

Whilst we’re on the subject of plastic heads in diecast…

That Flying Bug is another survivor from my childhood.

I always thought the face looked just like Gert Frobe’s character Colonel Manfred von Holstein from the 1965 movie, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines.

Strangely enough, both the British and German pilots seem to share the same moustache!

In fact, could it be the same head just with the helmet pulled down? Just a sec… I'm going to lift that helmet up as far as I dare...

Oh my god! It is! MATCHBOX – HOW COULD YOU!!!

After 50 years, your secret is out. Excuse me whilst I take in this shocking revelation…

**Quog** · 11-02-2022, 10:45 AM

And what’s going on here?

Far from resembling the muscular DC superhero Shazam (aka Captain Marvel), this figure looks more like a middle aged, British dad in a red jumper, with a bald spot and a double chin who, on a bet, squeezed himself into his kids’ go-kart, and is now stuck.

I much prefer the original 2 seater Corgi Hot Rodder – what a great design!

As long as you are driving in a straight line.

This one is another survivor from my childhood.

**Quog** · 11-03-2022, 10:10 AM

Today on Scenes From A Garage…

Of course, all of the pigs are fully certified Volkswagen mechanics.

Apparently.

**Daniel** · 11-03-2022, 04:11 PM

Originally posted by Quog View Post

Last night, after closing time, we decided to start a few alterations on the Showroom.

We are going to be concentrating on the front entrance.

First, we pulled out those front steps – never was really happy with them.

“Hey…didn’t there used to be a showroom here?”

“Oink?”

**guy64** · 11-03-2022, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by Quog View Post

First, we pulled out those front steps – never was really happy with them.

Since that post was made, our next-door neighbors began demolishing a concrete deck in their back yard in preparation for a house addition.

That deck covered their ENTIRE BACK YARD!

Guess what? Jack-hammers are very noisy, especially the big ones mounted on skid-steer tractors.

And then there's the soil tamper. For those who've never seen one, they're about the size of a very large outboard motor. The noise they make is like having a huge military helicopter hovering a few feet over your house. Except the house-shaking noise comes through the ground, not the air.

It's okay, though. Their operating window is only 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

Monday though Saturday.

I may be getting used to it.

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