We built a thing!

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78) 01/22/2016 at 11:27 • Filed to: None

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I must give the credit here to my wife, followed by a few random links and Pinterest (the most confusing website in the history of the innarwebz). We looked down at all the neglected Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars — some dating back to the late 70s — and figured there had to be something better for them than spending their lives at the bottom of a toybox.

After some trial and error, this is now hanging in my 5-year-old son’s room:

Apart from a couple of crazy/exotic/alien cars we used for filler, I hand-picked most of these for their realism, diversity, and overall Jalop cred.

“Ash, is there a Jaguar XJ220 on there?”

“Why yes. Hell yes, there is.”

“How about an El Camino with a rear-mounted V8 in the bed?”

“Naturally.”

Feel free to holler out anything you notice — I think we have 2 Mustangs and 3 Vettes on there, but all the rest should be unique.

$kaycog > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:32

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That is so unique! I love it!

TheHondaBro > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:32

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Spacejaaaaaaaag spotted.

Brian, The Life of > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:33

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That’s neat! And it gave me a great idea for next year’s Christmas wreath ;)

Chariotoflove > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:33

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‘Tis a thing of beauty. When is the museum tour starting?

Also, kudos for the closet storage setup.

vondon302 > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:33

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Nice. Coming soon to a craft store near you!

For Sweden > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:34

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Need to know more about pants

OPPOsaurus WRX > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:36

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what is the baby-poop-pea-green thing near 3 oclock and the maroon thing with the big sunroof near 9 oclock?

Sn210 > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/22/2016 at 11:38

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3 o'clock = BMW M4 I believe

smobgirl > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/22/2016 at 11:41

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Good idea...they should do a matching clock!

Stapleface > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:43

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“Pinterest (the most confusing website in the history of the innarwebz). “

Quoted for truth. Pinterest makes my brain hurt.

OPPOsaurus WRX > smobgirl 01/22/2016 at 11:47

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i would be kinda cool if you could use the car model for the hour numbers

like BMW 1 series for 1 o’clock....etc

Future next gen S2000 owner > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:54

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This is parenting done right.

Klaus Schmoll > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 11:57

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I went down a little less artistic route.

Ash78, voting early and often > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/22/2016 at 12:01

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But then you never know whether it’s 1 or 2; or 3 or 4...

Ash78, voting early and often > Sn210 01/22/2016 at 12:02

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Bingo — just bought that for this project specifically.

Ash78, voting early and often > For Sweden 01/22/2016 at 12:02

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What exactly do you need to know about my son’s pants?

And when the hell is Thriller 2 coming out?

Ash78, voting early and often > Chariotoflove 01/22/2016 at 12:03

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Thanks — I can’t take credit for this one, though I have been the master of ClosetMaid in previous projects...

As a guy, I just love the “open closet” concept. All my stuff right where I can see it.

For Sweden > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 12:05

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It will come out once your son makes it

vicali > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 12:17

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STI @ 7:30

Now I want to make a clock out of my son’s collection..

Ash78, voting early and often > vicali 01/22/2016 at 12:19

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Yep — I even taught him to name that one “Rex” when he was 2-3 years old.

shop-teacher > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 12:27

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Supervan!

Roundbadge > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 12:30

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I was totally going to try and name all of them...but I found like 8 or 9 I’m unsure of...

Suffice to say, this is really cool. Love that ‘77 Custom Dodge Van on the left.

vicali > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 12:37

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My biggest pet peeve is when other people buy cars for my kids, I’m trying to build him a jalop collection here and all the sudden he’s got alien and made up cars in there.. lol I guess you need the bad cars to get crashed sometimes..

Chariotoflove > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 12:39

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Yeah, my wife was the one who wanted our closets professionally done, drawers and cabinets everywhere. It certainly is organized. I just have to remember where everything belongs.

samanosuke817 - Wielder of the potato camera > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 12:44

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Nice! If you ever make another one, make one where all the cars are stripped of their paint. Metal on glass would look nice.

Ash78, voting early and often > samanosuke817 - Wielder of the potato camera 01/22/2016 at 13:46

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100% 1977 Camaros, primer gray.

IDM3 > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 13:54

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Richard Petty?! But you’re from Alabama! No mention of the Allisons or Neil Bonnett? Hueytown will never forgive you!

Just kidding. That's great work you have there. Applauses all around.

IDM3 > Sn210 01/22/2016 at 13:56

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Yes, that’s exactly what it is. I hate that color, but I bought the model anyway.

Sn210 > IDM3 01/22/2016 at 14:29

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I’ve got it in the blue

vdubyajohn > Ash78, voting early and often 01/22/2016 at 15:42

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Very cool! You have a happy 5 year old, I am sure.
At first glance I thought that was a Beach Bomb at almost 9 0'clock, then I enlarged it and my pulse and blood pressure returned to normal.