Post your diecast collection
The following 2 users liked this post by Force-1:
realvc (01-18-2022),
Stingraykev (07-20-2021)
11-11-2018, 11:01 AM
#29
Le Mans Master
11-11-2018, 01:00 PM
#31
Advanced
He never owned one. He designed / built them. ..Too expensive.. 
( My friend, Kenny Youngblood did the paint design ) ..Look at my avatar. That's one in his driveway - He wanted to show it to me. I took a photo. That was his first ... of 50 he built.
Funny..... One of the owners stopped by his shop and said, " Wow.... lot's of power..... I barely touch the throttle on the freeway.... it gets almost 30 MPG cruising at 65 mph !! "
Dick laughed...
( My friend, Kenny Youngblood did the paint design ) ..Look at my avatar. That's one in his driveway - He wanted to show it to me. I took a photo. That was his first ... of 50 he built.Funny..... One of the owners stopped by his shop and said, " Wow.... lot's of power..... I barely touch the throttle on the freeway.... it gets almost 30 MPG cruising at 65 mph !! "
Dick laughed...
Last edited by mountie55; 11-11-2018 at 01:01 PM.
01-09-2019, 07:49 PM
#33
Le Mans Master
Member Since: Oct 2005
Location: Plymouth Massachusetts
Posts: 9,477
Received 3,117 Likes
on
1,736 Posts
Finalist 2020 C7 of the Year -- Unmodified
ALWAYS RED DAVE!
The following 4 users liked this post by Always Red Dave:
The following users liked this post:
Stingraykev (09-03-2021)
10-18-2019, 01:31 PM
#35
Le Mans Master
Making room on my office shelves.... Here's one of the pieces...
Way back I fell in love with the "Exoto" Grand Sport Corvette. I bought one of the earliest. Soon after, I heard Dick Guldstrand was moving his famed shop from Jefferson Blvd. I called him and offered my assistance for the move. He asked me to meet him at the old shop. He needed help to remove his sign from the front. He pulls up in his older Jaguar sedan-turbo charged!!
( Speed Channel was supposed to be there to film, for that historic moment.... we waited... they never showed up)... Guldstrand was the last of the historic shops to leave Jefferson Blvd.
Dick showed me around the old shop.... ( lots'a stories)..... I handed him this Exoto diecast to sign. He gladly signed it, and noticed something odd...
It had no sway bar. He said, " Some had them above, and some were mounted below". Apparently, the Exoto engineers just didn't notice, not seeing the bar below. I gave Dick, Exoto's phone number ( Andy K. ) ..... They talked and began a relationship to create the other Grand Sports. Hanging around with Dick, I also have some original Decals 'Guldstrand Suspension', ( Jefferson Blvd).... & new version ' Guldstrand Motorsports' ( Burbank).... & original Dk Blue v-neck sweater.
Along with some "Grand Sport 90-Natural Gas lithos.. signed/numbered..
He wanted to relocate his shop closer to home due to awful traffic.
( The move into the new shop is another story in itself !!)
This 1/18" die cast was signed by Dick... ( you can see the date '99 he included)..... EXOTO catalogue shows the 1963 Grand Sport Prototype.. 'retired'..... $1,400.....
I can't figure the "value" of this, but considering Dick's signature...... Priceless? I wonder what a best offer would be?
I really want this die cast to go to a good home.... I miss Dick & his good humor !!
Way back I fell in love with the "Exoto" Grand Sport Corvette. I bought one of the earliest. Soon after, I heard Dick Guldstrand was moving his famed shop from Jefferson Blvd. I called him and offered my assistance for the move. He asked me to meet him at the old shop. He needed help to remove his sign from the front. He pulls up in his older Jaguar sedan-turbo charged!!
( Speed Channel was supposed to be there to film, for that historic moment.... we waited... they never showed up)... Guldstrand was the last of the historic shops to leave Jefferson Blvd.
Dick showed me around the old shop.... ( lots'a stories)..... I handed him this Exoto diecast to sign. He gladly signed it, and noticed something odd...
It had no sway bar. He said, " Some had them above, and some were mounted below". Apparently, the Exoto engineers just didn't notice, not seeing the bar below. I gave Dick, Exoto's phone number ( Andy K. ) ..... They talked and began a relationship to create the other Grand Sports. Hanging around with Dick, I also have some original Decals 'Guldstrand Suspension', ( Jefferson Blvd).... & new version ' Guldstrand Motorsports' ( Burbank).... & original Dk Blue v-neck sweater.
Along with some "Grand Sport 90-Natural Gas lithos.. signed/numbered..
He wanted to relocate his shop closer to home due to awful traffic.
( The move into the new shop is another story in itself !!)
This 1/18" die cast was signed by Dick... ( you can see the date '99 he included)..... EXOTO catalogue shows the 1963 Grand Sport Prototype.. 'retired'..... $1,400.....
I can't figure the "value" of this, but considering Dick's signature...... Priceless? I wonder what a best offer would be?
I really want this die cast to go to a good home.... I miss Dick & his good humor !!
10-18-2019, 03:05 PM
#36
Advanced
The following 3 users liked this post by Dr. Seltsam:
The following 3 users liked this post by Dr. Seltsam:
The following 4 users liked this post by Dr. Seltsam: