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One of the best things I got as a kid was the visible v8 model. You had to put the plastic v8 together and everything worked representational. 4 stroke, a distributor that lit up little lights.

Anybody else remember it?

I saw one in a store once but couldn't afford it. :o

I had one in the mid 70s and I have one now only this time it's a 426 hemi.

http://www.hobbylinc.com/gr/tes/tes452.jpg

I had a Wankel.

I had 3 of them, I think my brother still has it. I think they were chevies though, right?
still available maybe.

My recollection was it was sort of generic, not obviously a certain motor like the hemi.

The water pump, intake, heads and exhaust are nothing like a chevy v8.

You can still buy one new.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k304/Markm_05/100_1347.jpg

^ That is the one I had, right there. Thanks for the memory!

The little guy held up up pretty well, iirc it ran on 4 A cells and we taped together first 8 and then 12 trying to "redline" it and it never ventilated the block!!!!!!:eek:

it ran on 4 A cells and we taped together first 8 and then 12 trying to "redline" it and it never ventilated the block!!!!!!:eek:

:D

I would like to find one and stock it away for when my daughter gets older. If she wants to drive she's going to have to be able to change her tire, spark plugs, oil, and understand how an internal combustion engine works - unless they are obsolete in 16 years.

I had both the V8 and Wankel, and don't know where they are now. :o

Think it would be cool to have an HSD model. :cool:

I wanted one, but my parents wouldn't buy it for me.

I wanted one, but my parents wouldn't buy it for me.

My paper route paid for mine.

I got one for Christmas,assembled it,played with it and the displayed it on a shelf in my room.

I had one. Believe it or not, my dad still has an unassembled one in the box, IIRC.

I had one as well. Got it for Christmas one year when I was about 10 (12 or so years ago). It was pretty cool. :D

I went to a hobby shop in my old home town. They had one for I think $40, and more in the back (where they keep scratch-n-dent type stuff) for less. I was tempted, but there wasn't any real way to get it home with me.

-soD