What did you do today non-detailing related?

Bill D said:
Looks fantastic! Reminds me of Sardis in NYC except with all Cadillac ads!
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Thanks bud! I appreciate it especially coming from a fellow Cadillac person.

Setec Astronomy said:
That's cool, Eldo, I especially like the way you handled the two-page one.
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Nice! I thought of that 1 last actually. It’s 1 of the only centerfolds I have that’s already been cut in half. I really like the way it turned out in 2 frames but I’m not so sure I’m willing to cut any of the other ones in half.lol.

But I did find some frames that are the perfect size to hold the centerfolds. However I’m not sure if I have enough space left on the walls. Lol.
 
I looked to see if I had any old Caddy brochures after we talked about that in another thread, but found that my old car brochures are not as well organized as I thought they were, so that will have to wait for another day.
 
Found this in my local Kmart, too cool not to add to my collection.
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Big Dave said:
Found this in my local Kmart, too cool not to add to my collection.
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Nice. You collect those? Like how many do you have? Do you open them or is it a better thrill to keep them new never opened?
 
Wait a minute, you have Kmart in Australia? We don't have any KMarts here in the US anymore, how do you have them there where I never even knew there were any?
 
I used to collect 1:18 scale diecast cars until I ran out of room. I think I have about 120.
 
Eldorado2k said:
Nice. You collect those? Like how many do you have? Do you open them or is it a better thrill to keep them new never opened?
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I think I'm nearing 2400, if they're standard like this, I'll open them for easy storage, this one will go in my Cadillac draw, if they're part of a set, I keep them sealed. It's almost like an addiction now.

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Big Dave said:
I think I'm nearing 2400, if they're standard like this, I'll open them for easy storage, this one will go in my Cadillac draw, if they're part of a set, I keep them sealed. It's almost like an addiction now.

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I completely know what you mean. It’s great stuff, especially because it’s car related.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Wait a minute, you have Kmart in Australia? We don't have any KMarts here in the US anymore, how do you have them there where I never even knew there were any?
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I'm pretty sure our Kmart is a different company to yours, the big company that owns them also owns our Target brand, and Bunnings, which is our version of Home Depot.

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Bill D said:
I used to collect 1:18 scale diecast cars until I ran out of room. I think I have about 120.
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So those are the bigger ones, right? I once thought it would be neat to buy one or some of those, but knowing me and how I love to collect things in sets and seeing the prices those ebay auctions would sometimes draw I made the decision to not get involved. Rich mans game. Lol.
 
They are a bit bigger. I got the majority of mine for $10 to $15 a piece at the time from BJs Wholesale Club. Of course now they're more expensive. I only splurged on special interest cars.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I've heard of having a garage for your car collection...but not needing a garage for your Hotwheel car collection, lol
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This stupid video…. [I say that jokingly]
This is the video that got me so excited 1 day that I felt like buying something..

[turns out this man is actually the owner of the detailing product company that makes Brown Royal wheel cleaner] I love that wheel cleaner.

1978 Cadillac Seville - YouTube

I somehow wound up buying this brochure for the same year, 1978 Cadillac Seville. I thought it was super cool how people actually sold NOS of something like this. That was enough to get me instantly hooked…

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Within that 1st week I had ordered like 9-10 more brochures and they were from the 70’s & 80’s and still brand new. I loved it.
About 500 brochures and way more money than I should’ve spent… 1 day I realized I could’ve bought a Cadillac, a nice 1 too! Damn.lol.
That’s when I stopped.
 
Big Dave said:
I'm pretty sure our Kmart is a different company to yours, the big company that owns them also owns our Target brand, and Bunnings, which is our version of Home Depot.
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I looked it up, it was originally a joint venture between our Kmart and an Australian company (1968), but the US company sold its interest in 1994. Apparently we still have 2 Kmarts here in the US (it was 3 until a couple of weeks ago).
 
Bill D said:
They are a bit bigger. I got the majority of mine for $10 to $15 a piece at the time from BJs Wholesale Club. Of course now they're more expensive. I only splurged on special interest cars.
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I have a few of these as well, over here they are between $30 and $50 generally. Also only ones of special interest to me. My favourite is one of my FJ Cruiser of course.

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$30 to $50 now sounds right. I guess I’m glad I ran out of room!
 
Eldo, I had a friend that was going to buy a Seville like that...or a boat. I told him to buy the Seville, he bought the boat. He probably used the boat a half dozen times, and spent tons of money docking it, winterizing it, etc. He should have listened to me. Those were cool cars.
 
Bill D said:
They are a bit bigger. I got the majority of mine for $10 to $15 a piece at the time from BJs Wholesale Club. Of course now they're more expensive. I only splurged on special interest cars.
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That’s great. Sounds like how I came up on my ads and alot of my brochures. I was constantly on Ebay like a hawk just waiting for new listings to appear and loved scooping up rare stuff especially for great deals. It’s a thrill. Lol
 
I’m away from home right now , so no pics but I’ll try to post some soon. Of course, Cadillacs! I have from the 40s and50s plus a1:24 scale Franklin Mint Al Capone ‘30 limo. I’d love to get more but I really have no room and they’re more expensive now
 
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