{"id":513,"date":"2010-01-11T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T21:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=513"},"modified":"2010-01-11T16:06:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T00:06:56","slug":"ror-project-pc1970-%e2%80%93-trash-to-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"RoR Project PC1970 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Trash to Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=513&text=RoR Project PC1970 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Trash to Treasure\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n var gaJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/ssl.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\"); document.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + gaJsHost + \"google-analytics.com\/ga.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(\"UA-7543364-1\"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>RoR Project PC1970 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Trash to Treasure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">See the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=510\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Step-by-Step Project Guide<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Figure 00 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/4266466711\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4001\/4266466711_de43852bd8.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 00\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>1970 Oldsmobile Indy 500 Pace Car<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 As the old expression goes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trash is another man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s treasure\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I found a broken Toymax<sup>TM<\/sup> Street Rod Wireless Radio Remote Control Car for sale on the internet for around $12. Of course there was no remote controller for the toy and the wiring was damaged anyway \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but I just wanted it for the body so it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter. This toy was manufactured in 1999 as a 1970 Olds 442 W-30 a slammer model (nothing opens and you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see into the interior) as a top-up convertible. That made it the perfect candidate for an Indy Pace Car conversion!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Figure 01 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/4267213196\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4054\/4267213196_27812b6921.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 01\" width=\"444\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Toymax 1970 Olds 442 W-30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The body has pretty good detail for a toy product and with the help of some Fred Cady<sup>TM<\/sup> decals I was able to save about $150 off the price of a Danbury Mint<sup>TM<\/sup> collectible of this scale model and still have a nice display for my collection. If you want to see how to turn your trash into treasure go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=510\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Step-by-Step Project Guide<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RoR Project PC1970 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Trash to Treasure See the Step-by-Step Project Guide 1970 Oldsmobile Indy 500 Pace Car \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 As the old expression goes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trash is another man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s treasure\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I found a broken ToymaxTM Street Rod Wireless Radio Remote Control Car for sale on the internet for around $12. Of course there was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[106,107,102,103,80,81,104,105],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-projects","tag-1970-indy-500-pace-car-model","tag-1970-oldsmobile-442-pace-car-model","tag-indy-500-model","tag-pace-car-model","tag-rightonreplicas-com","tag-slammer","tag-toy-conversion","tag-toymax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}