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Title: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: collecture on March 10, 2016, 04:01:11 pm :tounge: :tounge:
Got this at an estate sale today! I was thinking on getting a paintless dent removal to fix that dent by the lettering. There are other dents to retain the character, but that one bothers me. It think it is funny thing to have!! :biggrin: Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: SodaShopNick on March 10, 2016, 04:21:44 pm Make sure it is not armed before you go banging on it.... :laugh: Very cool.
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: sodahunter on March 10, 2016, 04:40:23 pm That's the Bomb.... :laugh:
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: Eric on March 10, 2016, 05:01:08 pm Is there a year?.. My son would love that...
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: SIGNGUY on March 10, 2016, 05:05:37 pm I love it.. .always wanted one as well..
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: collecture on March 10, 2016, 05:52:11 pm Didn't know I wanted one until I saw it in the "Estate Sale" email we get and I thought that is cool! What a fun piece to hang in the game room!
Got nervous because I got to the house just before they opened the door. I was about 40th in line and then they said only 25 people at a time. I didn't get in until 30 minutes or so later. I never saw it come out and claimed it as soon as I got in, then looked around some more. Got a few old 1st edition Lone Ranger series books for $2 each- #4 & #7 https://www.goodreads.com/series/53999-the-lone-ranger Eric, These are the only markings on it - October 1943 maybe?? Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: Eric on March 10, 2016, 06:23:42 pm Yes I bet so.. My son, 18, collects WWII stuff.. never seen one around here. He would love that... he is eye'n up a a couple rifles in an auction coming up
near here in a few weeks... He has a M1 Grande already, love that he's a collector of history... That is a great find... leave as is for sure.. great piece of history. Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: Ross on March 10, 2016, 06:31:38 pm Great find. Love it.
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: ajf5577 on March 10, 2016, 07:31:29 pm Yes, that's from October 1943. That's a great item!
Have you seen the movie Joe Dirt? Be careful it may actually be the septic tank from an old motor home, LOL Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: georgescustompaint on March 10, 2016, 08:14:48 pm Cool find !
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: Jim on March 10, 2016, 08:15:01 pm Awesome find Tom ! ! !
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: HowDueYouDue on March 10, 2016, 08:43:06 pm Great find. Have come across a lot of smaller ones but never one that size. Congrats
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: Jared on March 10, 2016, 10:23:20 pm So cool
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: Larry on March 11, 2016, 07:47:41 am Tom that's awesome. Drop it from the top of the house and see if you can get the Doppler effect. Freak out the neighbors a little. :biggrin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PbD3I9eumM Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: steven c on March 11, 2016, 11:22:23 am Nice find, I have just the perfect place for one:)
Eric it good to hear your son is a collector of WW2. There are to few young new collectors now days in that. First its almost cost prohibitive to start. Two, it's getting harder to find it out undiscovered. Three, the out right fakes are everywhere and the ones from the late sixties and early seventies are getting patina that can fool new collectors. And when it comes to German Lugers they are a collecting field all their own. And why buying $100 reference books pay for themselves. I know a few good forums he can join that are full of information on the subject just let me know. Steve, Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: HowDueYouDue on June 11, 2016, 05:23:48 pm Just came across and picked this one up today. Not as big but it's all about how you use it :)
Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: Creighton on June 11, 2016, 07:22:14 pm Nice one! If you have seen the video's of bombs falling out of racks on B-17's same as this practice one. Impact detonation mainly. HowDueYouDue, yours looks like a later sonor that would have been dropped by the the PBY,s.
Fun but spendy side pieces are the wood training field gun shells. Agree prices are high and fakes common. Eric, I owe you some things for your son. PM addy. Thanks! Creighton Title: Re: Not soda related, but it's the bomb!! Post by: briandr1 on June 12, 2016, 08:53:39 am I have one like Toms it took me 20 years to find one, something Ive always wanted
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