Without stating your age: How old are you?

What happened???

I thought I found photos of your restaurant in Long Island, but it was a different Choo Choo train themed restaurant in the Midwest somewhere. Here’s a couple photos I found,
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Not only counter service but the train tracks were mounted along the walls of the dining area and the train would stop at each table to deliver the food...I cannot find any interior shots of the Hamburger Choo Choo
 
A Duesenberg had a V12. Your car has a straight 8. Maybe it's a lesser Packard.
Don't you just hate it when someone is right! Had to dig it back out and searched all over for an identifying logo or name but none to be found.

But did notice a reacquiring number 859K! So I did what anyone these days would do and fired up the Google machine and entered Hubley 859K.

And this was the first thing I found:







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Even the color matches! Downeaster is going to have to build a bigger diorama for the 1/22 scale. Price is not too bad considering how rare it must be to find an un-assembled kit of that vintage in the box and with instructions!

Also there appear to be about 10 assembled ones in various stat of condition and three un-assembled kits!
 
Got to going through this tread and say downeaster's post about the Hubley model car and I just had to dig out this old one. Believe it's a Duesenberg.
A bit rough but still around! Not sure of what scale it is but if he was doing another of these dioramas and wanted something to park in a barn he could have it with all the authentic dust included! If I dig around might even find the other spare tire and the trunk for the back!View attachment 169967
1930 Packard Sport Phaeton Kit number 859K-500. Built one as a kid, bought 2 as an adult(1 still partially in cellophane)
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Last time I used one of them... I stepped into the Tardis. ;)
Hi Jim,
how is it that your paint jobs are so nice with you being color-blind?
Brit public phone booths are red and full of little windows.
The Tardis' stealth mode is meant to have it blend in with the local scenery when it materialises.
Alas that it's stuck depicting a 1950s Brit Police Emergency phone booth and they are dark blue and windowless.
 
Hi @fredintoon, 45rpm "singles" had a hole in the middle to fit on your turntable. But the whole of the centre could be stamped or pushed out so that they would fit into a jukebox. People who bought jukebox records needed to make them fit their turntable again, so always had loads of these lying around. They were a bit like guitar plectrums. Always in the plain view when you don't want one, but elusive when you do. (Think 10mm sockets).



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