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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 3, 2009 10:41:51 GMT 10
Close-up of a Gilmer with the the horizontally opposed engine.
Geez doesn't that car look real neat.....
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 18, 2009 20:18:50 GMT 10
The Gilmer midgets keep coming up. To add to the collection, here's the #22 with a driver, from December 1988.  I think that's 11....Jan built approx 120 I believe, so there are still plenty out there!
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 20, 2009 6:29:44 GMT 10
Not really off thread...
I found this photo on a trip around the 'net and saved it. Only yesterday when I looked closely did I see the # 82 Gilmer, from an earlier post, in the bottom of the frame...This guy from New York likes his rare 1/4 scale toys.... A Raco Indy car.... He also has this... a Race Tech Defiant
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Post by Buzz on Sept 20, 2009 7:56:10 GMT 10
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Post by PeterR on Sept 20, 2009 12:14:23 GMT 10
Damn u Buzz. I just spent 2 hours on this link...
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Post by qsl on Sept 21, 2009 6:38:25 GMT 10
I actually purchased a bit of the tooling for the edmunds cars. I have the wheel molds, tire molds and also the rear end molds. The stuff is pretty killer looking and he only made very few of these cars.
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 21, 2009 7:49:07 GMT 10
Here's the man... Jan Gilmer......in a TQ that he built.... #22 Gilmer.....a wee bit larger.....  
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 21, 2009 7:52:14 GMT 10
Mike,
Mate, I'd like to spend some time walking around your collection......I wouldn't stay long....um...2 or 3 weeks at the most...... 
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Post by qsl on Sept 21, 2009 13:47:14 GMT 10
your welcome anytime bob. I never even heard of the stuff until I bought it. The rears are a bit smaller then a skellenger. I asked Don why he did not use the skellengers and he told me they were way off from being scale for the cars he wanted to build. The rears were not built to have gears, but you could probably make them work. Can you imagine scoring one of his cars?!?!??!
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 21, 2009 14:32:24 GMT 10
Mike,
I'm thinking that the number of cars that Jan Gilmer built compared to Don Edmunds, makes Gilmer's cars seem positively commercial.
Do you ever see any of the Edmunds midgets come up for sale in the 'States
Although.... if I owned one of these, I probably never want to part with it!!!  There is absolutely nothing to suggest that this car is not a full size midget..
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Post by qsl on Sept 22, 2009 1:56:12 GMT 10
no, I have never seen one for sale anywhere. I should look for my emails from Don. I think he told me how many were made and I believe it was just a small handfull. He still has a couple he saved for himself.
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 22, 2009 8:15:49 GMT 10
Don Edmunds' cut away drawings of his Offenhauser Midget. 1/4 scale of full-size?  Looks exactly the same!
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 22, 2009 11:39:19 GMT 10
This guy is amazing.....look at this ...
The Gilmore Speedway Special is powered by an overhead valve 4 cylinder ignition engine, and is the most complex running model ever built by Don Edmunds. It took 8 years to complete, and this is the only one he ever made. Truly a fine piece of automotive art and tribute to it's builder.    
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Post by bobjeffreson on Sept 23, 2009 9:50:20 GMT 10
How's this for timing.....
Today is Don Edmunds birthday....born September 23rd 1930.
Happy birthday to one of the premier model builders in the world!
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Post by qsl on Sept 23, 2009 9:57:16 GMT 10
that is good timing. Very cool indeed.
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Post by bobjeffreson on Oct 28, 2009 10:51:07 GMT 10
To add to the field, another beauty......
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Post by bobjeffreson on Dec 3, 2009 9:27:40 GMT 10
Looking for something totally unrelated and found this......Another photo of the #66 Gilmer midget mentioned earlier.
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Post by bobjeffreson on Dec 8, 2009 6:55:30 GMT 10
And they just keep appearing......a clearer pic of the #6 Gilmer........
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Post by bobjeffreson on Jan 30, 2010 13:24:57 GMT 10
On ebay today, direct from Gilmer Hobby and Machine, come this static machine for US $3000....
 And this operational one for US$35300....
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Post by bobjeffreson on May 24, 2010 19:06:29 GMT 10
Here is another to add to the field....
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Post by bobjeffreson on Jun 17, 2010 16:05:48 GMT 10
The latest Gilmer to appear..... 
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Post by bobjeffreson on Aug 1, 2010 9:11:59 GMT 10
The latest offering from Jan Gilmer...again at the US $5100 pice tag....
 
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Post by bobjeffreson on Aug 31, 2010 0:40:16 GMT 10
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Post by qsl on Aug 31, 2010 4:50:32 GMT 10
bob, did you know that some time ago, i purchased the edmunds wheel molds, tire molds and rear end molds? Just wish i had the body mold...
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Post by bobjeffreson on Aug 31, 2010 7:29:48 GMT 10
Mike,
No I didn't know that! Man... I also wish you had purchased the body molds.
The Edmunds car would be the last on my bucket list, however that prospect seems an impossible dream.
Although..... I never anticipated on owning what I have now ...so be careful what you dream for....... as it very often comes true!
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