Loyal GoMotorBids.com member Brian Foster has repeatedly accused the staffers here of being biased towards Ford Motor Company products. He claims that Ford collectibles are featured more often than products of other manufacturers, specifically his favorite brand, Chevrolet. I am here to utterly and completely refute this claim.
The GoMotorBids.com logo was proudly displayed on the fenders of the Lincoln AssassinVIIItion team in this past weekend's 24 Hours of Lemons race at the Mid-America Motorplex near Omaha. For those of you who aren't familiar with the series, it's basically an endurance race where the participants are limited to spending $500 on their cars (not including safety equipment). Humorous car themes and even costumes are encouraged by the event promoters, who bill it as the race where "Gasoline Meets Halloween". I described it to family and friends as one part road racing, one part demolition derby, and one part Mardi Gras.
The GoMotorBids.com offices and fulfillment center will be close on Monday, September 6th in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The website will be open for "bidness" as usual, but order processing and shipping won't resume until Tuesday (so please don't freak out and flood us with "Why is my shipment a day late?!" emails and voicemails).
Hope everyone has a nice end-of-summer holiday weekend. Here's to some great BBQ and cold lagers!
We recently consigned a rather large Dale Earnhardt collection. I picked a few items to show the variety. Look for these items to come across the virtual auction block very soon!
This week's "Fred's Pick of the Week" is a very important item in the history of the Ertl company. It marked the first "Deere" representation to the general farm toy fields for the company. Please check out this two week auction to read more about details and the significance of this tractor. Don't miss your chance to be the high bidder on a very rare farm toy collectible produced way back in 1963!
In 1974Ertl made a limited series of children's pre-school age toys called Ertlkins. These toys were only made for one year and were considered very interactive for the time. Each Ertlkin has an action feature and the characters included can be removed and used as finger puppets. The original series consisted of seven different Ertlkins. We currently have the "Daredevil Cyclist" up for auction.
Please check out the auction for more details and to have your chance to bid on or make an outright purchase on a rare vintage toy from the 70's in like new condition. We will also be hosting a classic toy theme auction on GMB November 21-28 where you will have the chance to bid on more Ertlkins and many other rare toys from the 70's and 80's.
Check out these rare Sprint cars with super low production numbers! Happy bidding....
As we begin our expansion into the electric slot car racing marketplace, and continue getting more and more into model railroading, we felt it necessary to have an official GoMotorBids.com layout. This will let our employees get first hand experience with the products we sell, plus give us a way to test the second-hand vehicles that we acquire from private collections.
The table arrived this week, and was constructed by the awesome guys from the maintenance crew of our parent company, Peterson Manufacturing. It's pretty good sized, measuring in at 16' x 12', and is heavy enough that it will double as our tornado shelter going forward. Here's a few pictures:
We here at GoMotorBids are lucky enough to see a lot of unique collectibles and memorabilia come through the doors. At times it is easy to forget just how rare some of these items are and that we may never see items like them again. Dale Earnhardt's "Crash Car" hood is one such item to comes to mind. We recently received some autographed uncut sheets of Bristol Motor Speedway tickets from an Industry Insider that will likely be added to the list of "never to be seen again" items.
Ray said: Brian: I used to be a dyed in the wool GM fan myself. Now that their run by a bunch of Obama loving... [Continued]