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Smith's Tire Goodyear Pickup Truck No. 3951 vs 3965 Stomper Pick-Up

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It just occurred to me this week, that the Smith's Tire Pickup Truck is pretty much the same design as a Stomper Pick-Up. This is interesting because the Smith's pick-up was sold only between 1981-1982 & then the Stompers were released in 1985!

On a side note, I love how smoothly the Smith's Tire runs the track.

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It just occurred to me this week, that the Smith's Tire Pickup Truck is pretty much the same design as a Stomper Pick-Up.
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Most of the slots are based off slots Tyco had made since the ‘70’s.

The semi cabs are molds from trucks like the brown Pennzoil, and reverse colored 3903.

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The Smiths tire body has a couple variants, the one I remember is the yellow “8-ball” truck. And both Stomper trucks are the same 1978 (I think) Chevy step-side.

The Police and Taxi are based from older cars. As is the Firebird. The Ambulance and Fed-Ex are vans from before as well, notably the “blocker” maintenance van, and include the “A-Team” van. The Jeep has quite a few variants as well. The Blazer Stompers also have a number of variants, I been looking at those to make a couple different slots for the 2 extra yellow Stomper pickups I have. There is a yellow and black blazer body I’m really wanting to convert.

The only slots made for US-1 were the dumps, the Fire Engine, and the Wrecker.


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Here is a brand new unmodified cab. It’s on I believe a 440x2 chassis.

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The Pennzoil truck matches the US-1 body and it fits the chassis well.


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The reverse 3903 has a shorter skirt, so that body hits the motor and doesn’t lock as well, and can be pulled off fairly easy.
 
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