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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun May 16, 2021, 12:57 PM May 2021

This man builds tiny replica cars.



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CLASSIC cars have been reenvisioned as miniature versions and collected in a ‘dwarf car’ museum. Ernie Adams, of Maricopa, Arizona, has been creating his incredible scaled-down replicas of full-size cars since 1965, starting with his version of a 1928 Chevy two-door sedan. The original car, known as ‘Grandpa Dwarf’, was made out of nine old refrigerators and is still running today. Since then, Ernie, now in his late-70s, has made hundreds of 11/16th scale dwarf cars, from racers to cruisers – all fully drivable and road-legal. One of the gems of his collection is his take on the 1949 Mercury two-door coupe, which he built entirely from scratch using flat sheet metal.

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This man builds tiny replica cars. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 OP
Amazing malaise May 2021 #1
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Truly brilliant! KT2000 May 2021 #4
The video says that the Mercury will do 100 miles per hour. It's a 11/16ths scale build so..... EarnestPutz May 2021 #5
When I saw the OP title - "This man builds tiny replica cars", before I clicked to look at the post BumRushDaShow May 2021 #6
Yikes. Is that love, or obsession? bucolic_frolic May 2021 #7
He should build one for tRump to go along with his tiny desk Blue Owl May 2021 #8
Just wasted an hour on youtube watching Dwarf car videos. KS Toronado May 2021 #9

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
5. The video says that the Mercury will do 100 miles per hour. It's a 11/16ths scale build so.....
Sun May 16, 2021, 02:56 PM
May 2021

.....the "scale speed" would be 145 mph. Pretty cool. When he slams the door behind him as he gets into the car, you can hear how solid and well build the car really is. Has he really built "hundreds" of these dwarf cars? If so, probably not as well built as this one.

BumRushDaShow

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6. When I saw the OP title - "This man builds tiny replica cars", before I clicked to look at the post
Sun May 16, 2021, 03:15 PM
May 2021

I was thinking something this -



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