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Old 18-11-16, 00:17
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Looks good Rob! Cant wait to see the pics of you dressed up like Santa driving this thing. The psychedelic road wheels will have the crowd hypnotized!
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Old 18-11-16, 00:29
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No Santa suit for me. Parade rules are that there is only one Santa. Add to that the fact that I am not a publicity hound, so hiding down in the driver's seat will do me just fine.

I think winter coveralls will be the dress of the day with some goretex boots. The low that nght is -10, so the temps will be somewhere between -1 and -10.

I attached snowflakes over the sprockets, but I think it might have been better to have kept to the red white theme of the rest of the wheels. Oh well, as I said I am no artist.

The biggest disaster will be if anything gets sucked into the tracks or sprockets. Pretty sure they will clean all the trinkets off the carrier in record time.

I still have to add a wreath to each side of the hull armour, and I might put the spare roadwheel back where it belongs for some contrast.
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Old 18-11-16, 14:00
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I agree there should only be one Santa, Rob, but you would make a FANTASTIC looking Elf!

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Old 18-11-16, 14:12
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As I said, it will be winter coveralls and well down into the drivers compartment. For the toque, I think just about all mine are olive green, but I may have a bright orange one around somewhere from a long-past hunting season.
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Rob,
Can you load the smoke discharger with candy canes and fire them into the crowd for all the little boys & girls to catch?
Just trying to add to your artistic flair!
Let me know what you think!
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Old 19-11-16, 00:21
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No dispensing of candies during the parade, as it tempts the children to run out into traffic.

Your idea goes into the little green storage can next to David's.
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