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Bill Ranch 72 oz. Steak Advertising "Cow" - By Giancarlo Apicella


Trailer from Wiking Airbrushing Cow= cheap toy approximately 1:60 scale. Idea based on photos from Google of the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Police vehicle with decals printed on a Canon/ACT decals film, figures from Preiser.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch is a steakhouse restaurant and motel located in Amarillo, Texas, United States which opened on the previous U.S. Route 66 in the 4500 block of East Amarillo Boulevard in 1960 and moved to its present location on Interstate 40 in 1970. Fire gutted the west wing of the restaurant in 1976 and destroyed $100,000 in antiques. The restaurant reopened as a larger facility in 1977. The building is painted a bright yellow, with blue trim. A large cow statue advertises their free 72 oz. steak. The now-closed Texas Tornado Museum resided off in a far corner of the parking lot on the property.

Posted March 21, 2011