By Teena Monteleone

Toy truck turns heads

Aug 31, 2017 | 8:00 AM

He’s not exactly sure why he did it, but Prince Albert resident Elwood Armstrong turned his Dodge into one giant toy truck.

“People ask me all the time why I did it and I couldn’t figure it out. I just wanted to do it,” he said.

Armstrong started to add the figures he collects from garage sales about three years ago and uses Krazy glue to hold them down. His truck features an eclectic mix of toys from fast food chains, rubber ducks and a collection of roosters among other figures. 

“People just enjoy stopping and looking at all of them. It makes them smile and I like that,” he said.

According to the City of Prince Albert’s bylaw department, as long as the toys aren’t obscuring the vision of either the dashboard or rear window and not falling off causing damage to other vehicles, there aren’t any traffic or bylaw regulations opposing it.

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He’s never counted how many toys there are, but Armstrong said he has plans to add even more. He wants to extend the line of toys over the top of his truck.

“Thousands of pictures have been taken of my toy truck…so I guess I’m kinda known around town now,” he said.

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