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Topic starter
26/06/2025 4:05 pm
....here's a few of my favorites
27/06/2025 4:17 am
What giant and unmistakable automobiles ! Thay may be extravagant design-wise but I like them. In 1/18 scale, I happily have Precision Miniatures enormous black limousine and Maisto's big blue top-down convertible.
Christopher Moroni and Tony Perrone reacted
27/06/2025 6:49 am
💞 here. Top from Yat Ming / Sgnature '59 Impala or some Sunstar ?
Christopher Moroni reacted
Topic starter
27/06/2025 8:01 am
@100ford2003 ... you lost me Steve. What are asking, or saying?
Tony Perrone reacted
27/06/2025 9:24 am
My buddy next door bought a used '59 CV in '65. It looked very tired, but what looks we got just cruising around. It reminds me now of the B-52s "Love Shack" (Baby). "I got me a Chrysler and it's as big as a whale". Hop aboard and let's sail!
Steve Jacobs and Christopher Moroni reacted
27/06/2025 11:20 pm
You've got an up-top on the AutoArt caddy. It looks familiar. I thought it might be from the 59 Impala.
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Topic starter
28/06/2025 11:18 am
@100ford2003 Gotcha....
Actually Steve, it's from a Sunstar '59 Oldsmobile - which is perfect, the 1:1s also shared the same top. You'll note it's just sitting on the boot. I could make it look "pretty," but "chopping up" $500+ model cars is quite different than cutting up $40 models. So, for now, the top will just "sit." 😉
Steve Jacobs and John Merritt reacted
28/06/2025 12:01 pm
When these models were introduced, I was soooooo impressed and said that one day, I'd buy them! But nooooooooooOOOOOOOOooooooooo! I never did! Now, one needs to be Bezos-light to afford them!
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Topic starter
28/06/2025 12:18 pm
@marty-johnson Seldom wrong, and right again Marty! I scooped up every version (not every color ) of the 1959 Cadillacs Precision Miniatures produced BUT never paid more than $65 for any.... some were purchased for less than $40 ... NEW!
I snagged Autoart's '59, in Seminole Red, as soon as it was released ($165 )... but had zero interest in that brown one because that was not a factory color.
John Merritt and Marty Johnson reacted
28/06/2025 3:37 pm
It might not be a factory color, but it is oh-so-fine!@marty-johnson Seldom wrong, and right again Marty! I scooped up every version (not every color ) of the 1959 Cadillacs Precision Miniatures produced BUT never paid more than $65 for any.... some were purchased for less than $40 ... NEW!
I snagged Autoart's '59, in Seminole Red, as soon as it was released ($165 )... but had zero interest in that brown one because that was not a factory color.
Christopher Moroni reacted
28/06/2025 3:45 pm
Also, tell me that the flower car's roofline wasn't taken from the Lincoln's Breezway?
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Topic starter
28/06/2025 6:42 pm
"1) Flower car requires a mortgage..."
"2) Tell me that the flower car's roofline wasn't taken from the Lincoln's Breezway?"
1) At a hobby show, decades ago, a vender had PM's '59 Flower car AND '59 Ambulance for $70 each; they weren't selling..... hours later I offered $120 for both. He not only took it, but - are you ready? - I wrote him a check! 😬 😳 🤪
2) Well, it's possible '59 Flower cars lifted a few goodies from the late 1950's Lincoln parts bins (your pic is a '60's Mercury )... frankly, I never thought about it. But you just might have something there. 🤔 🤔 😯
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