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21/08/2020 1:02 pm
PICs - Sharing My Collection... '55 Pontiac
I know I don't post on this forum often, I have sort of stopped buying 1:18 for the most part. Although I do still have a couple on my wish list.
This is the 2nd '55 Pontiac I added to my collection.
1955 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Catalina Hardtop
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
21/08/2020 1:13 pm
Great pics John of a Grand Slam Homerun winner from Sunstar. If anyone can come up to the plate and point out any negatives with this model, come on up and be the designated hitter. This Pontiac model looks like the 1:1 was magically shrunk down. Look at the beautiful chrome, the narrow gaps, the smooth paint, the hubcaps and I could go on and on. I'd love to know about the group of people that were responsible for treating us to this magnificent model at an unbelievable price point...ok..sorry. If you hadn't notice, I love these Pontiacs from Sunstar.
21/08/2020 1:17 pm
I to enjoy this model and appreciate your presentation John, keep sharing your 1/18's
21/08/2020 2:01 pm
Terrific images of this gorgeous beauty ! This is certainly a winner from SunStar and I had to get this hardtop blue version (and four different '55 Pontiac companions) .... just because. And also because my family had a '55 Pontiac when I was little !
21/08/2020 2:06 pm
Agree wholeheartedly with you, but the only thing on the model that seems strange to me is the exhaust pipe extension. I don't recall ever seeing one like this, in particular, with the red sides. I am not complaining or criticizing, just pointing this out. It could very well be just my ignorance of the part altogether.
22/08/2020 6:14 am
Bob, I've never seen that on any car either. I guess I'll do some research. Thanks.
22/08/2020 6:17 am
22/08/2020 11:00 am
(Pic) The colors were much like this '55 Pontiac Chieftain, a darker blue/lighter blue combo. This isn't our car, but it was a 4 door like this, with an all-chrome swept-wing hood ornament. It was still running strong in 1965 when we traded it to an aunt and uncle. After that, it has disappeared into the mists of time, but there are pictures of it and I still remember !
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Mike
22/08/2020 11:13 am
Nice. I wish I had pics of my Dad's cars. My fav being a white '59 Impala and a '63 burgandy Ford Country Squire.
22/08/2020 3:06 pm
Those sound cool ! I was born in 1953 but here are the family cars that I can still remember that my dad and mom had and those from my mom's grandparents who lived with them for a time :
1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan
1951 Jeep station wagon
1952 Ford wagon
1953 Chevrolet Bel Air
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air
1955 Pontiac
1958 Chevrolet Bel Air
1960 Plymouth Valiant
1963 Studebaker Wagoneer
1965 Dodge Custom 880 wagon
1966 Dodge Monaco
1971 Dodge Polara wagon
1971 Pontiac Grandville
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon
1975 Chevrolet Caprice coupe
1975 GMC motorhome
1976 Cadillac Seville
1979 Chevrolet Caprice wagon
1981 Oldsmobile Toronado
1984 Oldsmobile 98
1986 GMC minivan
1987 Cadillac Brougham
1996 Buick Estate wagon
23/08/2020 3:58 am
Wow, that's alot of cars ! I was born in '53 also.
23/08/2020 5:09 am
'53 ??? ... Start calling you ... Methuselah ... Moses ... Enoch ... Jebediah ... LOL
23/08/2020 7:37 am
And, just what's in your coffee this morning ?!?! I want som a that too.
23/08/2020 8:10 am
Dude ... I'm like this 24/7 .. 365 ( Always have - Always will B ) .......more
Folks at work ... they don't get it either 😉
I asked my mom many times .... :O
Am I really from this planet :-/
R U sure I didn't came from far .. far .. really far away ??
23/08/2020 1:51 pm
How bout the planet 'Zurg'...lmao. I'm not sure about me..lol.