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15/04/2021 9:05 am
Chrysler's foray into streamlining in 1934 began with the iconic Airflow and later the DeSoto. I wish TFM would have gone on to re-release the model in period colors besides this hard to photograph black. If I remember right, there were QC problems with paint peeling around the grill. I was lucky, I guess.
15/04/2021 9:11 am
Exceptional pics!!
15/04/2021 10:45 am
"I am the one who knocks"...Mr White
15/04/2021 11:36 am
I had commented on the grille when I first reviewed this model. While they did a great job replicating it, it’s actually part of the hood and is cast into the diecast then they chromed what should be the grille. Not sure how they did it BUT I told everyone to not touch it, polish it or other wise as the Silver might come off or even stain from finger prints, natural body acids/oils. So in short “look but don’t touch” the grille.
Side note: I always thought the chrome rails around the seats are odd. Especially the sides and even look as though they might hinder entrance/egress. Does anyone know their purpose??? Years later (now) after seeing these great photos I’m thinking perhaps “protection” for side impact ???? Sort of like a crude safety cage???? Does anyone know for sure?
PS My biggest gripe on this model is the molded in windshield wipers! They’re not even accurate as the shafts for the wiper arms protruded just above the windshield out of the roof and then over lapped the windshield! You might expect this on a $9.99 - /19.99 diecast NOT a.precision model that costed over $120!!!!
Rich Sufficool and Rich Sufficool reacted
15/04/2021 5:00 pm
I love this model. Mine has a good chrome grille.
I never even noticed the wiper blades, now I hate it! 
16/04/2021 2:31 am
Wasn't this a Franklin Mint Car Collector's Club model? I flipped the tires around on mine so it had BSW, it really changed the look of the car. Excellent pics Rich.
16/04/2021 3:11 am
...Side note: I always thought the chrome rails around the seats are odd. Especially the sides and even look as though they might hinder entrance/egress. Does anyone know their purpose??? Years later (now) after seeing these great photos I’m thinking perhaps “protection” for side impact ???? Sort of like a crude safety cage???? Does anyone know for sure?...
Only my opinion, the exposed seat frames were part of Chrysler taking the avant-garde exterior design into the interior. To me, the chrome seat frames add a Bauhaus flavor.
Here's a photo of the living room in the Walter Gropius house(Lincoln, Massachusetts). Note the furniture design:
Gropius(1883-1969) was the director of the German Bauhaus(1919-1928).
His home in Lincoln:
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16/04/2021 7:49 am
