[Closed] DM's '48 Chevy Fleetline [PIC]

Lookin great Rich.....

I generally don't like fender skirts, but I think they look good on this model.

Now if it just had some curb feelers headlight shades and a raccoon tail on the antenna!

(Yeah, I'm kidding about that stuff, but I really do like the skirts.)

Ya forgot the windshield visor.... and blue dot tail lights.

Hey Tom, raccoon tail easy to do...Cotton and some paint! Try it....

Great Pics, Rich! There's A Lot of Potential For This Molding...

There are the '46 and '47 Chevies, naturally. But also requiring minimal work, mostly in plastic trim, is the possibility of offering the '46 through '48 Pontiacs. I'd love to see a '48 Poncho; it's the first family car I have memories of. It was like the pics below, but in the solid met green of the top color. It was "loaded" for its day: fender skirts, sun visor, spotlight, fog lamps, rear window wiper, backup lamp, full wheel covers, dash-mounted electric fan and Hydramatic tranny. DM could get a lot of mileage from the Chevy image with only small, easily done modifications. Danbury, bring me my Silver Streak 8 dream!

FANTASTIC photos! It has been so long since a car from DM has come our way, and the anticipation waiting for it, is almost stressful. I am supposed to receive mine the first part of next week, and I'm like a little kid waiting for Christmas morning to see if Santa paid his visit overnight.

These great photos make me just that much more excited. Thanks for posting them!

Ed, I'll echo your Pontiac thoughts. Let's hope DM can agree.

Ed, my parents also had one of those '48 Pontiacs with this body style. Theirs was solid black, purchased new, but traded on a new '51 Pontiac before I was born.

I agree that a Pontiac would be wonderful, and this basic body style was also used for the Olds 76 and 78 models and the Buick Special. All kinds of potential for this basic body!

Jerry...can't wait to get home and pick mine up. You didn't sell it did you?

What is that on the dashboard above the speedometer?

Beautiful, Rich, and great photography. I've admired this Chevy from the afar (Forum 43). Here's the nearest thing we have to it.

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I understand this "woody" package was a dealer-installed option.

PS- If I remember correctly, my Dad's '47 Chevy had the same switch over the speedometer and it operated the windshield wipers.

Great photos but is that an antenna or a flag mast?

Yes, yes, yes, I know.... "just be thankful that DM is producing ANYTHING!" Well, aside that I'm not convinced that DM is truly back, if they are back, and what I'm seeing so far is represenative of the future quality then they've re-entered the 1:24 scale model market weaker than they left. I'll wait until I have the final product in my hands before making too many comments. But so far, I see some good and some not so good with this model.

On the other hand, I suppose there's room in my brain to consider that if DM is back, perhaps they've found it impratical to produce the previous quality level model at the current prices. So compromises are necessary. Perhaps what we're seeing in this model will set the expectations for possible future releases.

The antenna is telescoped with the first stage a metal tube.....

It's an ambitious idea but when youy view the model magnified, it's a bit overscale. Sometimes adding extra functionality at this scale can backfire.

I like the wooden sides. DM has produced a few of that style already.....

They could easily use the tooling for this variant too. Right now, I'm happy for any new release that gives hope for the future in this moribund scale.