@carsman1958 I very respectfully reply that I absolutely love the black walls and dog dish caps on this, and the other big brake Vette, the white ‘57. Like Tony said, these cars were built for winning races, not beauty contests. I also love that they stand out from the others, just like their 1/1 counterparts.
@carsman1958 I very respectfully reply that I absolutely love the black walls and dog dish caps on this, and the other big brake Vette, the white ‘57. Like Tony said, these cars were built for winning races, not beauty contests. I also love that they stand out from the others, just like their 1/1 counterparts.
This is the latest, and perhaps greatest, of Franklin’s fiberglass edition Corvettes. It’s also their first issue as a 1966 model year. They’ve outfitted the roadster as a drop-top with a naturally aspirated small block, four-speed tranny and equipped it in Mosport Green with auxiliary hard top and blue-green interior.
Franklin is up to speed with the high tech goodies we like on our models – internal door hinges, the hood’s telescoping prop rod, working suspension that doesn’t cannibalize the stance and ride height of the model and current-technology detailing. Those details include opening headlamp pods, opening tonneau deck hiding a simulated down-top, operational fuel filler door and sunvisors and richly detailed emblems and, “Corvette Sting Ray” foiled-appliqué scripts, forward and aft. I like their understated choice of wheels and thin-line whitewalls and applaud their efforts in ‘colorizing’ the exhaust and contrasting engine parts to offer even more realism with this Vette.
The interior features nice appointments and finely crafted-to-scale touches on dash, console and door trim. The wood wheel presents itself very authentically. FM also gives us the option to display the light-weight Vette three ways. They provide a seamless fitting white ‘soft’ top, body color-matching auxiliary hard top and, my favorite method of displaying the car, au natural – topless.
I like the fiberglass versions; I hope FM does all previously issued Corvettes this way and fills in the blanks of the missing years, like this version - very nicely done! TP 05/15/2009
I sure appreciate all your hard work bringing back these reviews, probably a labor of love for you. They are highly informative, and also much fun to read. Thanks!
I sure appreciate all your hard work bringing back these reviews, probably a labor of love for you. They are highly informative, and also much fun to read. Thanks!
1) Thank you VERY much! 2) Super cool photo! 3) I'm approaching an impasse - I have reviews with no pics and most of them model-less so I can no longer photograph them. And many models where the reviews are lost. Frustrating. I'm hoping to pair some more up but I'm running low on resources. Thanks again Kevin!!
@perrone1 The backstory on the photo is that the brown bungalow is the house that my wife grew up in. It was a 4th of July parade in North Canton, Ohio, and we figure it was taken about 60 or so years ago. I’ve always loved the photo, and the truck, and am curious if anyone know’s the make and year. Thanks again Tony, you’re the man!
Tony, I would love if you just posted the review even if you did not have photos. I keep them filed with all my diecast paraphernalia.
There's quite a lot of these, even though the VAST majority of them that I posted on the "Reviews & Car Lists" are now gone into cyberspace somewhere. When I can determine that I'm not able to pair any more up with photos, I will do just that - post them separately. Then if I take photos of cars that I have, or acquire, that match the review, I can add them. THANKS John!!
@perrone1 The backstory on the photo is that the brown bungalow is the house that my wife grew up in. It was a 4th of July parade in North Canton, Ohio, and we figure it was taken about 60 or so years ago. I’ve always loved the photo, and the truck, and am curious if anyone know’s the make and year. Thanks again Tony, you’re the man!
Thank you Kevin - very cool story. A treasure I'd also love to have and display. It looks to me like a late 30's possibly even up to 1940, Chevrolet Fire truck. comparing some internet pics, the grille and hood are extremely similar. Here's a '38:
@perrone1 Tony, when we had the old site, for every car I got I downloaded your reviews and photo's and printed them. They are filed in looseleaf notebooks with all the literature we would get with each car. I treasured your reviews and thought that if I ever sold the collection the next person that owned them would love to see your information about the car as well. I miss the old site. I believe it was so much better.
@carsman1958 Thanks John! I miss the old site too, and the production of 'precision' diecast models in the 1/24th scale that so many of us cut our teeth building in plastic, so many years ago.
