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10/07/2018 12:10 am
PICs - Daily Dose of Diecast...Tuesday 1958 Edsel Citation Convertible
-FM LE #543 of 2500
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
10/07/2018 4:05 am
Edsel looks extra special in that color combo.
John Bono
North Jersey
10/07/2018 6:07 am
As much as I love Citation convertibles, FM made some glaring errors on this particular version. The red used should be more of an orange red. Citation convertibles did not have a black and white interior option (black and white interior option was for Pacer convertibles). This model should have had a red and white interior. FM made the same interior mistake on the coral/black version. (In addition, coral was not available on Citations and Corsairs. Available on Ranger, Pacer, and Bermuda only.) Out of the four versions FM produced, the original Chalk Pink/Frost White and Turquoise/Frost White versions are the most accurate to the 1:1 automobile.
Lovely photos of the model, though!
10/07/2018 11:39 am
I now know how Bob Jackman feels ... I never saw this version - I love it!!!!!!!!
10/07/2018 12:35 pm
Mine unfortunately suffers from the dreaded diecast cancer..a mess:(
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
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10/07/2018 1:27 pm
You are right, sooo... In my "Diecast World" this car was purchased by a collector who had it repainted to Ember Red & Black, and the upholstery was very bad and was restored to a non-original color. Anyway, that's my story and I am sticking to it. LOL!
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
10/07/2018 5:49 pm
Dennis I think you guys are mistaken! Bob was saying he doesn’t have the DM blue Cutlass
THAT is a completely different thread !