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Convertible Tuesday! Today we have a 1947 Buick Roadmaster from the Danbury Mint. Enjoy!

My favorite DM Buick - and made the same year that I was!!  

Undervalued Wednesday! Today we have a 1956 Ford Sunliner from the  Danbury Mint. The model is nicely done and it is relatively inexpensive on the secondary market. Highly recommended. Enjoy!

Italian Thursday! Here we have a 1958 Ferrari 250 Testarossa from the Danbury Mint. Enjoy!

Convertible Friday! Today we have a 1965 Corvette from the Danbury Mint. Enjoy!

Sample Saturday! Today we have a Shelby Cobra preproduction sample from the Franklin Mint. See all the differences? The sample is on the right. Enjoy!

Love those Cobras Lu!!

That's an impressive Cobra's collection, you can also add the WIX cobras, in case you don't have them, they are on par with FM.

Posted by: @chav

That's an impressive Cobra's collection, you can also add the WIX cobra's, in case you don't have them, they are on par with FM.

That puppy looks awfully good Chav! 

@perrone1 Yes, the FM white stripe cobra is pricy, so this WIX replaced it for me, they are great value.

Posted by: @chav

@perrone1 Yes, the FM white stripe cobra is pricy, so this WIX replaced it for me, they are great value.

Thanks Chav. I just looked at a couple on eBay, including this one and a silver variant (Different bumperettes. VERY nice!!)

so glad you introduced the WIX versions Chav. They are mint quality. This is their version of 'no 11', again of a similar standard. I think the company that made them was called Icons? Never heard from again. I wonder if they somehow 'acquired' the FM tooling? Thanks for the reminder of the silver/grey version Tony, I must hunt one down. Nice to have the 2 versions Lu.

Posted by: @geoff-jowett

so glad you introduced the WIX versions Chav. They are mint quality. This is their version of 'no 11', again of a similar standard. I think the company that made them was called Icons? Never heard from again. I wonder if they somehow 'acquired' the FM tooling? Thanks for the reminder of the silver/grey version Tony, I must hunt one down. Nice to have the 2 versions Lu.

Transformer Sunday! Here we have a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner from the Franklin Mint. Interestingly, the original car that Franklin Mint based their model on had some repairs done to the rear and an incorrect paint job. Specifically, the area beneath the brake lights should have been red, but it was all white here. Fortunately, this issue was rectified in later reprints. Enjoy!

This, along with the red 64 1/2 Mustang convertible, was my first purchase from the Franklin Mint in 1992.  I was mesmerized by the working top mechanism.