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08/01/2022 8:48 pm
I had a long and informative call with Howie Levine today about odds and ends related to the marque. The topic of resin bodies came up, as earlier I was using some Flitz polish on my MC-62 '48 Chevy pace car to spruce up the bumpers. I had disassembled the chassis to make the job easier and noted the body on this one is resin. Howie said this was true of the MC-60 '48 Fleetline and a second run of the 1950 Pontiac convertible as well. Any others? I also believe the Motor City Gold series had resin bodies but await confirmation of this.
09/01/2022 3:52 pm
I had a long and informative call with Howie Levine today about odds and ends related to the marque. The topic of resin bodies came up, as earlier I was using some Flitz polish on my MC-62 '48 Chevy pace car to spruce up the bumpers. I had disassembled the chassis to make the job easier and noted the body on this one is resin. Howie said this was true of the MC-60 '48 Fleetline and a second run of the 1950 Pontiac convertible as well. Any others? I also believe the Motor City Gold series had resin bodies but await confirmation of this.
I don't think theMC Gold were resin. I don't have any right now, but they certainly didn't feel resin.
Harv Goranson and Harv Goranson reacted
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09/01/2022 4:34 pm
@albert-kopans I may remove the baseplate of my MCG Nash sometime and have look-see. The heft of my '48 pace car is sufficient that, had I not removed the base, I would not have suspected its resin body. Well, maybe.
09/01/2022 4:53 pm
@albert-kopans I’d agree. I have two of them and both are quite heavy. Too hefty to be resin bodied.
09/01/2022 6:41 pm
I can confirmed that my MCUSA 1950 Oldsmobile HT has the body in resin with the baseplate in metal.
09/01/2022 8:34 pm
@randyrusk rumor had it that some weight might have been added to those metal baseplates.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA