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11/08/2020 3:56 am
How good is it? Greenlight's "Godfather" '55 Cadillac (pic)
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11/08/2020 6:26 am
Good
11/08/2020 8:18 am
It's excellent ! I have the standard blue non-movie version.
11/08/2020 12:03 pm
I checked and it seems John is right on the money! One of the most filmed cars in "Driving Miss Daisy" was a '56 Cad that could be a twin for this one. I also saw one suggestion that a similar '56 was used for some later shots to fill in spaces.
I also found that Franklin Mint once produced a "Driving Miss Daisy" Cadillac that looked exactly the same. No scale was listed for this one.
A further little search found this post from a few weeks ago on our neighboring Forum 24:
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Posted By: Al Dorado
Posted On: Sunday March 1, 2020 at 12:10 PM
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(PIC) Gr8 pics. A very special Sixty Special. I have this one plus the green and pink versions.
I call it my "Driving Miss Daisy" Cadillac. The actual car used in the movie sold at the 2017 Barrett-Jackson auction in Las Vegas for $44,000.
(and some fine photos are attached.)
11/08/2020 3:34 pm
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
11/08/2020 6:59 pm
Pic. Hello David, considering its price, it's very good. There are some minor "chrome" issues but nothing really complicated to correct with bare metal foil.
Indeed, you'll notice on the model that the doors pillars/frames and the rear lower body fender are not "painted" or chromed accurately. So to get closer to the real Fleetwood trims, a bit of touch ups are needed, done on my model here;
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Other than that, the lower fascia of the front bumper is a bit small but, these are my lynx's eyes talking...
A very decent model overall that you shouldn't hesitate to buy.
12/08/2020 7:50 am
beware the 1:24 scale
David, This 1:43 scale is fine, just needs a bit of chrome BMF on lower rear fender.
Beware the 1:24 scale version, it is badly undersized.