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26/10/2016 1:14 pm
PICs - Daily Dose of Diecast...Wednesday 1953 Lincoln Capri Hardtop
-Issued by Precision Miniatures (not sure when)
-This is the first white metal model I added to my collection that wasn't a Brooklin Model. I don't know much about this company or the model itself. 
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
26/10/2016 1:35 pm
Lovely model! I have that same one in a special limited edition "Santa Claus World Tour 1986" and I am not sure weither
Precision Miniature still exists!
26/10/2016 2:47 pm
Precision Miniatures became Motor City USA, this model was issued in 1979 and was mastered by Dick Armbruster who was the pattern maker for many Motor City USA and Durham Classics models that you will undoubtedly have seen on this Forum and perhaps your own collections. I wrote extensively and featured many photos of this model and its Motor City USA successors in my book, Ford in Miniature.
I believe our own Wayne Moyer and both Ford model expert Dave Turner and Bruce Arnold also reviewed this model and wrote about its history (in Model Auto Review). This is where the white metal business began to take off in North America, IMHO.
On page 10 of this link is the Motor City USA version of this car as a convertible, updated a dozen or more years later:
26/10/2016 3:02 pm
That's really a beautiful Lincoln, John.
I still think the white metal models, when done well as is this Lincoln, have a look and feel that is unique to metal models. This car looks so real.
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
26/10/2016 4:15 pm
You left out Gene Parrill, Randall. Precision began as kits...
....and I once had many of them. Ferraris, the Corvette Carrera Panamerica car, Indy cars - they ran the spectrum. On a whirlwind visit to L.A. in 1982 I went by Marque Products, just as Gene's machinery was cranking out some white metal Hudsons.
26/10/2016 5:57 pm
John,They also made a 52 Lincoln
26/10/2016 7:39 pm
Precision Miniatures 1952 Lincoln
photo no longer available
26/10/2016 7:40 pm
Yes and Lloyd Asbury, too. Didn't they have their HQ in Huntington Beach?
27/10/2016 1:36 am
There you Go ! a 52 Lincoln
27/10/2016 1:53 am
Yes Lloyd and Gene were partners at PM. I know Gene lived in Huntington Beach.
27/10/2016 3:28 am
52 Lincoln
Hi Sheldon; That one was not done by PM. It is one of a few I made into a 52 from the 53 Santa Claus model. You can tell by the German glass headlights I used.
27/10/2016 7:05 am
Very beautiful models splendidly emphasized by your pics John
27/10/2016 8:01 am
Great stuff! Randall-Where can I buy Chrysler & Independents in Miniature?
Thanks,
AL
Topic starter
27/10/2016 3:31 pm
Very nice. I would like to have a '52 in my collection.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
27/10/2016 6:35 pm
Hi Albert. Thanks. You can search using the title and my name and it should take you directly to the publishers for these two books. Ford in Miniature and GM in Miniature are still widely available on the secondary market. Let me know at randallolson AT telus dot net if you run into any trouble. Thanks for your interest!
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