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12/06/2020 1:34 pm
PICs - From My Collection - '49 Cadillac 1949 Cadillac Series 62 Club Coupe
-Issued by NEO Scale Models in 2014
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
12/06/2020 5:46 pm
Beautiful! I have the French Gray version (not-so-great pic attached)
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Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
12/06/2020 6:34 pm
Question gentlemen, I see on John's that the door pillar is black whereas Barry's is body color.
I'd think that the body color is correct or ?
13/06/2020 1:36 am
Cadillac ads for fastback (pic)
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13/06/2020 6:56 am
I hadn't noticed that...hmmm
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
13/06/2020 12:46 pm
Well I thought it unusual to see the door pillar in black. Those in the brochure pics were body color. Is that correct?
13/06/2020 1:08 pm
I have not seen these posts in black on a period-correct 1:1. Mine was a '51 Chevy (my first car!), solid green. I have liked these torpedo-bodied sedans that General Motors produced around 1950 in all their lines. But I can't recall anything but body color for the door post and corresponding body part.
Here are a couple of pictures from the web that look like restored versions of mine:
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I had forgotten what a good looking car it was!
14/06/2020 12:42 am
Love that fastback styling.
15/06/2020 12:37 pm
John, the 1949 Cadillac is a neat, well proportioned model......
but the deal breaker for me, was the fact that Cadillac never offered wire wheels in 1949. It just disappointed me when it first came out.
Also, perhaps you can look at your model, and tell me if the dashboard and interior garnish moldings are woodgrained. They look it from photos, and there was no woodgraining in 1949. The last use, I believe, was 1947. To lazy to go look it up in my material. Hard to tell.
I have this body style by Motor City, plus 5 additional 1949's, so I could afford to pass. You can never have too many Cadillacs.