[Closed] Pics: Little bit of help

Weren't PMIs also available in kit form? It's possible that the factory did one of the Lincolns &...

Somebody else assembled the other Lincoln.

They both have the original type, dark gray PM boxes

Seems like a query for Mr. Parrill.

Precision Miniatures

The Lincoln came out just before I sold the business, but the difference
probably is because we farmed out the model building to two different
builders, Nestor and Jack Hudson. Or, since we sold these in kit form, they may
have been built by a customer. If there are no initials on the models, I suspect
they were customer built.

Thanks, Gene. Do you remember the colors on the factory built models?

And, did the kits come in the standard factory boxes? Any idea why the green one would have the "Limited Production Model" band around one end of the box?

JK, I had a PMI Hudson that came in the factory box but that was built as a kit.

Some of the special edition models were done in a small number by Mark Asbury, Lloyd's son. He also make some convertibles out of the coupes. The decal placement might be due to the fact Mark has dyslexia!

Gene can tell you more....

The Capris were never done by Nestor.

He left PM before the Capris. Nestor worked for PM from 1978 to September/October of 1984 and left before the Capris came out. Then Mark Asbury was doing the builts. Jack Hudson and a couple of other fellows also did a few batches (12-24) each for PM much, much earlier on. Capris were not sold in kit form. The last PM's that were sold as kits as well as factory builts were the little Porsche 356's. About the boxes, they all had PM Factory boxes- early green labels, later blue and white labels with artwork on it- and even later more fancy boxes instead of the mailers they had been in- the factory builts had a sticker or check box or hand writing or some other deliniation on them usually- but not always.

Crittenden, please email oldsman41atyahoo.com

Hi Mr.Platt, email sent.

I think Henry Gonzales was doing some of the builds.

before PM and Motor City got together and a "factory" was established in the west San Fernando Valley..

About the Capri kits. If you have any Capris in kit form you are the owner of the result of some side door freindly favors and dealings- which is why none of them come in offical boxes- but say Precision Miniatures on the bottom. You have some lovely relative rarities. They were not sold as a product by PM the company. But Lloyd frequently gave parts because of niceness. More recently, the last remaining castings of the Capris were sold of the never released Pan American race versions (enough for 70 or more? kits) a few years ago and you could get them on Ebay for a spell.

I have a Precision Miniature 1952 Hudson Kit that I bought about a year ago. It was listed.....

and being sold as old store stock. I know your saying whats the big deal right? Well porobably it is not a big deal. Except when I recieved it in the mail the box was in great shape and when I opened the lid of the box you could tell it had never been unpacked, looked at, messed with, or disturbed since it was packed in the box. Realizing this before I even removed anything, I just shut the box lid and put the kit away in storage. I have a few of these Hudson kits still unbilt and a few that have been built for me. But it was the first kit I ever bought that looked factory fresh packed. I know still not a big deal, but I thought it was kind of cool so I have been keeping it as delivered all this time. Also the guy who sold it only had one picture of it and it was just a picture of the box and not the contents. I got it real cheap too and I believe I did because he only had a picture of the box and nothing else. Anyway just another PM story I guess, but for some reason I can not bring myself to disturb the contents of this kit. Its like it is the only 1 left and if I mess with it there will be or is no more left like it to be had. Must be paranoid or crazy LOL ! Bye, RANDY

I think some of the kits may have come from Bob, the guy who was an ex-fireman, who bought Marque Products from Gene (although there mighjt have been another owner in between Gene and Bob). All I remember was that Mark Asbury was building a fair number of cars and converting some cars to convertibles with parts Lloyd made. It was, indeed, a "back door" operation. I think the stuff Henry Gonzales built was "official" Precision Miniatures models. I seriously doubt more than about 30 convertibles were made.