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28/08/2017 2:46 am
To keep our minds off of Harvey: Brooklin - 30 years ago! -pics (not Harvey G)
I was looking through some old catalogs for TOGI and saw these two 1-page sheets.
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I like collecting the print material almost as much as the actual models!photo no longer available
28/08/2017 3:11 am
As I looked at these, I smiled and enjoyed, and then looked at my display areas and smiled some more. And then I noticed that I didn't have one. Horrors! To the search!! (Thanks, Karl.)
(later) Found it! I must have parked it on a different shelf sometimes in the last ten years. Oops!
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28/08/2017 9:49 am
As far as I know, Brooklin did not have the permission to produce the Shelby.
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28/08/2017 3:07 pm
Sorry, David! Didn't mean to give you a scare! 🙂
28/08/2017 4:22 pm
Here is an earlier one.
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28/08/2017 5:53 pm
The Ford Victoria is still one of my favorites!
29/08/2017 1:12 am
You're right Joop...John Hall didn't! He made the first batch,
Shelby demanded high royalties, and the model was changed to the red version as JH didn't see why he should pay to advertise someone else's product through making a model. I have to admit I agree with those sentiments. This was why when GM pounced on Brooklin for making GM cars (apart from Cadillac which the GM bean counters of the time forgot - obviously didn't realise Cadillac was a GM product) Nigel dropped all the GM cars. Now thankfully things are more sensible and GM cars feature in BRKs range again. This explains why that 1949 Olds hardtop is rare.
29/08/2017 1:12 am
Mine too - I've ruined a lot of those over the years.
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29/08/2017 2:30 am