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31/07/2024 3:47 pm
Here is a model 1958 Cadillac Eldorado that I got as a small kid getting very quickly filled up with some Texaco Fire Chief gasoline. The Cadillac is from Matchbox and the Texaco gas pump/coin bank is from Gearbox. Hmmm, I think the scale may be off a bit .....
31/07/2024 4:39 pm
Just a bit, but still a nice picture.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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31/07/2024 5:53 pm
The pump represents the price of gasoline today compared to the price when the Cadillac was new.
31/07/2024 6:03 pm
@bob-jackman I was thinking that to take a L O N G trip in a 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-Special one would need that MUCH gas. 😏 😏 😏
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Topic starter
31/07/2024 7:30 pm
The pump represents the price of gasoline today compared to the price when the Cadillac was new.
Lol, that's sadly true, Bob !
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31/07/2024 7:35 pm
1958 Cadillac Eldorado
1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-Special.
Oops, it's a Matchbox Sixty Special and the underneath text on the car has it correctly notated. This model used to be on my train layout as a kid, both the .027 American Flyer and Lionel H.O.
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31/07/2024 8:47 pm
Mike, you said .027 American Flyer. Are you sure about that? I have only seen 027 associated with Lionel. I also had Lionel HO long ago.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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31/07/2024 9:07 pm
Actually, my American Flyer train set dates from 1953 so you are right, I think it is probably S-Gauge that was my steam locomotive electric train layout. My Lionel diesel locomotive set from the late Fifties was H.O. scale, but I happily ran them at the same time on my layout, lol.
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