I remember when this model first came out that there was a lot of chatter on the boards that they forgot to include a spare tire. Nut that I am, I bou...

@100ford2003 Thanks for the kind words. I made a decision years ago to keep a pretty narrow focus on what I collect - sports racing cars of the 1960's...

@100ford2003 You know that would be fine with me - I'm not looking to sell it - interesting idea though - Something that Tony K might have pulled back...

@rich-sufficool It does feel good to fill in 'missing links' and luckily this model is a good representation of the car. There are still a few more to...

@chris Just lucky - never ever expected to get a 001 especially on an international purchase with a seller I had never done business with before.

@gavin That is why I bought this particular model - It turns out that the real car this color was the first 'customer car' (third one built) and this ...

That was the interesting thing about race cars in the 'old days'. They were not 'one and done' but 'campaigned' many times for years and were constant...

I'm afraid that it remains to be seen if there will be much of a market for them. I don't see a lot of 'under 40' collectors out there and most of us ...

Was one of the best values for the money when it came out. H appy to have one in my collection

I have to admit to being partial to its FIA spec younger brother the 2F also a full detailed Exoto

Would have to go with the Ford but back in the day I thought both of these cars had gotten bigger than they needed to be.

@marty-johnson On my model of a car that raced in the Panamericana in 1954 they are all the same. I have no idea why they are different on Rich's car....

I'm not generally a collector of models before 1960 or after 1980 but there are always exceptions to be made - This Ferrari is one of them

Looking forward to your reviews. I understand your feelings about resin models but don't see them as as much a problem in a number of cases as you d...