Anybody seen one of these models before

[slusher]

[Modlbldr]

Levacar. Never seen one in the flesh though.

Later-

[ewetwo]

Got to be pretty rare?

 

[Mark]

Only issued once, not many seem to have survived.  Larger than 1/25 scale, some boxes (not mine) list the scale as 1/17 or 1/18.

[slusher]

saw one on eBay but never saw one before..

[slusher]

1 minute ago, Mark said:

Only issued once, not many seem to have survived.  Larger than 1/25 scale, some boxes (not mine) list the scale as 1/17 or 1/18.

Did it come It come with a car or as a kit by itself?

[Dave Van]

There were always a few vendors selling them at the Fall Toledo show. But in the 1980's they were $100 or more. 

[Daddyfink]

20 minutes ago, slusher said:

Did it come It come with a car or as a kit by itself?

It was just a kit by itself made for the Chicago World's Fair, by AMT for FORD

I have a built up in my collection that can easily be restored. 

https://fantastic-plastic.com/FordLevacarPage.htm

 

Edited January 14, 2022 by Daddyfink

[Casey]

 

 

[deuces wild]

Do a search for the Levacar at the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn... That building burned down in???... '62 er '63....?

[Mr. Metallic]

I scored one awhile back. The box is roached out (it's barely intact enough to hold the contents. i should probably put it in a container so i don't lose anything.)

I want to build one with the working "levitation" feature 

[Rick L]

I thought it was one of those soap dispensers you see in restrooms.

[sjordan2]

I had one. As the instructions show, it came with a tube you blew in to, sending air under the car to levitate it. Fun for about 5 minutes.

[Oldcarfan27]

There's one on Epay right now. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154787808550?hash=item240a128526:g:JOkAAOSwTUlh20hq

[mr moto]

I had one of those when it was first issued. It was a lot more fun if you hooked it up to the blower port of a vacuum cleaner instead of personally blowing through the tube but it still got old before too long. It could probably be made into some kind of a futuristic kustom and be more fun!