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Here are some photos of the real car. One I believe is with Carracciola as one of people standing with the car. I think that’s him touching the fender?

Thanks to another builder here (and MCCM member), Khils, I got the front license plate I needed to complete my Jo-Han Mercedes-Benz 500K Roadster Limousine kit. Thank you Khils (Kevin). This a wonderful kit of the car built specially for the famous Mercedes-Benz race car drive Rudolph Carracciola. Later purchased by the Italian fascist dictator Mussolini for his son in law, whom he later had executed. The car ended up in the U.S. in the early 1950’s. Exchanged hands several times. Restored in the mid-60’s. And has been stored and not seen since sometime in the early 1980’s. It’s really a shame this beautiful car has not been seen in years. Mercedes-Benz has even offered the present owners that they would restore the car for free if they could use in their museum. The owners said no. They will not let anybody see the car. Back to the model kit. This is one of Jo-Hans nicer kits. Beautiful detail. It may not be as easy to build as Monogram’s (now Revell’s) Mercedes 540K. But, its really not that much harder to build than the Monogram kit. I had no major problems in assembling the kit. And I think the detail is slightly better. I know the Carracciola car did not have the spot light/mirrors up near the “A” pillar. Or the driving lights on the bumper. But, I liked them. And the instructions said to add them. So I did. And I’m pleased with the results.

Good stuff. Very impressive model building.

Beautiful Merc woody.

Wow! Very kool. Especially nice job, on something that small.

Very nice.

Thank you guys.

By the way, according to the 1981 Oldsmobile Specs Book (Effective April 13, 1981), one could still order a Delta 88 Coupe (model L37, $7963.59) with the Holiday Coupe Option (option Y72, $284.00). What did one get when ordering option Y72? “Y72 Holiday Coupe Option, Includes Special Holiday Emblem, Contour Bucket Front Seats, Sports Console with “T” Shifter, Sport-Styled Outside Rearview Mirrors (D35), Custom Sport Steering Wheel, and special Color-Keyed Wheel Discs. Available on L37 Coupe only - N31, N72, N83, N91 available (N.A. With optional mirrors, N32, N37, PA3 or U23)”

Ditto. I too really like the color choice. It looks right for a comic book Batmobile.

Beautiful Hurst Olds.

I’m curious as to what happen to this build. For I’m working on the exact same kit, from the same 3 car set, right now. It’s been almost 2 years. How has the build progressed since this post? So far mine is going together just fine. I hope to have the finished results in the “Underglass” section soon. But, I’d love to see how yours turned out.

Beautiful Olds. I love the color.

Other than the landau vinyl roof, that’s exactly what my mother’s Holiday 88 looked like. Right color combo. Correct wire wheel covers. Boy that brings back fond memories. Thank you for putting a link to that.

10 of the 12 are 4-door hardtops. The other two are convertibles. I doubt this will go on eBay. My friend wants it to go to a proper collector. Someone who will appreciate it, and keep together as it is.

The ‘32 Custom from the double kit with the Willys, shown and talked about above, is still the one I want.

Aussie cars. Cool! I love cars from Australia. Pricing and availability will be a factor in me picking them up. But, if I can, I will.

Seeing that it is a Holiday coupe I will be picking one up. By the way, my mother had a 1980 Olds Delta Holiday 88 Coupe. Which was not a hardtop. Several years after Oldsmobile offered their last hardtops, they brought the name back for a special sports package on the base Delta 88 two-door coupe. I believe it was offered only from 1978 through 1980 (maybe 1981 too?). The package included bucket seats with a console, color-keyed wheel covers, and Holiday 88 badges. My mother bought her’s brand new right off the show floor in 1980. It was painted factory two-tone Gold, with Gold cloth buckets, and factory wire wheel covers replacing the color-keyed wheel covers. I was not too keen on the wire wheel covers, or the two-tone paint for that matter. But over all it was a sharp looking car for the time. And a big step up from the cheap, basically stripped Mercury Monarch my dad had bought her new in 1975. After my dad buying three cheap (he was raised in depression era thinking), fairly stripped compact Mercurys through the years, my mother had enough. She bought new Olds without my fathers help. They drove big Oldsmobiles back in the 1950s. And she liked them. And she like her new ‘80 Holiday 88. And the old man’s thoughts? Other than the cost, he liked it too.

Okay, I’m weird. But, I don’t mind the old MPC ‘69 Camaros. True, the Revell version is light years a head of them. But, for me there is a certain charm to those old MPC and AMT annual kits. Including the MPC ‘69 Camaro. The Monogram version, I have no comment on. I’ve never owned or built one.

A friend of mine has had the following in collection his for years. He has not shown it to many people, and did not wanted who have seen it, to talk to others about it. My friend is now up in years and has started parting with things in collection and selling them off. Mainly stuff dealing with full-size automobiles. So the time has come to part with what you see in the photos below. It’s an original 1956 Ford promo model display. I’ve known about it and seen this display several times over the years. I wish I had the money to add it to my collection. It’s worth way more than I can afford. My friend has had one offer so far, for a price of about half of what he would let it go for. The price he’s asking is a lot. But, I feel that its fair for what it is. And the condition it is in. I am not posting these pictures here to help him sell it. I just thought others out there would be fascinated in seeing it, as much as I have been when I’ve seen it in the past. He has finally given permission to share these photos. So I hope you enjoy them. A very cool piece of history.

Interesting. Maybe he is related? Years ago, my sister told me that I had to be a gorilla, because I had such hairy legs. I tell my kids at work, because of that and my love of bananas, I’m sure she’s right. I tell them I get paid in bananas, and an occasional bag of peanuts. And as long as I don’t throw poop at the kids I’m allowed to keep my job.

Wow! Very nice.

Thank you. As far as I know, I am not related to Steve in Mankato. Aho is actually a fairly common last name for people of Finnish decent. From my understanding, it’s third most common last name in Finland. And it means a “clearing in the woods.” My immediate relations come from a little town just south of Duluth, MN, called Mahtawa. My dad was one of 13 kids in his family. There are 54 first cousins from those 13. For years, I didn’t know of one of those first cousins. Plus my grandmother and her sister both married Aho brothers. So I have a ton of second cousins besides. Trying to keep track of all my first cousins and second cousins, and all of their kids is almost impossible. So, is Steve related to me? It’s possible. But, not as far as I know. Below is a photo of my dad (he is in the upper right corner), with his folks, and his twelve siblings. All are gone now, except my youngest uncle Birdie (Melvin) in lower left. The photo is the was only known time the all 13 kids and their parents were all together at one time. And it was taken sometime in the late 1940’s, or early 1950’s.

Amen.

Another three I would buy if they were reissued.

I forgot about the Craftsman ‘63 Falcon Sprint convertible and Corvair. I want, and would buy those too, if they were reissued.