Can anyone 'splane this ?

[Greg Myers]

 Diecast Corvette kits ?

Seems as if they got it backward. Plastic body metal chassis maybe? 

Edited June 30, 2016 by Greg Myers

[Joe Handley]

The Daytona Beach part is what's throwing me

[ZTony8]

The toy cars are metal, the real cars are plastic-I've chuckled about this for years.

[Howard Cohen]

Maybe you should go back to the first diecast body kit made by Monogram a few decades ago...remember the diecast 53 Corvette?  

I always thought it was ironic that we have been building plastic models of metal cars and now we can build a metal model of a plastic car  

Nowadays it's all about the cost and the profit and that diecast is probable less to produce with a higher profit margin. Oh, lots of people like the feel of a metal body car, like all the diecast collectors  

[Daddyfink]

Poop in a box!

[Harry P.]

Poop in a box!

Hey, that's what cats do! What do they know that we don't?

[Harry P.]

The Daytona Beach part is what's throwing me

Same here. What the heck does Daytona Beach have to do with this car?

[angelo7]

I have a few Funny Cars with diecast bodies.  Go figure.

[cobraman]

I have a Cobra with an aluminum body. That got that one right ! : )

[Greg Myers]

Ray, give us a look,. 

[oldnslow]

It's a bright color and a convertible , just what every oriental thinks of when you say Daytona , 

[Tom Geiger]

Foreigners!  Daytona Beach, as said just gives a pleasant thought of beach.

I was in England a few years ago at a pub and their drink special was a "Long Island Beach Ice Tea".   I tried to explain to them that it was just called a Long Island Ice Tea and they weren't having it.  They even refused to believe there was no Long Island Beach!     And I bet they made it all wrong too!  

[cobraman]

Ray, give us a look,. 

Here ya go ! Aluminum body.

[Mr Stock]

Foreigners!  Daytona Beach, as said just gives a pleasant thought of beach.

I was in England a few years ago at a pub and their drink special was a "Long Island Beach Ice Tea".   I tried to explain to them that it was just called a Long Island Ice Tea and they weren't having it.  They even refused to believe there was no Long Island Beach!     And I bet they made it all wrong too!  

Tom remember there are a lot of "foreigners" as you call them right here on this forum , Some of us know that a Long Island Ice tea is the correct name.........but then some US folks think that because we live in the UK we all personally know the Queen, speak like Dick Van Dyke in Mary poppins and that our gardens back onto Buckingham Palace. !

As for the Daytona refrence on the Bburago Corvette..........No idea ! perhaps they are referring to the horrid yellow shade they have used ...thinking it looks like a beach ....it doesn't !. Lol

Edited July 1, 2016 by Mr Stock

[Greg Myers]

Here ya go ! Aluminum body.

Very nice. 

[Brizio]

Bburago make die cast cars, metal body and plastic chassis. They sell it as built or in kit. In the old (1970-1980) kit they had sticker type of decals, after they went with water decals.

[Greg Myers]

Be more interested in hearing more about Ray's aluminum Cobra.

[Tom Geiger]

Tom remember there are a lot of "foreigners" as you call them right here on this forum , Some of us know that a Long Island Ice tea is the correct name.........but then some US folks think that because we live in the UK we all personally know the Queen, speak like Dick Van Dyke in Mary poppins and that our gardens back onto Buckingham Palace. !

Gary, I spent my early years living around the world.  I know what it's like to be "THE" American.  I work in an International company with much diversity in our offices, and work with facilities on three continents daily. I actually share an office with a Brit and an Indian. So I say things in jest.  No worries.

PS -  You mean you don't speak like Dick Van Dyke?  

[Crazy Ed]

Same here. What the heck does Daytona Beach have to do with this car?

  Same as LeMans to a Pontiac, or Monza to a Chevy. a Speed event that makes the named Car eithr "faster" or more interesting. Until '61 they were still running the Speed Trials on the Beach.

[cobraman]

Be more interested in hearing more about Ray's aluminum Cobra.

This Cobra is just a stock Franklin Mint offering.Brushed aluminum body. Pretty nicely detailed.

[Mr Stock]

Gary, I spent my early years living around the world.  I know what it's like to be "THE" American.  I work in an International company with much diversity in our offices, and work with facilities on three continents daily. I actually share an office with a Brit and an Indian. So I say things in jest.  No worries.

PS -  You mean you don't speak like Dick Van Dyke?  

If you can imagine Dick Van Dyke's (bad) London accent with a southern twang.......thats closer Lol !