Two EldoRods in scale?

[Jon Cole]

Now we have a late 40’s Cadillac kit on the way- albeit a custom (see: Car Kit News & Reviews - Revell Q2/Q3 Flyer) The EldoRod by Foose Design. I already have a 1/24 diecast of it by Franklin Mint on my shelf. It’s a plum color, and is slightly different from the blue one shown, though I am not sure exactly what is different- it just is!
So I was wondering why there is two different versions? Are they the same car?
The plum colored is a pic of the Franklin Mint car I found on the internet; the blue one is the version that Revell has announced. I have seen a photo of the 1:1 scale plum version, I just don't have a photo.
 

[Rob Hall]

IIRC I read somewhere the custom was reworked by Foose some years after it was built...the original is the FM purple one (it was a Boyd Coddington custom?)

[PARTSMARTY]

I would for one love this in kit !!!

[Can-Con]

The original maroon version looks a lot like a convertible version of Cadzilla to me.

Both came out of Coddington's shop, of corse.

[Brett Barrow]

Was originally built by Coddington from a Foose design. Apparently a lot of stuff was left off in order to make the deadline for delivery to the customer. Then new owner asked Foose to build it the way he originally intended it. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

I would for one love this in kit !!!

It's coming.

[crazyjim]

I'm thinking of getting at least 1 of each of those.

 

[Jon Cole]

Thanks for sharing this. Appreciated!

[PARTSMARTY]

The caddy for sure !!!

[Snake45]

I'm not a fan of Cadillacs, '40s cars in general, Foose, or Coddington. So why does this thing actually look kind of cool and interesting to me?

[lordairgtar]

I saw Revell's Foose Caddy at Milwaukee NNL and it's nice. Just for the dual inlet air cleaner alone that will make it into many hot rod builds. It's a full detail kit and the truck is a new tool as well.