junkyardjeff Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Lately I have been getting some good deals on Danbury mint vehicles on ebay for around 20 dollars each,I did have to pay 40 for the 41 Chevy convertible that looked to not been out of the box much since it still had all the packing materials and the top was still wrapped up. The 42 Ford p/u is on the way and I can not build plastic for what I am paying for these so I am going to get all I can get if I can stay around the 20 dollar amount.
Gramps46 Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Jeff these are looking really good. Welcome to join thoe of us who have come to the same conclusion you have. Good hunting.
Geno Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Great scores Jeff, I do the same when I can, especially if it's some I want to modify. I see I'm just up I-75 from you.
randyc Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 I bought a BUNCH of mint cars in the last year. As you have found, by watching you can find some really great pieces for cheap. Some of my best scores were 6 cars for $75 with shipping. Sold 5 of them for over $100 total and kept the ONE I wanted from the set. Dirty cars sell cheap. Can be cleaned and resold for better bucks. I have green and blue 36s. I have the 41. You got a better deal. Mine was $35 but no box. Broken cars are cheap too and if you can fix them... I got the white 53 Cadillac for $10 and had to fix the front wheels. Keep shopping and keep showing them off. This is one place where we all seem to apprieciate the mint cars, even though they've been out of production for a while.
junkyardjeff Posted May 28, 2019 Author Posted May 28, 2019 I have been looking for a damaged 53 Chevy p/u to use for parts, there was one and it got up to close to the 20 dollars I have been getting nice ones for so I passed. I am looking for the 55 Ford 2 door hard top but they go for more then I want to pay.
randyc Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 I found a Franklin Mint 1948 Chrysler Town & Country yesterday for $10. It's missing parts of course. Mirrors, one door handle, a wiper. But I think it will clean up nicely and I can put on the shelf at my office. I have a 53 GMC (limited edition) that is missing a bumper but I'm not willing to part with it. I think I found a bumper that will work. The 55 Ford runs around $35 for reasonable examples. I have a pink/white, purple/white FMs and a black white DM. Which one you want? I might could part with the black white DM? PM me. Not sure I'm ready to go $20 though. Maybe. I also know where a couple other cars are that I can get you for $20 each if you're interested. PM me.
junkyardjeff Posted June 1, 2019 Author Posted June 1, 2019 I am looking for the two tone green non Crown Vic 2 door hard top..
MrObsessive Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) Pleasant eBay story here: About a year ago I was looking for the Danbury Mint 1956 Buick Roadmaster Four Door. I came across a seller that had a very nice one with only one issue----one of the fender ornaments was missing. He was asking I believe $80.00 which I saw as a very good price as those can be mighty pricey since they're no longer available. Well, much to my surprise when I got the package, I opened it up and the model wasn't a '56 Buick, it was a Danbury Mint '55 Olds 88 Convertible! I contacted the seller and he apologized profusely. He said that in the rush to get things out the door, he got the items mixed up as that was another one of his diecasts he had on auction. I offered to send the Olds back in exchange for the Buick, but he told me that instead of that, why don't I just keep the Olds and pay another $25 if I wanted, since it up to that point it had no takers. I said "DEAL"!! I got a pristine condition Danbury Mint '55 Olds ragtop WITH its original box and papers and in the next couple days he had sent the Buick with no charge for the shipping. Now THAT's what I call an excellent eBayer! Edited June 3, 2019 by MrObsessive
Tom Geiger Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 Very cool story Bill. I've been involved in eBay transactions where sellers inadvertently sent two buyers the wrong package. I remember mailing it back in one case, and mailing it to the other buyer (who mailed me mine) in the other case. The seller paid the postage. I wouldn't dream of giving a seller like that bad feedback. Stuff happens, and it's all about how they recovered. All's well that ends well. I especially like the Danbury pickups, since the vehicles are not available in scale otherwise. When Avenel Hobbies in NJ closed down, he had a few in his display case. I believe I gave him $50 each for them, perfect with boxes. 1929 Dodge, 1931 Chevrolet and 1942 Ford. I'm not thinking these will be coming out as kits anytime soon!
junkyardjeff Posted July 21, 2019 Author Posted July 21, 2019 Finally got a 55 Ford 2 door hardtop and tinkering with a 37 Chevy truck that came damaged,making the 37 a flatbed.
junkyardjeff Posted August 17, 2019 Author Posted August 17, 2019 Got another,had to give 45 for this one but think I got it cheap since they usually go for more.
Gramps46 Posted August 18, 2019 Posted August 18, 2019 I have not seen the Chevrolet before so thanks for posting. Looks intriguing like it is ready to take a load of tourists from the station to the hotel.
GLMFAA1 Posted August 18, 2019 Posted August 18, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 1:35 PM, NYLIBUD said: 1977 Pontiac LeMans. What scale is that? greg
randyc Posted August 18, 2019 Posted August 18, 2019 15 hours ago, junkyardjeff said: Got another,had to give 45 for this one but think I got it cheap since they usually go for more. That's a reasonably good price on that. Good score. Nice vehicle.
NYLIBUD Posted August 18, 2019 Posted August 18, 2019 6 hours ago, GLMFAA1 said: What scale is that? greg I think it’s 1/64th scale.
Oldcarfan27 Posted August 30, 2019 Posted August 30, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 10:35 AM, NYLIBUD said: 1977 Pontiac LeMans. That HAD to have been issued, sometime, as a certain brown Texarkana Sheriff's police car!! And it would go perfectly with my Bandit Trans Am in the same scale! Where did you get it from?
Shambles Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 On 6/3/2019 at 9:38 AM, MrObsessive said: Pleasant eBay story here: About a year ago I was looking for the Danbury Mint 1956 Buick Roadmaster Four Door. I came across a seller that had a very nice one with only one issue----one of the fender ornaments was missing. He was asking I believe $80.00 which I saw as a very good price as those can be mighty pricey since they're no longer available. Well, much to my surprise when I got the package, I opened it up and the model wasn't a '56 Buick, it was a Danbury Mint '55 Olds 88 Convertible! I contacted the seller and he apologized profusely. He said that in the rush to get things out the door, he got the items mixed up as that was another one of his diecasts he had on auction. I offered to send the Olds back in exchange for the Buick, but he told me that instead of that, why don't I just keep the Olds and pay another $25 if I wanted, since it up to that point it had no takers. I said "DEAL"!! I got a pristine condition Danbury Mint '55 Olds ragtop WITH its original box and papers and in the next couple days he had sent the Buick with no charge for the shipping. Now THAT's what I call an excellent eBayer! I've bought and sold hundreds of model cars on eBay over the last few years and I've done exactly the same thing; got mixed up and sent the wrong models to two buyers. I too apologized profusely and sent them prepaid return labels, then shipped them to the correct buyers. They both cooperated but it was a little embarrassing.
junkyardjeff Posted September 4, 2019 Author Posted September 4, 2019 I got a 40 Ford coupe off ebay a few years ago and a second one came from the same seller a few days later,I did the right thing and contacted the seller and ended up sending some money for it and installed the chassis from the hotrod version on it.
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