Eshaver Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 Gee, a 1952 Lincoln would look superb within one of my up coming dioramas ..............
Art Anderson Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 Art, speaking of versatility, wouldn't a 1952 Lincoln fit the bill? It could do everything the Moebius Chrysler and Hudson kits have done. Nice car of course, but I would wonder if it has the desireability in mass numbers? Art
Eshaver Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 Art, I bet the same questions were asked on the 55 Chrysler too !
Art Anderson Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 Art, I bet the same questions were asked on the 55 Chrysler too ! Ed, the '55 (and now forthcoming '56) Chrysler C300 had a lot more going for it. First of all, across the range of car enthusiasts, the first two years of 300 letter cars will turn heads--on the street, on the shelves of the hobby shop, and I would suggest on display tables at a model car event--far more emphatically than a '52-54 Lincoln, simply due to their literally legendary status. Those years of Lincoln, on the other hand, while they would fill a void in a fair number of model car collections, just do not have that almost built-in recognition unfortunately. Granted, the 52-53 Lincolns did well in the Carrera Panamericana (Mexican Road Race), but that was about it and those were sedans. Couple that with the rather stodgy styling of the 52-55 Lincolns (little more than gussied up Mercurys, which in themselves were basically a longer version of the Fords of those years, a Mexican Road Race Lincoln wouldn't be much in the way of customizing material either I suspect. Now, this is not to say Lincoln didn't produce some cars that would make great model kits, for they did: Any '36-'39 Lincoln Zephyr coupe would get my vote in an instant, given that such a kit would build up sharp as a stock model, and the customizing possibilties are nearly endless. It's even amazing that the Lincoln Motor Car Company/Lincoln Division even managed to survive to reach the 1961 model year, given that from Lincoln's inception in 1921 through the 1960 model year, the company (sold in 1922 to Ford) never even managed to break even, let alone turn a profit, in spite of being assigned the production of Ford and Mercury bodies from the middle 1930's well into the 1950's. Art
Art Anderson Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 Art, I bet the same questions were asked on the 55 Chrysler too ! Yes, and the team that came up with that idea for Moebius was able to note a lot of reasons for the fame of the first Chrysler 300's: Styling was one, certainly the first 300hp (354cid Hemi) was another, that being the first mass-produced automobile with 300bhp (yes, the Duesenberg SJ reached 320hp, but only about 25 of those were built (doesn't count Model J's that had superchargers added after the fact) 1932-37, which does not qualify that version of the Duesey as mass-produced; and last but not least, the '55-'56 Chrysler 300's dominated Nascar both years, with FAR fewer cars in the race fields than Hudsons enjoyed 1952-54. In addition, '55-56 Chryslers period have a fair level of customizing potential. All of those characteristics gave the nod to the Chrysler, for their potentially "long legs" as model kits out there in the marketplace. Art
MachinistMark Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 I'd much rather have a 53/54 caddy coupe due ville
72 Charger Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 I'd much rather have a 53/54 caddy coupe due villeMe too any 50's Caddi would go down well with me
FordRodnKustom Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 I'd like a 56 Buick kit. I think this would have "legs" as far as production and profit goes.
Ramfins59 Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 I've been expanding my 1950's car collection by using redone promos, diecast kits or diecasts. I've found all of these cars either on EBAY or at vendor tables at model shows, all at very good prices.1955 Oldsmobilehttp://images43.fotki.com/v329/photos/9/3018309/12461206/55oldsmobilefinished1-vi.jpg1956 Oldsmobilehttp://images107.fotki.com/v159/photos/9/3018309/12461271/56OLDSMOBILEFINISHED21024x755-vi.jpg1955 Pontiachttp://images53.fotki.com/v1502/photos/9/3018309/13384669/NTIACDIECASTMODELFRONT1024x751-vi.jpg1956 Pontiachttp://images107.fotki.com/v780/photos/9/3018309/12461295/56PONTIACFINISHED11024x740-vi.jpg1957 Pontiachttp://images34.fotki.com/v1623/photos/9/3018309/13026524/1957PONTIACMODEL21024x712-vi.jpg1955 Buickhttp://images60.fotki.com/v1548/photos/9/3018309/12967523/1955BUICKFINISHED21024x713-vi.jpg1956 Buickhttp://images61.fotki.com/v665/photos/9/3018309/13006617/1956BUICKMODELFINISHED1-vi.jpg
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