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Mercury Ferrari 250 LM
Topic Started: Mar 3 2009, 01:04 AM (1,324 Views)
bob8748
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Added this one today. I wanted to branch out to another company and it seems the Italian company is what I've been setting my sights on.
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Detail is fantastic.
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Mercury quit manufacturing 29 years ago so this may be a hard collection to try to piece together, but I love the chase. This arrived from Italy today and I'm the second owner. The original owner etched his intials on the base to prevent theft as a boy. He is admittingly not a collector. But it has a home now here in the US.
If anyone has anymore info on the Mercury company I would like to learn as much as I can. This model isnt 1:64 which is what my focus is on. But its not 1:43 either. I believe these were built in 1:66 scale. Pics of the Chapperal will follow.
Sorry for the bad picture, new camera and still cant get the lighting right.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
We have a thread with camera/picture tips here: http://swiftysgarage.net/topic/386165/1/

Oh my gosh, that's fantastic looking! :bowing: I love the details! Opening doors and a removable engine cover, and to think- this was made in the '60s! :thumbup:

Thank you for the pics!
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Support your local demo derby.

Swifty
Mar 3 2009, 05:32 AM
Oh my gosh, that's fantastic looking! :bowing: I love the details! Opening doors and a removable engine cover, and to think- this was made in the '60s! :thumbup:

Thank you for the pics!
^What he said^
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jedimario
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Awesome model!
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old442dude
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Hey, nice model. I have a book that has quite an extensive list of Mercury toy cars, send me a pm with your address, I'll copy them and send them to you, Eric
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zeb41
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Bob,
that's a great looking model. Congratulations on getting it. I really like that it still has the box too.
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old442dude
Mar 3 2009, 08:41 PM
Hey, nice model. I have a book that has quite an extensive list of Mercury toy cars, send me a pm with your address, I'll copy them and send them to you, Eric
Eric... Thanks a bunch!!! pm on its way.
Bob
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