EXCALIBUR SS (US) 1964-1992

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EXCALIBUR SS (US) 1964-1992
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DaWeber	Jun 6 2009, 01:39 PM Post #1
Station Wagon Posts: 1,310 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: December 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Favorite Car Chevy Cruze	EXCALIBUR SS (US) 1964-1992 Famous automobile designer Brooks Stevens this limited production marque. It was intended to resemble the Mercedes-Benz SSK of the late 1930s. It was however assembled with "state of the art" US parts and equipment. The first engines were supercharged Studebakers. Later the power plants became Corvette V8s. The cars were very eye appealing in their classic retro style. Financial difficulties were first experienced in 1985. Even with new ownership , survival became a struggle and final production ceased a few years later . Diecast small scale models have been made by Majorette and Ertl . A plastic transformer model was als issued by Bandai in Japan.



jedimario	Jun 6 2009, 04:56 PM Post #2
RAWR Posts: 9,598 Group: Admin Member #366 Joined: October 19, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Location Charlotte, NC	So that's what that thing is, good to know.



DaWeber	Jun 6 2009, 07:32 PM Post #3
Station Wagon Posts: 1,310 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: December 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Favorite Car Chevy Cruze	I've only seen a few real cars in my lifetime. They were beautiful machines and emanated a nice rumble from their exhausts!



ChFalkensteiner	Jun 7 2009, 07:06 AM Post #4
Subcompact Posts: 69 Group: Members Member #1,559 Joined: December 10, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Location Linz, Austria Favorite Car Citroen DS	...and we have some of them over here in Austria too! Attached to this post: F080615_002.jpg (94.81 KB) Edited by ChFalkensteiner, Jun 7 2009, 07:07 AM.



James	Jun 7 2009, 02:45 PM Post #5
Mr.Bowtie Posts: 10,550 Group: Members Member #355 Joined: October 14, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Favorite Car Impala	Several years ago a local furniture store had an Excaliber in their showroom window for a few months, then it was gone, Very nice car and impressive also I have a copy of the Majorette version. Its a tad on the large size, but MJ is famous for that isn't it?



Swifty	Jun 7 2009, 03:08 PM Post #6
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	The transforming robot is one of the "Go-Bots" a competing series of toys/cartoons to "Transformers" in the 1980s. Now the rights to both are owned by the same company (Hasbro), oddly enough.



Snowowl	Jun 7 2009, 04:12 PM Post #7
Minivan Posts: 2,745 Group: Members Member #1,566 Joined: January 24, 2009 Gender Male DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Favorite Car One that runs	I have two Majorette castings. 1 silver and 1 blue. found the silver



Swifty	Jun 7 2009, 08:18 PM Post #8
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	Looks better with the top up!



juantoo3	Jan 17 2010, 01:37 PM Post #9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posts: 35,259 Group: Moderators Member #1,649 Joined: January 16, 2010 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Preferred Brand Muscle Machines Location up to my arse in alligators Favorite Car 1934 Duesenberg SJ Towncar	Very nice. The real ones were handcrafted in Milwaukee (same town as Harley-Davidson motorcycles). I'm not sure if production moved after the sale, but I did see the molds and equipment listed for sale about 7 or 8 years ago. Would have made a nice venture for the right investors... I'm not sure but I think Tomica may have also made the Excalibur. I know they did one called "Mitsuoka Leseyde" or something close that very much resembled an Excalibur. An aside, some of the later model Excaliburs were made into limousines. Pretty popular with the wedding planning crowd.



juantoo3	Jan 28 2010, 09:10 PM Post #10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posts: 35,259 Group: Moderators Member #1,649 Joined: January 16, 2010 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Preferred Brand Muscle Machines Location up to my arse in alligators Favorite Car 1934 Duesenberg SJ Towncar	Excalibur is a very attractive automobile, and I am somewhat surprised more aren't being made by various makers...especially considering the marque is in limbo. http://www2.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.cgi?itm=excalibur&cat=cp&pgs=100 sitemash is an excellent resource for researching various years of various makes of automobiles, but it searches mostly craigslist and ebay, and some hemmings. So searches change very frequently. Here is an interesting article about a one-off Excalibur roadster built for vintage racing: http://www.cartype.com/pages/2858/excalibur_rs_hawk_roadster An Excalibur brochure from 1990: source: http://www.cartype.com/pages/2087/excalibur_brochures Excalibur "official" website and detailed history: http://www.excaliburclassics.com/story.html Quote: The story begins in 1963 at Studebaker where Brooks Stevens had been employed as design consultant by the president, Sherwood Egbert. Raymond Loewy also worked for Studebaker at the time and he had just completed his styling work on the Avanti. Edited by juantoo3, Jan 28 2010, 09:57 PM.



James	Jan 28 2010, 09:41 PM Post #11
Mr.Bowtie Posts: 10,550 Group: Members Member #355 Joined: October 14, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Favorite Car Impala	About 8 or 9 years ago a local furniture store has an Ex.... in there showroom window for a season, What a magnificant car,



juantoo3	Jan 28 2010, 10:04 PM Post #12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posts: 35,259 Group: Moderators Member #1,649 Joined: January 16, 2010 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Preferred Brand Muscle Machines Location up to my arse in alligators Favorite Car 1934 Duesenberg SJ Towncar	DaWeber Jun 6 2009, 01:39 PM EXCALIBUR SS (US) 1964-1992 Famous automobile designer Brooks Stevens this limited production marque. It was intended to resemble the Mercedes-Benz SSK of the late 1930s. It was however assembled with "state of the art" US parts and equipment. The first engines were supercharged Studebakers. Later the power plants became Corvette V8s. The cars were very eye appealing in their classic retro style. Financial difficulties were first experienced in 1985. Even with new ownership , survival became a struggle and final production ceased a few years later . I would add that up to series III, the stainless sidepipes were fully functional, but with series IV the sidepipes became ornamental and non-functional. Later in series V the powertrains were Lincolns. Edited by juantoo3, Jan 28 2010, 10:12 PM.



JustDavid	Jan 28 2010, 11:36 PM Post #13
SUV Posts: 7,734 Group: Members Member #1,471 Joined: July 21, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Location Cardboard box next to a cactus Favorite Car 1990 Mercedes Benz 420SEL	The first red one in Swifty's first pic reminds me of Cruella Deville's car in 101 Dalmations.



Swifty	Jan 29 2010, 02:18 AM Post #14
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	JustDavid Jan 28 2010, 11:36 PM The first red one in Swifty's first pic reminds me of Cruella Deville's car in 101 Dalmations. Get those PUPPIES!



juantoo3	Jan 30 2010, 12:45 PM Post #15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posts: 35,259 Group: Moderators Member #1,649 Joined: January 16, 2010 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Preferred Brand Muscle Machines Location up to my arse in alligators Favorite Car 1934 Duesenberg SJ Towncar	source: http://www.toycollector.com/index.php?option=com_ice&Itemid=504&page=view&catid=274&imgid=45957&PageNo=32771&key=37&hit=1#IceGallery Here's an interesting version I am not familiar with. I am unsure if it is Corgi, Ertl or Tomica.



Swifty	Jan 30 2010, 03:34 PM Post #16
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	juantoo3 Jan 30 2010, 12:45 PM source: http://www.toycollector.com/index.php?option=com_ice&Itemid=504&page=view&catid=274&imgid=45957&PageNo=32771&key=37&hit=1#IceGallery Here's an interesting version I am not familiar with. I am unsure if it is Corgi, Ertl or Tomica. It's the Ertl, as seen in this pic (with Matt Houston on the door):



DaWeber	Feb 1 2010, 09:37 PM Post #17
Station Wagon Posts: 1,310 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: December 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Favorite Car Chevy Cruze	juantoo3 Jan 30 2010, 12:45 PM source: http://www.toycollector.com/index.php?option=com_ice&Itemid=504&page=view&catid=274&imgid=45957&PageNo=32771&key=37&hit=1#IceGallery Here's an interesting version I am not familiar with. I am unsure if it is Corgi, Ertl or Tomica. That is an Ertl model. The Mitsuoka Le-Seyde does show a resemblance to te Excaliber - but it is not of the same ilk and is a separate company according to their website which i found a few years ago. It also resmbles a Clenet which was made a few decades in limited production- but it is not that eitther. Edited by DaWeber, Feb 3 2010, 07:59 PM.



juantoo3	Feb 10 2010, 09:10 PM Post #18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posts: 35,259 Group: Moderators Member #1,649 Joined: January 16, 2010 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Preferred Brand Muscle Machines Location up to my arse in alligators Favorite Car 1934 Duesenberg SJ Towncar	DaWeber Feb 1 2010, 09:37 PM The Mitsuoka Le-Seyde does show a resemblance to te Excaliber - but it is not of the same ilk and is a separate company according to their website which i found a few years ago. It also resmbles a Clenet which was made a few decades in limited production- but it is not that eitther. Thanks for the clarification regarding the maker of the 1:64 Excalibur. I did not intend to confuse by mentioning Mitsuoka...indeed, it is an entirely different auto maker than Excalibur and so far as I am aware had no affiliation with them. I mentioned them only in the passing notice that the Le Seyde model (and only that Mitsuoka model) resembled Excalibur to an extent. There are other Mitsuoka models that look nothing like an Excalibur. And yes, Clenet...as well as some others...also have some resemblence to the Excalibur, although many of them such as Clenet have a "kit car" aura about them. Excalibur was never a kit car, and they actually have a fairly decent reputation for fit and finish. I can't speak much for Mitsuoka, other than they seem to be a rather avant garde Japanese auto maker. Edited by juantoo3, Feb 10 2010, 09:14 PM.



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