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| Car Of The Day: September 23, 2009; Oxford '68 Daimler DS420 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 23 2009, 03:55 AM (564 Views) | |
| Swifty | Sep 23 2009, 03:55 AM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Today's car of the day is Oxford's 1968 Daimler DS420. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_DS420 ![]() I believe this is the first Oxford to be featured as Car Of The Day, and what a winner! These are smaller than 1/64 (and even smaller than the 1/72 Real-X and Hongwell models we've run previously) at 1/76 scale (a popular model railroading scale in Great Britain), but when shrinking a car the size of a limousine down to small scale, this fits in nicely with most 1/64 cars (and as a reminder, the Matchbox '63 Cadillac hearse is 1/81!). This one comes courtesy a trade with james_autos. Thanks James! ![]()
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| james_autos | Sep 23 2009, 04:16 AM Post #2 |
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Wow! The pics look great, and I didn't think we'd be seeing it as COTD so quickly! It is true though, even at 1:76 it just about fits in with some 1:64 cars. The real cars were huge. |
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| diecastdingo | Sep 23 2009, 07:43 AM Post #3 |
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Ach Oy - these Oxfords are soooo tempting - and yet I am trying to stay away from 1/72 and on 1/64. But I just might break down one day... |
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| bangerkid45 | Sep 23 2009, 07:56 AM Post #4 |
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Ultimate American Banger Enthusiast!
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, This is one of my favorite oxford diecast models, I have yet to get one though
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| ivantt | Sep 23 2009, 08:54 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Whoa, talk about a real LAND yacht! There should be a lifeboat or shuttlepod attached to the roof!! |
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| Sak | Sep 27 2009, 06:15 PM Post #6 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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Nice day for a...white wedding... |
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| Swifty | Sep 27 2009, 06:20 PM Post #7 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Billy Idol!
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| harlans toys | Sep 28 2009, 08:02 PM Post #8 |
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matchbox
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nice model. im trying to get a 1/43 hearse version. |
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| harlans toys | Oct 3 2009, 06:39 PM Post #9 |
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matchbox
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now bought a hearse version at a bargain of only £9.50 |
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| Sak | Oct 7 2009, 06:38 PM Post #10 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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These are AWESOME. Up until the '50s, Daimler was, for all intents and purposes, the official car of the Royal Family. However, by that time, the company just didn't have the capital to compete anymore in its range. They had some interesting ideas that made it into final form, for instance, the SP250 sports (a gargoyle on wheels if there ever was one), but the company was dying by the time Sir William Lyons came knocking at the door, around 1960. One of the very nice aristocrats of the early motorways was the Daimler Majestic Major, a very handsome car. Wiki it if you will. |
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, This is one of my favorite oxford diecast models, I have yet to get one though


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