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| SUV Of The Day: September 25, 2009; Novacar '88 Nissan Pathfinder | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 25 2009, 01:31 AM (824 Views) | |
| Swifty | Sep 25 2009, 01:31 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 Novacar's 1988 Nissan Pathfinder. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Pathfinder ![]() The joys of a free online encyclopedia anyone can edit- the Pathfinder's page is currently hacked. I've done my best to piece things together, though I had to laugh at the fact that the 1978 Pathfinder (no such vehicle!) came with a curved dash. Novacar is a Portugese brand that was eventually absorbed by Majorette. Some Majorette castings ended up in the Novacar range as well, but with the trademark plastic bodies (with metal bases) of Novacars. ![]()
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| jedimario | Sep 25 2009, 07:01 AM Post #2 |
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RAWR
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Wikipedia page looks fine to me. Anyway, I actually have one of these. Love this casting, love the (older) 1:1s. |
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| craftymore | Sep 25 2009, 09:13 AM Post #3 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Novacar wasn't the only company to have metal bases and plastic bodies. Kidco produced some as well. Come to think about it, their aren't many SUVs from the 1980s produced in small scale. If there are, I'm blanking at the moment. |
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| james_autos | Sep 25 2009, 09:51 AM Post #4 |
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Minivan
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This one was unique to Novacar. It never got absorbed into the Majorette range. There's been talk of Majorette producing the 2007 Nissan Pathfinder but so far nothing has surfaced, which is a shame as it;d make a cracking little model. |
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| ivantt | Sep 25 2009, 09:35 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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The smaller manufacturer's stick to the formula I always comment about---take a boxy compact or stodgy vehicle and issue a casting with rally graphics (or yellow, red or blue glass) so they can hope for some sales from the kiddies who don't know a Pathfinder from a Yugo. And, they don't need to know the difference, anyway.
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| Sak | Sep 26 2009, 07:22 AM Post #6 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I have this one in a fire livery, which I got in a multipack with a Renault Ambulance and a Chevy Impala police with cast shut front doors made from the Majo tooling. All have plastic bodies. I didn't know what Novacar was in those days. |
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