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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 26 2009, 10:19 PM (476 Views) | |
| DaWeber | Sep 26 2009, 10:19 PM Post #1 |
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The former Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company was purchased by the Graham Brothers at which time they changed the company name to Graham-Paige. In 1931, the name of this marque was shortened to Graham. In 1932 Graham began introducing radical styling for that decade in their Bluestreak and Sharknose models. In 1936 Graham sold their less expensive body dies to Nissan in Japan. In 1940 Graham, in a last gasp effort to survive purchased the former Cord 810/ 812 body dies in order to produce their Hollywood sports model. But they were unable to financially succeed. In 1944 , the controling interest in Graham-Paige was purchased by Joseph Frazer, the former President of Willys-Overland . Frazer later became an executive of Kaiser-Frazer in 1947. It is reported that Graham-Paige later became the Madison Square Garden Corporation which in turn became part of the Gulf & Western financial corporation. The only known models in smaller scale are the many varied body styles of the "Bluestreak" made by Tootsietoy. |
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| Swifty | Sep 26 2009, 11:03 PM Post #2 |
The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I would love to see a Sharknose model in 1/64! |
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| DaWeber | Sep 27 2009, 04:13 PM Post #3 |
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Me too! But as Sean from M2 indicated, it is questionable how many people would buy it since many would not realize it was a real car. I would also like to see a Hollywood model as well. But no doubt, the average (noncarexpert) would not recognize it . Unfortunately, the diecast industry cannot exist separate from the regular toy buyers when it comes to 1:64 or small scale models. Edited by DaWeber, Sep 28 2009, 07:08 PM.
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| ChFalkensteiner | Oct 18 2009, 11:00 AM Post #4 |
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1929 Graham-Paige convertible at the 2009 Oldtimer Meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany:
Edited by ChFalkensteiner, Oct 18 2009, 11:01 AM.
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