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1959 IMPALA; Variations?
Topic Started: Dec 13 2009, 11:33 AM (389 Views)
ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I better start looking more carefully at the new series! I'm not too keen on spotting a WL as I'm never looking at the bases, but I noticed a bunch of the recent series have blown engines, such as the 1959 Impala in black. I would have liked that one, but don't dig the blown engine.
As I was flipping through a recent peg refill, I saw about 4 of these, and WHOA!!! Something in the back of my mind said STOP, and GO BACK. There was one without the blown engine and straight stock! So my question, has anyone found any other cars in the SAME COLOR SCHEME without the blown engines, like the white 65 Mustang, for example?
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old442dude
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I've seen those around here ( the 59 Impala)
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
BOTH versions of the black convertible??
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accobra64
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There were two distinct versions made of this specific casting.
One has the big blown motor and the other is a normal version with the hood. Production is probably 50 - 50.
And there was some collector negative comments about the version with the blown engine. Initially, that version was not received well by most collectors including me.

Cheers. Cobra
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

Gerry is correct, it's thought to be about 50/50 mix in production.
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Tone
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Rocket 88
I have liked the looks of 1959 Chevys ever since high school in the early 80s. I bought a bunch of the Johnny Lightnings because it is a great casting. I have released nearly every JL I own from its packaging, in the past couple days, to save storage space. I will post photos soon.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Tone
Dec 28 2009, 01:15 PM
I have released nearly every JL I own from its packaging, in the past couple days, to save storage space. I will post photos soon.
Looking forward to it! :thumbup:
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I ended up getting bothe the regular convertible (black) and the bronze colored hardttop. I passed on the convertible with blown engine.
I wish JL would have offered normal stock versions of some of the other ones they did with blown engines.
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Tone
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Rocket 88
Some of the '59 Impala photos are actually older as I had opened up the packages and replaced the toy models for storage.

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James
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I am liking this thread more and more.
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bunkerjim
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One of my favorite models,

I'm with Ivantt, I passed on the black convertible with the blown engine,
unfortunately have not found the stock version yet...



Thanks for the pics Tone.. :thumbup:
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
bunkerjim
Dec 29 2009, 08:29 PM
Thanks for the pics Tone.. :thumbup:
Agreed! Thank you! :)
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