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| Car Of The Day: January 21, 2010; Impy '64 Maserati Mistral | |
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| Swifty | Jan 21 2010, 05:26 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 Impy Lone Star Flyers' 1964 Maserati Mistral. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maserati_Mistral ![]() The Mistral will be familiar to many Redline collectors as a second year offering from Hot Wheels. But this Impy casting is a beauty with opening hood and doors compared to Hot Wheels' opening hood only. The Hot Wheels, however, is closer to 1/64 scale as this one is a tad on the large side (the Hot Wheels is also missing from my collection, unfortunately). I don't believe Kyosho covered this one when they did their Maserati series a few years ago. A true pity, but the way they keep coming back to Ferrari perhaps there is hope of seeing it yet! On a side note thise car is misseplled as "Mistrale" on the base. ![]()
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| bangerkid45 | Jan 21 2010, 09:56 AM Post #2 |
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Ultimate American Banger Enthusiast!
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Very nice choice! I need a flyers one day.... Nice car for it though. (Also, my 1,000th post!!! :D) |
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| Swifty | Jan 21 2010, 02:12 PM Post #3 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Congrats on 1,000 posts!
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| james_autos | Jan 21 2010, 03:26 PM Post #4 |
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Minivan
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I'm suprised at how sloppy the quality of the paint finish is. And how embarrassing - they were still been made in the UK at the time. I have one in my resto box but the windows are cracked and the wheels are missing, so I may just buy another off ebay. They're cheap enough as they're not as desirable as other Lone Star castings such as the Ford Zodiac, Mercedes 220 and especially the Vauxhall Firenza. One a side not Siku also did the Mistral in their V-Series, so it would have been around 1:60. |
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| JustDavid | Jan 21 2010, 08:52 PM Post #5 |
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SUV
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Opening features are a total bonus. |
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| ivantt | Jan 21 2010, 11:13 PM Post #6 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Definitely a casting that must be loved and appreciated by those who I would not immediately understand This is a polite way for me to say I agree with JAMES AUTOS. James traded me a few Lonestars, and they were a "bit" better than this one! CONGRATS to BANGERKID 45, nice milestone... Edited by ivantt, Jan 21 2010, 11:14 PM.
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| Sak | Jan 22 2010, 07:24 PM Post #7 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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The tooling's not bad, but the paint's appalling. |
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