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| Car of the Day: April 8, 2010; Tomica '88 Range Rover | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 7 2010, 05:08 PM (688 Views) | |
| james_autos | Apr 7 2010, 05:08 PM Post #1 |
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Minivan
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![]() Today's car of the day is Tomica's 1988 Range-Rover. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_Rover ![]() Only Hotwheels and Tomica produced 5-dr versions of the original Range-Rover whereas Corgi, Matchbox and Siku produced 3-dr versions. The idea behind the Range-Rover was to create a luxury version of the Land-Rover because back then, Land-Rovers were far from luxury. They were superb off-road but like Land-Rovers they weren't the most reliable of cars. Now of course, there's not really a lot of difference in the two marques other than than the price. |
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| Swifty | Apr 7 2010, 05:31 PM Post #2 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Nice casting- much better than the similar vintage Hot Wheels!
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| Sak | Apr 7 2010, 06:57 PM Post #3 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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Nothing on the HW that normal wheels couldn't cure. This is a beautiful model! |
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| be77bt | Apr 7 2010, 07:42 PM Post #4 |
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be77bt
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how true I have mb with ugly wheels |
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| ivantt | Apr 7 2010, 08:41 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Most fairly decent castings, even some dollar or less variety, can be improved immensely by switching to better wheels and LOWERING the stance to a more realistic height. |
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| craftymore | Apr 7 2010, 09:58 PM Post #6 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Think the redneck in me wants to see this upper crust suv lifted up and fitted with some proper Super Swampers! Anyone pick up on the theme for this week? Surprised someone hasn't mentioned it yet. *Note to the owner of the Garage, just now noticed there are ZERO emoticons of a proper suv lifted and stacked with some heavy duty tread.* |
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| Tone | Apr 7 2010, 10:12 PM Post #7 |
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Rocket 88
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![]() Wow, that reminds me that I have had this one for 20 years now. |
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| Swifty | Apr 7 2010, 10:42 PM Post #8 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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We used to have this: ![]() And to be fair, most emoticars can still be referenced here: http://home.comcast.net/~toyotasupra/ I've done a lot more since but never updated the site due to lack of use. |
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| NoirGuru | Apr 7 2010, 10:56 PM Post #9 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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Such good memories with that one. Really bouncy suspension too. |
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| ivantt | Apr 8 2010, 10:57 AM Post #10 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Is the theme Muscle Cars again?? Oh wait ----all cars from the UK!!!
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| ivantt | Apr 8 2010, 11:02 AM Post #11 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Monster truck match: "Rollover Rover" vs, "Ausome Austin" ?????? ![]()
Edited by ivantt, Apr 8 2010, 11:14 AM.
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| JustDavid | Apr 9 2010, 10:45 PM Post #12 |
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SUV
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@ Zach - the redneck icon is awesome!! I sat here laughing out loud. This is a great casting precisely because it's plain. The HW version is okay, I think I have it in white, but the wheels are such a let-down. |
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| Swifty | Apr 9 2010, 11:14 PM Post #13 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I made that one personally! The original started out as the AIM "grinning smiley" or ":-D" and then I just blacked out a few teeth. It's in the clickable emoticons, just click 'show all'.
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| jedimario | Apr 12 2010, 07:52 PM Post #14 |
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RAWR
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Awesome, I'd take one. |
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Think the redneck in me wants to see this upper crust suv lifted up and fitted with some proper Super Swampers! Anyone pick up on the theme for this week? Surprised someone hasn't mentioned it yet.




----all cars from the UK!!!


3:20 AM Jul 11