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| Car Of The Day: September 15, 2010; Johnny Lightning '53 Buick Super Convertible | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 15 2010, 12:38 AM (811 Views) | |
| NoirGuru | Sep 15 2010, 12:38 AM Post #1 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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![]() Today's car of the day is Johnny Lightning's 1953 Buick Super Convertible. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Super or http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1953-buick-super.htm. ![]() Found in the remnants of the Canadian Wal-Mart Johnny Lightning clearout. Odd proportions for the inside, though another classic 50s car with good weight to it. ![]()
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| craftymore | Sep 15 2010, 07:29 AM Post #2 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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This version dates back to 2008 and the casting dates to 2000. Pretty nice looking model from JL. |
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| Swifty | Sep 15 2010, 10:23 AM Post #3 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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This is a casting from JL's golden era. Before the buyout, when JL was still making dozens of series a year and could be counted on to make at least 20 new castings a year. Metal bases, $3 price point. Life was good. |
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| accobra64 | Sep 15 2010, 08:09 PM Post #4 |
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The very good days of Playing Mantis when Tom Lowe owned the company. How quickly time passes from the golden era. Excellent and valid comments, Swifty. NoirGuru, thanks for all the work that you have put into making this topic available for our viewing pleasure. Cheers. Cobra |
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| ivantt | Sep 15 2010, 09:57 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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"Price point" is a recent, trendy yuppie term for simply "price," or Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price. Please, Swifty, don't encourage some New York marketing group's fad term we never needed throughout the history of retail marketing. Especially on the consumer level. ![]() Ivan's Pet Peeve Department is now closed for the night.
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| Swifty | Sep 15 2010, 10:11 PM Post #6 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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But but but.... "price point" is so much shorter than "manufacturer's suggested retail price", albeit it is longer than "MSRP"... |
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| ivantt | Sep 15 2010, 10:52 PM Post #7 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Swifty, ye be a good mate...ye learn fast how to be a good shipmate... |
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| Swifty | Sep 15 2010, 11:39 PM Post #8 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I guess I'll just walk the plank now and save the time and energy!
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| AQUA XK8 | Sep 16 2010, 07:57 AM Post #9 |
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It may not be perfect and to scale, but I love this JL car. I have many of these Buicks in different colors. I do wish that JL would make more 50's cars. M2 has been filling the void in the meantime. |
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| WoloMan | Sep 16 2010, 11:52 AM Post #10 |
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As someone who has worked with marketers in NYC, and works constantly with retail sales data, price point is NOT always the same as price. It's more akin to a goal of a price, but can include a range of prices. So, HW mainlines have a $1 price point, but you usually find them for 97 or 99 cents or sometimes more than $1, but they all have the same $1 price point. I agree with Swifty's use of the term as some stores may have charged $2.79 or $2.99 or $3.29 for this JL or similar items, but the price point was still $3. BTW, this "fad term" has continued for more than 100 years. |
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| Sak | Sep 16 2010, 09:26 PM Post #11 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I have this Buick in red. I've had the opportunity to drive an early Dynaflow or two. Zero to sixty in three weeks. They tried fixing this, but it never worked out well. The Hydramatic was a much better transmission...but then, it was far more complicated, with fluid couplings, as opposed to Dynaflow's two planetary gears and a torque converter. During the Korean war, there was a fire at the GM factory where they made Hydramatic. For a few weeks, they were putting Dynaflow units in Caddies, Pontiacs, and Oldsmobiles. I'll bet their prospective owners were happy. |
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