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| Car Of The Day: September 30, 2010; Zylmex '74 Fiat 131 Abarth Rallye | |
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| NoirGuru | Sep 30 2010, 01:32 AM Post #1 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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![]() Today's car of the day is Zylmex's 1974 Fiat 131 Abarth Rallye. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_131 ![]() Found this one at a rummage sale with Disney stickers plastered all over it, and several bleeding green and white tampos underneath that! With a bit of work, this one came out as a winner. ...A winner at only $0.05 CAD! ![]()
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| Swifty | Sep 30 2010, 02:34 AM Post #2 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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You can't beat that price! Came out great with a little work.
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| jedimario | Sep 30 2010, 06:11 AM Post #3 |
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RAWR
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Pretty cool, I approve
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| Sak | Sep 30 2010, 06:17 AM Post #4 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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It came out well! Knocked off, of course, from the Matchbox #9. There's the common version (the first variation), and then the less known Italian livery that appeared just after the Universal takeover. |
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| ivantt | Sep 30 2010, 12:43 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Most of you already know that I'm not a big fan of "rally" cars done by diecasters, as they seem to muck them up with ugly graphics and orange glass. This one looks good this way, showing the casting more than some eye twisting graphics. I see Germaine, there WERE some graphics that you removed, an excellent decision on your part. I would say there is no doubt what brand car this is, looking at the front view! Rally version set aside, I realize now that Fiat is not a well represented maker of autos in recent years with the popular (inexpensive brands) casters. With the Fiat control of Chrysler, that may change in the near future with HW/Matchbox. But even Maisto, Motormax, Welly haven't been doing any Fiats. Maybe Realtoy? I wonder if licensing is a hurdle? LOL, CAD $0.05 ! Germaine, that means that car would have sold for $0 here, or minus $0.01-- the owner would have had to pay you to take it!
Edited by ivantt, Sep 30 2010, 12:45 PM.
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| be77bt | Sep 30 2010, 01:17 PM Post #6 |
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that will be the new Chrysler corp .car. |
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| Dean-o-mite | Sep 30 2010, 03:45 PM Post #7 |
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Muscle Car
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Originally, there was...![]() ...which evolved into... ![]() ...and was later released as... ![]() Dean |
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| Tone | Sep 30 2010, 09:29 PM Post #8 |
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Rocket 88
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this one is not a Zylmex, nor is it a Matchbox:
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| Swifty | Oct 1 2010, 12:56 AM Post #9 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I wonder if that last one could be a Faie model? Nobody help me. I'm going to have to study that pic and see if I'm right or not... ![]() Side note- does anyone have a good list of Faie castings? I don't think I have many (if any!) in my collection. |
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