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| Car Of The Day: October 13, 2010; Ertl '81 Buick Regal NASCAR (Cale Yarborough) | |
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| Swifty | Oct 13 2010, 02:19 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 Ertl's 1981 Buick Regal NASCAR stocker of Cale Yarborough. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Buick Regal & Cale Yarborough ![]() In the early 1980s, Ertl was the only diecast manufacturer doing NASCAR diecast. They didn't do the whole field- you were lucky to get some of the most popular drivers. Of course Hot Wheels offered up a model here and there (Darrell Waltrip's #11 Mountain Dew Buick Regal and Buddy Baker's #21 Valvoline Thunderbird both come to mind), but for the most part, Ertl was the only game in town until Racing Champions burst onto the scene in the late 1980s. This is a fairly crude casting, especially by Ertl standards. ![]()
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| ivantt | Oct 13 2010, 09:04 PM Post #2 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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When stuff like this first came out, NASCAR fans were all smiles just to have ANYTHING like this. |
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| bangerkid45 | Oct 14 2010, 06:17 PM Post #3 |
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Ultimate American Banger Enthusiast!
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Yay! Glad you used this one as car of the day! Great car, but not really in my collecting paramiter, glad you put good use to it! |
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| Swifty | Oct 14 2010, 11:32 PM Post #4 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I like it, and I thank you for RAOKing it to me!
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| pjedsel | Oct 15 2010, 12:12 AM Post #5 |
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Muscle Car
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With all the NASCAR stuff out there these days, it is hard to believe that these little cars from ERTL were pretty much it for NASCAR collectors. at one time. I think ERTL did a nice job with the few cars they issued. The Buick's were cast both in Taiwan and Korea - with the castings having a slight variance in size. |
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| Swifty | Oct 15 2010, 01:33 AM Post #6 |
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Does anyone have a good list of the drivers/cars available from Ertl in the '80s? I don't have many of them, but I intend on filling in the gaps. |
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| pjedsel | Oct 15 2010, 11:17 PM Post #7 |
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Muscle Car
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Here is what I have for ERTL NASCAR models.1980 Chevrolet Superstock Car #1598-#88 Gatoraid/Darrell Waltrip #1598A-#11 Mountain Dew/Darrell Waltrip #1599- #43 STP/Esmark/Richard Petty #? - #28 Hardee's/Cale Yarborough 1980 Ford Thunderbird #? #9 Ford/Bill Elliott #? #15 Wrangler/Dale Earnhardt (part of a four piece gift set) 1981 Buick Regal (the first four were cast in Taiwan and Korea with a size difference in the casting, the next three are Pow-r-Pull issues (had a pull back motor and the last one was a promotional model #1942-#43 STP/Esmark/Richard Petty #1943-#27 Valvoline/Cale Yarborough #1944-#88 Gatoraid/Bobby Allison #1946-#11 Mounain Dew/Darrell Waltrip #4077-#15 Wrangler/Dale Earnhardt #4078-#28 Hardee's/Cale Yarborough #4079- #7 7-Eleven/Kyle Petty 1983 Ford Thunderbird #9466-#9 Ford/Bill Elliott #9670-#9 Melling/Bill Elliott #1329-#15 Crisco/Brett Bodine #2467-#21 Citgo/Dale Jarrett #9183-#21 Citgo/7-Eleven/Kyle Petty #2465 #30 Country Time/Michael Waltrip #9663-#55 Fast Fare/Crown Gasoline/Phil Parsons (promo piece) #7651-#1 Macco (no driver) (promotional piece) #9193 Thrifty Food/Drug (no driver or number) (promotional piece) 1991 Oldsmobile #2464 #59 Kodak/Rick Wilson #2466-#43 STP Oil Treatment/Richard Petty #9007-#00 Thomas Country Ham/Sam Ard (Start Your Engines promotional piece) #2151-#59 Alliance/Robert Pressley (1991 promotional piece) #2151-#59 Alliance/Super Lube/Robert Pressley (1992 promotional piece) Chevrolet Monte Carlo #9305-#25 Folger/Tim Richmond (promotional piece) #9557-#17 Hesco Muffler Center/Sterling Marlin (promotional piece) #9336-none Hobby Heaven/Our 10th Year (promotional piece this casting was used as a blank by Stock Car Miniatures for their custom models 1936 Ford Coupe #9439 - #11 Roquemoor Motor Supply/White Lightning/Fireball Roberts (promotional piece) #9746 - #9 Prince Motors/Curtis "Crawfish" Crider (promotional piece) 1937 Plymouth Coupe #2152 - 70A Cotton Owens Garage/Cotton Owens ERTL also released four semi haulers but they used a regular box trailer rather than a drop transport trailer #2463 Ford LTL 9000 Tractor Trailer - Citgo/Wood Brothers #2460 Kenworth T600A Tractor Trailer - Kodak #2461 Mack Ultraliner Tractor Trailer - Country Time #2462 Navistar Tractor Trailer - STP Race Team/Richard Petty |
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| ivantt | Oct 17 2010, 12:50 AM Post #8 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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NICE info, PEJEDSEL !! |
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| Swifty | Oct 17 2010, 07:12 PM Post #9 |
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Very nice list- thank you! As a big Bill Elliott fan, I will need to track down examples of both the '80 & '82 Thunderbirds! |
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Here is what I have for ERTL NASCAR models.
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