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| Car Of The Day: October 18, 2010; Tomica '76 Cadillac Superior Ambulance | |
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| Swifty | Oct 17 2010, 11:22 PM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Today's car of the day is Tomica's 1976 Cadillac Superior Ambulance. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Cadillac Superior Ambulance ![]() A beautiful casting, I would absolutely love to see this one come back as a Tomica Limited one day! I hope the tooling still exists somewhere! ![]()
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![]() This was one of my Holy Grail models. This particular example was found (by bangerkid45) at the Keystone CARnival in April. And it went home with him at the time, though I made it known how badly I wanted the model. Well, by the time of the Hershey show a few weeks ago, Jon had come up with a suitable trade. He cringed at the thought that this mint on card Tomica would be DLMed, but as can be seen by the pics, that has indeed since happened.
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| james_autos | Oct 18 2010, 02:50 AM Post #2 |
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Minivan
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I can see this one winning. |
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| Sak | Oct 18 2010, 05:45 AM Post #3 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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The overspray was sort of haphazard, and the scale was somewhat small, but otherwise, it's a standout! |
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| ivantt | Oct 18 2010, 12:15 PM Post #4 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Nice to DLM such a nice car, and my only glitch would be SAK's comment --the overspray which is very noticeable. If you were brave enough to release it from prison, perhaps you could also touch up or rub away some of the overspray. How is the size compared to MB and HW ambulances? Edited by ivantt, Oct 18 2010, 12:16 PM.
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| pjedsel | Oct 18 2010, 12:44 PM Post #5 |
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Muscle Car
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I can remember when Tomica released this one - couldn't wait to track one down for my collection. Tomica had a number of wonderful castings in their old F-series of models but I think the Cadillac Ambulance was the best! I had always hoped to find some of the variations on the Caddy Ambulance but so far have just the red and white issue. It fits in well with the Caddy ambulances from Matchbox. |
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| craftymore | Oct 18 2010, 01:09 PM Post #6 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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I think the scale is in the 1/72-smaller range Ivan. It might be a bit smaller than the HWs Caddy ghostbuster and a bit larger than the MB version. I think Tomica based this on the Caddy Fleetwood casting they had and that Yatming later copied. |
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| Swifty | Oct 18 2010, 09:25 PM Post #7 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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It comes in around 1:76ish I think. And Zach's right about them basing it on their Fleetwood casting. As for the overspray, it's not as bad in person, as it in these pictures. Remember, the model appears many times larger in the pictures than it does in real life. And I'm definitely not brave enough to tamper with it- so oversprayed it stays!
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| ivantt | Oct 19 2010, 02:33 AM Post #8 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Sean, don't be afraid to try rubbing alcohol (Isoprophyl) on a q-tip......it's gentle and will remove only light oversprays and not the base colors. Just a suggestion, but I fully agree with your feelings. The size sounds good. What a great display all the Caddy ambulances and hearse's would make since they're close to each other in scale! |
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