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| Pegers | Apr 11 2011, 10:20 PM Post #1 |
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| Swifty | Apr 12 2011, 12:04 AM Post #2 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Another variation I lack. This one's based on the Matchbox Boss Mustang casting of 1972. The rectangle on the hood is where the engine was sticking out of the Matchbox. |
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| bunkerjim | Apr 12 2011, 08:46 AM Post #3 |
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| juantoo3 | Apr 12 2011, 12:25 PM Post #4 |
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IMSA Mustang, I like. I wouldn't be the least surprised if Swifty is right about copying the MBX, but doesn't it sit a bit low...actually very low...compared to the MBX? I think it was listed by MBX also as the Piston Popper, had a mechanism under the "hood" that popped little red beads up and down inside clear velocity stacks...one of the better MBX Mustangs for play value. These are interesting. |
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| Swifty | Apr 12 2011, 11:24 PM Post #5 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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It's a smaller casting- the original 24 Yat Mings were all shrunken copies (everything from Corgis to Matchbox King Sizes) of various models. The Saab Sonnet, this Mustang, and "Hairy" (Hairy Hustler) were all copies of small scale Matchboxes, and as such they were reduced in size even further. This isn't the IMSA Mustang, but that casting's unmodifed original form (when Universal took over Matchbox from Lesney they modifed some of their older toolings, this was one of them). It had an opening hood and was a fairly stock looking '72 Boss Mustang, save for the top of the engine jutting out from the hood (not the Piston Popper): http://matchbox.wikia.com/wiki/Boss_Mustang On a side note, the version I have is the one Jim posted. Unfortunately mine has a collapsed rear axle. There's a VERY funny story on how that happened that I may explain sometime. |
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