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| Car of the Day : February 28, 2013; Racing Champions '58 Edsel Corsair | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 27 2013, 10:29 PM (918 Views) | |
| craftymore | Feb 27 2013, 10:29 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car is from pjedsel's collection and is Racing Champions' 1958 Edsel Corsair. ![]()
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![]() Yes, Edsel's were used as police cars! However they was never intended to actually be used as a police car so no police package was ever available on any Edsel model. This rather plain blue example is for the Allen Park, MI Police Dept. All of the cars in the Racing Champions Police USA series were based on actual police cars taken from the research and books by Edwin Sanow. Ames, IA also used the Edsel as a patrol car and a '59 Edsel was used by Jefferson County, CO (I have a picture of that one as a screen saver on my office computer). Back in my days as editor of the Northwest Edsel Beacon I had discovered that the Montana Highway Patrol had a couple of Edsel's in service but their service in police use is few and far between. Racing Champions also made a '58 Edsel Fire Chief Car for Milwaukee, WI - this is also based on an acutal vehicle pictured in Edwin Sanow's book, "Ford Police Cars 1932-1997". Like most Racing Champions models, the outside mirrors and hood ornament are very fragile. ![]()
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| juantoo3 | Feb 27 2013, 11:15 PM Post #2 |
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Yay! An Edsel! Not one of RCs finest works, but it *is* an Edsel! For a long time this was the only Edsel around in 1/64 (other than maybe some obscure brand I might not know about). |
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| Stampede | Feb 27 2013, 11:47 PM Post #3 |
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Team Canada
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Interesting! I've never seen this as a police version before! |
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| pjedsel | Feb 28 2013, 01:18 AM Post #4 |
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Muscle Car
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Police and Fire Chief versions
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| pjedsel | Feb 28 2013, 01:20 AM Post #5 |
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Muscle Car
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Siku had a plastic Edsel in approximate 1/60th and Roco made a "copy" of the Siku one - also in plastic. |
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| juantoo3 | Feb 28 2013, 08:36 AM Post #6 |
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Siku would have been my first guess, but I sure wouldn't have thought of Roco (don't believe I've heard the name before!). |
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| juantoo3 | Feb 28 2013, 09:08 AM Post #7 |
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Oh! THAT Roco! I know them best for their HO scale military stuff. I did find this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/FORD-EDSEL-GREEN-ROCO-SCALE-1-64-/321081135252?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item4ac1ed5094 |
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| pjedsel | Feb 28 2013, 01:37 PM Post #8 |
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Muscle Car
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Yep...that's the one - they are indeed much better known for the 1/87th military items but did do a series of cars including the Edsel - mine is red. |
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| ivantt | Feb 28 2013, 08:55 PM Post #9 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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That Roco version looks a little bit sleeker than the actual car, almost like a phantom Studebaker design. |
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| ivantt | Feb 28 2013, 09:09 PM Post #10 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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On 2nd look at the cool pix of the blue patrol car, do I see RC painted the wrong location (and shape) for the tailights? The molded area is correct, just below the deck lid.
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| rcarwd1 | Mar 9 2013, 11:53 PM Post #11 |
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Midsize
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Nice car, good engine detail. |
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| JoeX | Mar 12 2013, 10:03 PM Post #12 |
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Casual JDM enthusiast
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Edsel police cars? Well, if they can make an Edsel ambulance, why not a police car? |
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| Billy Kingsley | Apr 3 2013, 10:03 PM Post #13 |
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The Mad Documenter!
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I got this one when new...but the fire chief car is news to me. You all know my love for Edsels, so that's now pretty high on my want list! |
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