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| Nitro Funny Car of the Day : May 4, 2013; Racing Champions '97 Dodge Avenger Funny Car | |
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| craftymore | May 3 2013, 10:19 PM Post #1 |
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![]() The car for today is Racing Champions 1997 Dodge Avenger Funny Car (Dean Skuza). ![]()
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![]() Dean Skuza is a an interesting person. He basically lost interest in the sport and is out of it completely now after having success in the mid 90s. Burnout, family and the $ costs involved seemed to drive him from the sport. This was the only article i could score on him - http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/feature-stories/12863-life-simply-has-changed-for-skuza-former-funny-car-favorite As for the model, I'm guessing it's an Avenger body shell. Mopar didn't have a RWD car that I recall in the mid 90s. This was a recently raok/extra that quicksilverdc tossed in as part of our last deal. Thanks Larry!
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| JeepXJLover | May 3 2013, 10:55 PM Post #2 |
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I've had the pleasure, if one calls it that of riding in both a late 90s Avenger, an ES I think it was. Had leather, moonroof and color matched wheels and it's sister car a late 90s Chrysler Sebring LXi that was my niece's first car. Neither really impressed me. Both reminded me a fancier Pontiac Grand Am from the same time period, they rode like a Grand Am too sadly. Both also had mega electrical gremlins. Power seats moving on their own, frozen moonroofs and barely functioning HVAC controls. Though I appreciate the Dodge/Chrysler effort of interior and exterior styling far more than Pontiac's efforts. |
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| pjedsel | May 4 2013, 09:11 PM Post #3 |
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It has always amazed me how many areas of racing Racing Champions tried to cover in those early years - NASCAR, Indy Cars, a couple of forms of drag racing - plus their wonderful Mint Edition series. The early examples were a bit on what we would call the crude side but one has to give them credit for offering so many variety of cars and racing machines to collectors. In many ways it is to bad they could not maintain their independence and still be a player in the diecast world.
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| ivantt | May 8 2013, 07:56 PM Post #4 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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It has always amazed me how many areas of racing Racing Champions tried to cover in those early years - NASCAR, Indy Cars, a couple of forms of drag racing - plus their wonderful Mint Edition series. The early examples were a bit on what we would call the crude side but one has to give them credit for offering so many variety of cars and racing machines to collectors. In many ways it is to bad they could not maintain their independence and still be a player in the diecast world.
1:42 AM Jul 13