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Car of the Day : May 11, 2013; Nacoral '62 Silhouette Concept
Topic Started: May 10 2013, 09:14 PM (471 Views)
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Today's car of the day is from mentalpower's collection, and is Nacoral's 1962 Silhouette Concept.


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The Silhouette was a futuristic show car designed and built by Bill Cushenbery of Cushenbery Custom Shop. The Silhouette was the first scratch built custom car to roll out of Bill's shop. The build was based on a shortened Buick chassis, and was originally powered by a Buick engine. By 1966, the Buick engine had been replaced by a Ford 427. The wheels on the car were fully exposed, but the angular body was strictly space age in shape, and crowned by a bubble top.



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This is one of my vintage pieces. It is from Spanish brand Nacoral, which started in the 3 inch scale making some obvious copies of Hot Wheels molds; in this case, the Silhouette (one of the first 16 molds in the Hot Wheels 1968 mainline).
There are minimal differences between the Hot Wheels and the Nacoral (which went to market only one year after, in 1969). The main differences are the wheels (each composed by 3 pieces of plastic in the Hot Wheels, but rubber tires with chromed plastic caps in the Nacoral), the upper body piece (metal in the Hot Wheels, chromed plastic in Nacoral) and the engine position (longitudinal in the Hot Wheels, transverse in the Nacoral).



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The Silhouette was fully operable, as Bill meant that a car should be a car, and not a piece of abstract sculpture mounted on wheels. The Silhouette was equipped by electric switches and buttons on the dash and concealed in the exterior trim to raise and lower the bubble top, open the hood and trunk, start the engine, turn on the lights, and operate the blower fans.
The Silhouette appeared in the movie Beach Ball from 1965.
The Silhouette was stolen in Bakersfield, California in 1983, and has not been recovered.



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Wow.

Stunning.

I want one.
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Another interesting one! I like!
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