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| Car of the Day : June 26, 2014; Auto World '66 Mercury Comet Cyclone. | |
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| craftymore | Jun 25 2014, 10:57 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Click on Wikipedia.com to learn more on the '66 Comet Cyclone. ![]() Hot Wheels and Johnny Lightning have '66 Fairlane castings and HW has a gasser version of the Comet but this is the 1st stock version of the mid size Mercury. For the money in the current market these are perhaps undervalued muscle classics. ![]()
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| juantoo3 | Jun 25 2014, 11:32 PM Post #2 |
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Not bad for a glorified Falcon. Looks particularly good in white. (I'd love to see a '64 and '65 though...buddy in High School picked up a '64, former drag racer, rebuilt the stock 260 and put it back on the road...and I *briefly* had a '65). |
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| carcollector | Jun 26 2014, 01:15 AM Post #3 |
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Well that's sure a casting which I'll add to the collection, great looking model
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| Mikey 1/64 | Jun 26 2014, 04:30 AM Post #4 |
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That's a really lovely no-frills model. I wish Auto World were available outside the U.S. - I would love to add some to my collection. The only ones (not many) I've seen over here have been at toy shows with dealers asking between 6 and 10 UK Pounds a piece (about $10 - $20 U.S.!!) Just out of interest, what sort of prices are you guys paying "off the shelf" for AW in the stores?? Thanks for the info. Happy collecting
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| Barracuda68 | Jun 26 2014, 09:11 AM Post #5 |
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good looking car |
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| Firehawk73 | Jun 26 2014, 09:34 AM Post #6 |
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I think overall the car looks good but the representation of it seems alittle off but I can't exactly put my finger on it for some reason. |
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| pjedsel | Jun 26 2014, 10:12 AM Post #7 |
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Always great to see another Mercury in die cast that is not a '49 (nothing against those but there are so many of them).
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| be77bt | Jun 26 2014, 06:17 PM Post #8 |
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My grandmother had a two door with the pillar, she had less than 50,000 miles on when she got her Maverick 4 door. |
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| Stampede | Jun 26 2014, 06:42 PM Post #9 |
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Walmart (the largest retailer) carries the basic line for $3, mid-line (the line that this model is from) for $4 (or $5), and the premium line for $6. I'm not too sure about Toys R Us, but I believe that it is more expensive there. On-line dealers seem to have the prices at around $5 or 6 for the mid-line cars. The model itself looks great, there is no doubt about that. An excellent choice for COTD! Edited by Stampede, Jun 26 2014, 06:43 PM.
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| pjedsel | Jun 26 2014, 08:54 PM Post #10 |
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Both Wal Mart and TRU are hit and miss with these models. One of my "area" Wally's has never had them - nor peg space for them. The others got the first series and now mostly empty pegs - but what else is new with the big box stores? |
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| craftymore | Jun 26 2014, 11:33 PM Post #11 |
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@ Mikey 1/64 - Wal Mart sells this mid tier line for $4.97 though I ordered mine from Milezone. |
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| Mikey 1/64 | Jun 27 2014, 09:35 AM Post #12 |
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Many thanks for your responses everyone. Much appreciated. The prices you guys are paying are so much cheaper than what a dealer over here would want, I could easily convince myself I should take a little trip across the pond and bring home a suitcase full of goodies for myself - would be cheaper in the long run (and WAY more fun :D) Happy collecting
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| JeepXJLover | Jul 3 2014, 11:21 AM Post #13 |
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I want to like it, but like Firehawk said something seems off about this casting. I've seen several in Walmart on the pegs and in my opinion the headlights look huge compared to the rest of the casting. |
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Always great to see another Mercury in die cast that is not a '49 (nothing against those but there are so many of them).



3:30 AM Jul 11