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| Car of the Day : August 15, 2014; Hot Wheels '69 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow | |
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| juantoo3 | Aug 14 2014, 10:04 PM Post #1 |
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Car of the Day for August 15, 2014 is the Hot Wheels (Redline) 1969 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow![]()
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![]() For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Shadow ![]() As redlines go, the Euro rides don't fare quite as well among collectors, although that appears to be changing slowly. The redline Rolls has its own legacy, in that apparently Rolls-Royce objected fairly early on to Mattel using the spectraflame colors on models bearing its company name, consequently the redline Rolls was the first non-race model offered in the mainline with enamel paint...silver-grey. (I have heard of models found in Europe that were initially spectraflame that were repainted by Mattel to meet the demands of Rolls-Royce, though I have never seen one). I do know spectraflame colored models are quite rare by comparison, and any redline Rolls with a black roof is more desireable than without. ![]() |
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| pjedsel | Aug 14 2014, 10:25 PM Post #2 |
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Cool history - I have never seen the Rolls Royce with a black roof. Mine is just the basic silver-grey. Being a lover of things British I really enjoyed having the Rolls Royce from Hot Wheels - I am thinking and recalling that this one probably did not make to many runs down my orange track.
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| chris.p | Aug 15 2014, 06:55 AM Post #3 |
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Nice model - even though, like many other HWs of this era, it isn't a fantastic likeness. ( the two Matchbox ones are better in this respect.) I don't remember it as a common model in the UK at that time although I got one from a friend years later. RR have always been a bit fussy about their cars in model form. Oxford diecast are to make a 1/76 scale version of the badge engineered Bentley later in the year. Chris Anorak fact..... They used, under licence, Citroen's gas/air suspension. (As do JCB on some of their Fastrack tractors) |
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| Dean-o-mite | Aug 15 2014, 12:32 PM Post #4 |
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I've got two of the all silver, with interior color variations, but I've yet to find a black roof version, which I would add to my collection without hesitation, if an affordable copy was found. |
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| 69ch | Aug 18 2014, 08:11 AM Post #5 |
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This pic belongs to a friend on this site. Eric |
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| juantoo3 | Aug 18 2014, 08:21 AM Post #6 |
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Someone has been very busy indeed! Not too often one can boast of a RR rainbow...well done! |
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| be77bt | Aug 18 2014, 07:51 PM Post #7 |
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NIFTY MODEL |
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