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Car of the Day : August 17, 2014; Racing Champions '50 Ford
Topic Started: Aug 16 2014, 10:24 PM (225 Views)
craftymore
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Racing Champions' 1950 Ford is the car for today.

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The predecessor to this 1950 Ford Custom Crestliner, the all-new 1949 Ford, was hugely successful but not without problems. Water leaks and shoddy workmanship in particular plagued the new design, and 1950 will be recalled as the year of The Big Fix. The follow-up edition was much improved, and there was a fancy new model, too.


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Called Crestliner, it was a trimmed-up Tudor with vinyl roof, sweeping two-tone paint treatment, rear fender skirts, and a luxury interior. It was also Ford's hurried response to GM's phenomenally popular 1949-1950 "hardtop-convertibles." Though the Crestliner was decidedly elegant, the formal look wasn't big that year. And at $1,711, it was a good $200 more expensive than the Custom Tudor -- which partly explains why only 17,601 were built that year. Apparently, 1950 buyers were hungry for true hardtops, not fancy sedans.


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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I see a lot of these Fords at swap meets, and although they are nice, they are bigger than 1/64, and don't seem to be in much demand. I have a few, and they don't seem to fit in well with my other cars.
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A shoebox Ford!
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Dean-o-mite
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Muscle Car
That's not a convincing "Sky Blue," but I like it, and it is a version I don't think I have.
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Muscle Car
When I see the words "sky blue" I tend to think of the old light blue "big sky blue" coloring that the Great Northern Railway used in its final days of existence. The cars from Racing Champions were interesting - they were among the first to offer a variety of vintage American cars that others were not making in diecast a the time. Scale was an issue and I originally was only going to get a few that really caught my eye...but we all know how that goes as collectors. :lol: This old shoebox Ford is a nice one - one I enjoy having in my collection.
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