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| Car of the Day: April 30, 2015; Imperial '64 Chevrolet Impala | |
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| juantoo3 | Apr 30 2015, 08:13 AM Post #1 |
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Car of the Day for April 30, 2015 is the Imperial 1964 Chevrolet Impala![]()
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![]() For more info see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Impala ![]() I'm still finding surprises among Imperial offerings. Apart from the early "badge engineered" Yatming castings, Imperial offerings seem to be a mystery as to who exactly made them. Imperial itself is a toy distributor, I have quite a few bags of mixed marbles with Imperial branding and have seen many, many inexpensive toys with the same brand as well. Until recently the only models I had found were Fords, but this Chevy has now shattered that illusion. The mystery deepens...
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| juantoo3 | Apr 30 2015, 08:16 AM Post #2 |
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PS, I am still of the mind that High Speed may have played a role in producing these. The wheels are one clue, seeming quite similar to wheels sometimes found on Grell models. |
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| Barracuda68 | Apr 30 2015, 10:30 AM Post #3 |
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I'm hungry
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Oh I've got to find one of those! |
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| pjedsel | Apr 30 2015, 11:37 AM Post #4 |
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Muscle Car
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You are right, Imperial distributed a lot of toys with their name on them - I, too, recall marbles from them. I know in the late '70's and early '80's "Imperial diecast" seemed to be fairly common in McCrory/JJ Newberry stores. I also know ones like this Chevy were sold in sets with the Buddy-L name on the package in more recent years. I don't have this particular Chevy in my collection but have a number of the Imperial Fords that I picked up at a Safeway grocery store out in Richland, WA a number of years ago. They really are fairly nice castings - ones I have not come across in recent wanderings. |
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| ivantt | Apr 30 2015, 04:38 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Not a sterling Impala, but certainly an interesting one and nice to see. Yet more castings from a line not well known! Is there no end?? LOL
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| craftymore | May 3 2015, 10:01 PM Post #6 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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I think this model was in fact from a Buddy L semi set which were commonly found at KB Toys about 6/7 years ago. That's where I found my copy. It had a '63 Vette convertible included. |
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