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| Car of the Day: May 7, 2015; Blue Box Toys '86 Ferrari Testarossa | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 6 2015, 11:45 PM (699 Views) | |
| 250 TR | May 6 2015, 11:45 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is Blue Box Toys' 1986 Ferrari Testarossa ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures on the real car, please visit: Ferrari Testarossa ![]() ![]() ![]() This casting certainly won't be winning any beauty contests, but the real Testarossa is undeniably cool, and the flip top roof on this diecast is a cool little feature making it one of the more unique versions of this car to be made. Ferrari never actually made a Targa top model of the Testarossa, although they did make one sole example of a true convertible. However there were several after market companies that offered conversions for Testarossa's to make them into either a convertible or targa. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| juantoo3 | May 7 2015, 07:55 AM Post #2 |
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What an odd, unusual, and totally cool piece of toy history! |
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| pjedsel | May 7 2015, 08:10 AM Post #3 |
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Is this the same Blue Box toys that made the plastic Matchbox copies in the '50's? It I a neat little model from a lesser known company - a fellow collector in Kansas City always called these type of diecast models "junk toys" and happily had a room full of them!
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| Dean-o-mite | May 7 2015, 01:33 PM Post #4 |
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Huge points for uniqueness, even if it is ugly and less than accurate. I like it, and don't have one in my collection. |
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| ivantt | May 7 2015, 03:44 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Oh, yeah!!! That top makes the whole casting! I even ignored the blue glass!!
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| daniel60 | May 7 2015, 04:24 PM Post #6 |
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I think it's very handsome myself. Very clean I might add too. |
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| Harvestman | May 8 2015, 12:31 AM Post #7 |
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"Must be from Kentucky..." |
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| Dean-o-mite | May 13 2015, 04:48 AM Post #8 |
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But what about the wheels?? Were you able to ignore the 1980's version of "bling"?
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