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| Car of the Day: August 30, 2015; Matchbox '59 Chevrolet Impala | |
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| Dean-o-mite | Aug 29 2015, 11:50 PM Post #1 |
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Muscle Car
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![]() Today's car of the day is from corvairjim's collection, and is Matchbox's 1959 Chevrolet Impala. ![]()
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| pjedsel | Aug 30 2015, 07:31 AM Post #2 |
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Muscle Car
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A nice, well loved, Matchbox car from the Regular Wheels day - windows but no interior - tow hook and always in the series a trailer or two to be pulled by the little cars. And we were always so excited when we found them in the counter displays or the store I think of- had a big window display counter with the cars and trucks all sitting on top of their boxes! The early Matchbox cars did not have "window glass" and we all thought all neat when they started putting the "glass" in the cars - really didn't seem to matter that they did not have an interior!
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| juantoo3 | Aug 30 2015, 08:07 AM Post #3 |
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One of my favorite old Matchboxes! |
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| guy64 | Aug 30 2015, 11:38 PM Post #4 |
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Station Wagon
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Sure brings back memories. All that sportiness, plus a tow hook!I used to use mine to haul my #48 boat/trailer. |
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| corvairjim | Aug 31 2015, 12:28 AM Post #5 |
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Hey, I recognize that car! And to think I've only had it for about 4 weeks now. I bought it from a longtime friend and fellow collector (specializing almost exclusively in vintage Matchboxes) at the Das Awkscht Fescht show in Macungie, PA at the beginning of this month. This model was on my "Gotta Find One" list for several years, from about the time I got back into diecast and discovered that one of my all-time favorite car designs (mad love for the cat's eye taillights and swoopy "Gullwing" tailfins!) Dean and I have been PMing each other to see what Corvairs from my collection might be suitable for C.O.T.D., and as I went through the lists of thousands of cars already featured, I realized that I have plenty of cars other than my Corvairs that would make the cut as well. Thanks, Dean, for recognizing my well-loved Impala, and giving the other guys on here the chance to see one of these less-common early Matchboxes. I want to apologize for the seriously bad photography in a few of these shots... I'm not too good with a camera to begin with, and the camera itself is getting up in age, with only a 5.1 megapixel resolution Edited by corvairjim, Aug 31 2015, 01:23 AM.
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| Dean-o-mite | Aug 31 2015, 01:38 AM Post #6 |
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Muscle Car
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I don't have one of these in my collection, but I do like it and I want to get one! |
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A nice, well loved, Matchbox car from the Regular Wheels day - windows but no interior - tow hook and always in the series a trailer or two to be pulled by the little cars. And we were always so excited when we found them in the counter displays or the store I think of- had a big window display counter with the cars and trucks all sitting on top of their boxes! The early Matchbox cars did not have "window glass" and we all thought all neat when they started putting the "glass" in the cars - really didn't seem to matter that they did not have an interior!


2:34 PM Jul 11