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| Car of the Day: September 2, 2015; Yat Ming '74 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL | |
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| Dean-o-mite | Sep 2 2015, 02:16 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is from corvairjim's collection, and is Yat Ming's 1974 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL. ![]()
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| pjedsel | Sep 2 2015, 08:45 AM Post #2 |
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A nice Mercedes Benz from Yat Ming. In their day they were always on the pegs - of course so were a lot of other Yat Mings and others brings of die cast as well. Typical for the time - some chrome, opening doors and I am trying to remember if this one had suspension.
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| cody6268 | Sep 2 2015, 12:27 PM Post #3 |
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Minivan
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Quite nice for a Yat Ming. Of course the one thing that surprises me is the lack of hard to interpret and goofy tampos. I think this may be one I'll have to get some time. |
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| Hobie-wan | Sep 2 2015, 12:47 PM Post #4 |
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SUV
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I like the red tail like inserts on some of the models from around this time. I had one of these without a grille, but recently got a complete one. |
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| pjedsel | Sep 2 2015, 12:55 PM Post #5 |
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Cody - when the Yat Ming cars first were first released they were all tampo free - made for nice cars to play with! |
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| jedimario | Sep 2 2015, 01:22 PM Post #6 |
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I recognize this one! Good to see it getting some love. Very nice casting indeed. I don't recall it having a suspension.
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| corvairjim | Sep 2 2015, 11:57 PM Post #7 |
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Fullsize
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One of my favorite buys from this spring's Keystone Diecast CARnival. I generally don't go in for Yat Ming. I don't know why because this M-B is a seriously nice model! It's still parked outside "CJ's Garage", so I went up to settlt the suspension issue: No suspension. |
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| juantoo3 | Sep 4 2015, 07:16 PM Post #8 |
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Nice, not a color I recall on this casting. |
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| atombaum | Sep 5 2015, 05:10 AM Post #9 |
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The Quest Continues
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Nice model. The real W116 cars were big, bold, and expensive, but suffered aesthetically from the 15-mile-long bumpers from 1974 until the end of the production run, making 1973 only model year worthy of serious consideration (IMHO). I have two of these models and they are oddly similar, but slightly different. Both seem to be Yatming, but why would they take the time to make two such similar castings? One has the red/orange tail lights (as shown in this thread), and the other has chromed tail lights like the front grille, etc. No photos at the moment but may take some when the sun rises. Note the differences below. Maybe the one with chrome tail lights is not Yatming? I can't recall without looking at the baseplates if they both say Yatming, and I haven't finished my coffee yet. 1012 - Mercedes-Benz 450SEL (gold w/ white int / green windows and metal trailer hook. Chrome tail lights, black steering wheel. Casting includes windshield wipers. Slightly shorter than Yatming #1061. 1061 - Mercedes-Benz 450SEL (gold w/ white int / white steering wheel / pale green windows, orange plastic tail lights). Casting does not include windshield wipers. Slightly longer than Yatming #1012. Addendum - Just googled Yatming 1012 and Yatming 1061, and both variations showed up, so my records were right, but the questions around why they would make two such similar models remain. Any crackpot theorists out there?
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| atombaum | Sep 6 2015, 05:13 PM Post #10 |
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The Quest Continues
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These are my two Yatming 450SE models. #1012 (shorter) and #1061 (red tail lights). Seems like a lot of trouble to produce two different (yet so similar) castings of the same car. Why did they do it? "Who Knows? The Shadow do, but he ain't been talkin' much lately. Also, these photos make them look horrible, but they look much better to the naked eye. Sure makes me appreciate the example that kicked off the thread. Yatming 1012: Smaller, blue greenhouse, black steering wheel, tow hook, windshield wipers, chrome tail lights, slightly more accurate depiction of the hood and trunk contours. Yatming 1061: Larger, pale blue greenhouse, white steering wheel, red plastic tail lights, opening front doors, tri-star (mbz logo) on trunk lid. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A nice Mercedes Benz from Yat Ming. In their day they were always on the pegs - of course so were a lot of other Yat Mings and others brings of die cast as well. Typical for the time - some chrome, opening doors and I am trying to remember if this one had suspension.
Good to see it getting some love. Very nice casting indeed. I don't recall it having a suspension.







2:33 PM Jul 11