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| Car of the Day: March 11, 2016; Matchbox '87 Dodge Dakota | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 11 2016, 04:08 AM (568 Views) | |
| Dean-o-mite | Mar 11 2016, 04:08 AM Post #1 |
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![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Haval H2 ![]() ![]() Matchbox's Dakota has been one of my favorite diecast pickups since its introduction. I had the red and green versions in my childhood collection. This blue version was an exclusive from a 30-car set which was only sold at Sam's Club for the holiday season in either 1991 or 1992. The red tail lights are a custom addition. I am still waiting for someone to make a small scale Dakota Convertible, and a Shelby Dakota would be cool, too. I had hoped Shelby Collectibles would venture into the Mopar-based Shelby cars, but their small scale line has been stagnant for so long that I fear they are finished putting effort into small scale. I know some of the talented folk here could customize this Matchbox to create the convertible and Shelby versions. ![]()
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| Ford1965 | Mar 11 2016, 06:35 AM Post #2 |
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Matchbox did a nice job with this model, I didn't know they did a Dakota |
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| zzziippyyy | Mar 11 2016, 11:10 AM Post #3 |
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Drive it like you stole it!
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I actually owned the 1:1 of this, it was red and white. With a big ugly Dakota Sport sticker that ran down the side, has it really been 30 years already??? Wow where does time go. |
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| pjedsel | Mar 11 2016, 11:14 AM Post #4 |
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I remember when the real Dakota pickup trucks came out - they did a bunch of promotions here in Dakota to play up on the name. I have had a number of them in my collection at one time - a pretty nice casting from Matchbox and I really like this blue version shown for COTD.
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| Hobie-wan | Mar 11 2016, 11:19 AM Post #5 |
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Nice model that looks great in blue. |
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I remember when the real Dakota pickup trucks came out - they did a bunch of promotions here in Dakota to play up on the name.
I have had a number of them in my collection at one time - a pretty nice casting from Matchbox and I really like this blue version shown for COTD.
3:35 AM Jul 11