1/64 Model Collectors Thread
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Edit for my post. Had to look up the #266 '59 Cadillac. I lucked out. The car came out it four variations that year...two light purple and two with the lowrider scheme. The lowrider scheme is 2X as rare. On top of that, it came with two tire sets and one of those is worth 2x more than the other. Guess which one I lucked into for $1...
I love collecting, especially when I find something I dont have, think it's common and then turns out to be a $$$ car.
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Like I told you, here's the second part of the big-ass post of yesterday.
here we have a general looks at all the stuff I've grabbed in flea markets over here in Mexico City.
Of course I can show you closer, and even in order! First this 70s Tonka Model A pickup street rod, made of tin and plastic:
No rust! $10 bucks for it.
Then, these things. First, a Hot Wheels Steering Rigs trailer box, in near mint condition and with the steering wheel still in it!!! These things are SO rare I had to grab it even if the cabin was missing. Don't worry, I'm on the trail of the cabin, since they can be in the same place where this came from. I hope to know something about it in these days. 'Sides, it was only $2, a steal.
Next one is aaaaaaaaaaawesome. It's a Lesney Matchbox Superkings Security Truck. I got it at the same place I got the Steering Rigs trailer.
The reason this is so AWESOME is this: see these little things on the rear door? they are security knobs!
Unless you introduce a combination that's on the base of the truck:
The door won't open!!! Iinside there is a ramp for a cart carrying gold bars.
Incredibly, when I picked up the truck I did not know about it at all. Once I found out it had this little cart, when I came back to the flea market, THE GUY HAD IT THERE!!!! Ok, it's a bit broken, but come on! All of it a steal at $5.
Now, these came from trades with a friend. The Atlantic concept is a variation of the one I already have, with a silver grille instead of black. The other cars, however, are pure jewels.
First, this amazing Matchbox Superkings from the late 80s! It's almost pristine, except for a bit of the front bar that's broken. In any way, it's a very VERY rare car!
Then, the Lesney Greyhound bus, which I was missing with regular (black) wheels, and pretty damn minty!
And then the REAL jewells, despite their somewhat sad shape; first the rare made in Mexico Warpath.
This car is already a "crumbler". See the cracks? That's not the paint fellows, it's the zamac. One sad characteristic about made in Mexico Hot Wheels is that the zamac was of very very bad quality, so several models tend to simply disintegrate, like the Custom Mustang, the Z-Whizz, the Greyhound bus, and this one. That is one of the strongest reasons there are SO FEW of these models today. If a kid dropped it to the ground even from his hands, the car would simply break in pieces. And I'm not talking the body separating from the base, no, LITTLE pieces. So this is a VERY rare car, that is why I scooped it up, even in this shape.
The other one is the EXTREMELY, NAUSEATINGLY RARE Made in Mexico also Omni 024.
Much speculation has been made about this car bein' produced in lesser numbers than other Mexico-made cars, because it is INCREDIBLY scarce. I know of a guy that had been hunting for one for about ten years to no avail. Every time one surfaces it's party time in the Mexico City HW community, so when I knew my friend had grabbed TWO OF THEM, I jumped at the chance.
As you can imagine, none of this was cheap, these cars came to my hands trough trading him MANY of the E-Bay cars that came in the lots. About 4-to-1 ratio. And good cars, not trash. But at the end it was worth it, if I had paid for these in money, I would have gone broke lol. Such are the delights of local-market-only cars.
These next four cars fell in the usual flea market, but the guy selling them was asking $4 for each car he had. I talked him into $3 each because I grabbed all 4 at the same time. The price was a bit steep considering their shape, but I grabbed the rarest ones he had by far.
First, the early 80s Siku Mercedes Benz with opening doors. Sikus are one of the hardest-to-find brands in Mexico because they were VERY expensive when they came out in here, and not many were sold. This was complete and decent, so I grabbed it.
Exact same story with the Jaguar, which has clear-plastic headlamps. If someday one of these two falls into my hands in better shape, these will be seeing restoration, as they are complete and not missing anything, which was one of the reasons I grabbed them, even for that price.
Next up the Tomica Citroen SM, which is pretty hard to find in any shape, but much more harder to find COMPLETE! And I'm not only talking about the opening doors...
But mainly of the front clear glass for the headlamps, which is always craked or simply gone. This one is complete, and the glass isn't cracked.
Hell, even the crhome on the wheels is ok. I'm keeping it as is, but if a better one comes some day, I'll be restoring this one, it's pretty much worth it!
And finally the absolute jewell from that day, yet another Made in Mexico car, this time one of the hardest to find, a Renault Le Car! This casting was one of several that were NEVER issued in the USA, but were offered in Europe and some other countries of the world, Mexico included. A bad seller, this one is pretty scarce.
The only problem is that the rear bumper is broken ): but with a car this rare, you have to grab what comes up. Believe it or not, at $3 this car was an absolute steal. You wouldn't believe the prices these things comand if you grab them from someone who knows what it is.
In the same made-in-Mexico line, I was INCREDIBLY lucky when I grabbed these two other Aurimat (the company that made them under Mattel's license) cars at a garage sale AT A BUCK A POP!!!! I was beyond ecstatic. Firs is this almost mint Dune Daddy, pretty ugly car but missing in my mexican collection.
Yes, it came like that, with no steering wheel and no windshield.
The other car, however, is an absolute jewell: The Peugeot 505!!!! Yet another car that, as far as I know, was never released in the US market. This is also one of the hardest mexican models to come by, and it's in great GREAT shape!!!
There is an impossible variation of this car in black of which only a handful are known to exist. One day, one day...
And finishing off the mexican cars is this almost mint Sunagon, a VW Vanagon which is one of the easiest mexican cars to find because it sold extremely well. But, this one is tricky. There were three versions, a dark metallic blue, which is the easiest to find, then a dark enamel blue version which is this one, and then a very light blue one which was only available in a three-car gift pack, and is the most difficul one to find.
Of course, finding one in this shape is pretty damn difficult no matter which one of the three it is. I bought it at a die-cast store, expecting to pay top-money for it. Only $5!!!! Even with the rear motorcycle missing...
It was a steal, considering apart from it, it's mint. Heck, just finding one with the pop-up top is an achievement. I supose the kid that bought this one back in the 80s liked the bike that was in the rear so much he cut it away so he could play with it. A pity, but I'm not complaining.
Finally, a pic of all the made in Mexico Hot Wheels that fell in my hands since the last time. Yup, I'm happy. 6 less mexican cars to go!
Next is the loot that I found during Magic Kings day. You people in US and pretty much all over the world have Santa Claus as your main toy-guy, but over here in Latin America, the three Magic Kings own that title. This day is the best in the entire year for die-cast hunting, because hundreds of small and enormous moving markets of nothing but toys sprawl over the entire city just that very day (january 6th), maybe one day earlier, but the 6th is total pandemonium, and you can find pretty much everything.
I'll first show you the two M2 cars, which I bought for $15 both. They have AMAZING detaling, got dammit! I could not resist to the 57 Dodge cabover truck.
Look at all those separate clear plastic pieces. This is 1:64-scale, folks.
The 442 Olds is gorgeous, with Dog Dish hubcaps and also exquisite detailing.
Check out the painted engine and white-letter Polyglass tires:
And on the opening door, THE DOOR FRAME!!!! I had NEVER seen a 1:64-scale model that had such a thing. Amazing.
The other jewell was this amazingly good Budgietoy London bus! It is very wel preserved, and was a steal at $6.
The base...
And the front decals. I think Ben posted one of these recently, but with a different "livery".
The other relevant, but more normal grabs included this cool 1965 Mustang form High Speed, complete with original stock-type hubcaps on white line rubber tires:
And this Welly 1957 Vette with, literally, truck wheels. WTF? I'll be tearing this one apart and putting in decent wheels, got dammit (and then, of course, using the truck wheels for, you know, a truck).
Ah, also, this 80s-vintage Summer antique, in mint condition. I think it is a Panhard Levassor because of the grille, but I'm unsure.
Having passed the Magic Kings day, I found the next bunch in a couple of flea markets that are pretty far away from where I normally roam, so it's difficult that I can go there, but for I don't remember what reasons there I was, so...
Most of these were plenty cheap with exception of the Matchbox F150 ($4) and the Playart Mercedes truck ($4).
pics of the Yatmings! first the 1978 Trans Am from Rocky II, with the early wheels:
Then this truck, which Yatming made in several cabin/rear combos, this one a tow truck, missing the hook ):
And finally, a rare unmarked version of Yatming's 3d gen Camaro, with a funky paint job and in pretty much mint condition:
The unmarked base:
And in keeping with the chinese-made cars, take a look at this! It's another no-brand car which I bought for not even 50 cents of a dollar. But it's a Chrysler Laser! I had never seen one in Die Cast form! Of course there is the HW Turbo Heater, which you can see some pics ago with an open hood, aside the 1995 TH Olds 442, which is also basically a Laser/Charger from the same era, but as Mattel didn't get the license, it made a few changes to the body of the car, and the 80s Matchbox Charger Daytona, but this is the first downright Laser I've seen in diecast form.
Here is the Playart Mercedes Benz police van, finally. I had the ambulance version but this one had been elusive.
And one that I think will have many fans in here, the Macau-made Toyota MR2 from Matchbox, in one of those RARE, RAAARE ocassions in which you can find a 80s Matchbox in here.
This one, as the Sikus and the Tomica Citroen, will see restoration if a better one comes one day; in fact, it has been apart before, as it has the rear rivvet drilled out and then badly put together again with silicone. I shall fix that someday.
These came a week later at the usual flea market. The Porsche Speedster is a Maisto that will see a wheel swap, general detailing and something done to it's windshield, which is a real sin. It's already in pieces.
Yet another variation of the Playart futuristic cabin, this time a cargo Panam truck. Playart also made seeeeveral versions of this truck, of which I have about 5. One less to go.
Next up is a Lesney "Saladin armored car", which I had never seen.
When I asked and the guy told me "$2" I could not believe my luck, and indeed...
It was too good to be true. I'll figure out a way of fitting it again.
And the the France-made Majorette Mercedes Benz trash truck, complete and in excelent shape!
As you can probably guess, it's pretty difficult to find with the operational gate complete and not broken.
Next up is a bunch I grabbed for cheap at a very high-end flea market (if there is such a thing) that's known here in the city for its inflated prices and incredible quality of the cars that pop up there. You're sure to find extraordinary cars, but your wallet is sure to suffer a lot. I went there because a friend of mine told me that a guy had cheap Testors and Tamiya detailing paint -$2 per bottle), but surprise: the day I went, the guy didn't, lol. That didn't stop me from walking around and grabbing some stuff, all of it cheap. The Motormax GTO at the top is like the wheel-swapped one I showed you some months ago, and is already in pieces waiting for another set of wheels.
I was ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED when I found this chinese rip-off of the Matchbox Fiat 131 Mirafiori rally car.
I'll explain: I had about 3 of these when I was a very little kid, about 5 or 6 years old. I don't know what happened to two of them, I only have one that I tried to srpay-paint white when I was about 10 years old... as you can imagine, it didn't come out quite well, as the paint splattered everywhere. I have that very same car stripped to pieces now awaiting restoration, but I had never found the "original" one again until now. $1 for this piece of my childhood!
Sitting almost next to it was what, for me, was the absolute find of the day. I picked it up and I could not believe my freaking eyes. A FIRST GENERATION NISSAN SILVIA!!!! IN DIECAST FORM!!!
Ok, it's yet another chinese unmarked car, and I have not been able to find who made the original mold (as this is most probably a rip-off, like the Fiat; and no, it wasn't Tomica nor Yatming, like usual), but I could not care less, this is one of the most obscure cars I've ever seen in 1:64 die-cast, and it's even well done, look at how the bumpers are a separate plastic part. It was also $1, a freaking steal! I was beyond happy.
Then, this Zylmex/Zee Nissan 300ZX which was also $1...
And which has been messed up with markers. It will see restoration.
The most expensive car of the day was this almost mint Corgi Whizzwheels Bizarrini Manta by Italdesign, pretty close to the real car.
It was $4, which was a steal considering how good the car is; the pictures make it look darker than its real rose color, though.
Then another Zylmex, a Bertone Fiat X19, with it's bumpers and other plastic tidbits complete, and good chrome on the wheels. It was just EXTREMELY DIRTY, but for $1, I was not gonna leave it there.
And finally another Corgi, a big-ass Jaguar XJS, a bit tattered but in good shape, for $2.
Then, this last week I hit it BIG FREAKING TIME at the usual flea market:
Yup, that is the Model of Yesteryeat I talked about before, a pretty well kept 1960 London Fire Brigade.
Yes, it lacks the three firemen and a small chunk of the water pump in the back, but come on: nineteen freaking sixty. It's price was a bit high, about $9, but well worth it considering how good it is.
If I can find someone that has it, I'll try to borrow the firemen to see if I can re-cast them.
The yellow HW Ambulance with blackwalls, had never seen it with these wheels.
In the same place, this China-made Chevrolet van...
with an opening side door!
When was the last time you saw such a feature on a brand car? It has a cool rail system inside, and it works perfectly.
The stickers were pretty much gone, so I took them off:
with other guy, these two came to me for $1 each, first a France-made Majorette Volvo state, complete with rear door, which will see restoration:
And a Playart Lamborghini Countach in very very sad shape, but that has OPENING SCISSOR DOORS!!
I had never seen this car and was amazed at how well the doors worked. Needless to say, it will see restoration soon, it still has it's rear clear red plastic taillights but no wing... no biggie, the wing can be fabricated from scratch out of a phone card.
The very VERY last car that fell in my hands was given to me by a friend:
Don't laugh, it's an extremely rare made in Mexico Plymouth Aries wagon; I received it under the promise of fixing it up, so it will see restoration soon.
And that completes my flea market haul. Pretty damn good if you ask me. Here are also the requested pictures of the CM's Japan rally cars:
First, the Escort, check out the details under the rear hatch!
And then the Sainz Corolla:
And a pic of the Super Cal Customs 55 Chevy with humongous rear tires:
And that be all from me. So much for the pic dump!
here we have a general looks at all the stuff I've grabbed in flea markets over here in Mexico City.
Of course I can show you closer, and even in order! First this 70s Tonka Model A pickup street rod, made of tin and plastic:
No rust! $10 bucks for it.
Then, these things. First, a Hot Wheels Steering Rigs trailer box, in near mint condition and with the steering wheel still in it!!! These things are SO rare I had to grab it even if the cabin was missing. Don't worry, I'm on the trail of the cabin, since they can be in the same place where this came from. I hope to know something about it in these days. 'Sides, it was only $2, a steal.
Next one is aaaaaaaaaaawesome. It's a Lesney Matchbox Superkings Security Truck. I got it at the same place I got the Steering Rigs trailer.
The reason this is so AWESOME is this: see these little things on the rear door? they are security knobs!
Unless you introduce a combination that's on the base of the truck:
The door won't open!!! Iinside there is a ramp for a cart carrying gold bars.
Incredibly, when I picked up the truck I did not know about it at all. Once I found out it had this little cart, when I came back to the flea market, THE GUY HAD IT THERE!!!! Ok, it's a bit broken, but come on! All of it a steal at $5.
Now, these came from trades with a friend. The Atlantic concept is a variation of the one I already have, with a silver grille instead of black. The other cars, however, are pure jewels.
First, this amazing Matchbox Superkings from the late 80s! It's almost pristine, except for a bit of the front bar that's broken. In any way, it's a very VERY rare car!
Then, the Lesney Greyhound bus, which I was missing with regular (black) wheels, and pretty damn minty!
And then the REAL jewells, despite their somewhat sad shape; first the rare made in Mexico Warpath.
This car is already a "crumbler". See the cracks? That's not the paint fellows, it's the zamac. One sad characteristic about made in Mexico Hot Wheels is that the zamac was of very very bad quality, so several models tend to simply disintegrate, like the Custom Mustang, the Z-Whizz, the Greyhound bus, and this one. That is one of the strongest reasons there are SO FEW of these models today. If a kid dropped it to the ground even from his hands, the car would simply break in pieces. And I'm not talking the body separating from the base, no, LITTLE pieces. So this is a VERY rare car, that is why I scooped it up, even in this shape.
The other one is the EXTREMELY, NAUSEATINGLY RARE Made in Mexico also Omni 024.
Much speculation has been made about this car bein' produced in lesser numbers than other Mexico-made cars, because it is INCREDIBLY scarce. I know of a guy that had been hunting for one for about ten years to no avail. Every time one surfaces it's party time in the Mexico City HW community, so when I knew my friend had grabbed TWO OF THEM, I jumped at the chance.
As you can imagine, none of this was cheap, these cars came to my hands trough trading him MANY of the E-Bay cars that came in the lots. About 4-to-1 ratio. And good cars, not trash. But at the end it was worth it, if I had paid for these in money, I would have gone broke lol. Such are the delights of local-market-only cars.
These next four cars fell in the usual flea market, but the guy selling them was asking $4 for each car he had. I talked him into $3 each because I grabbed all 4 at the same time. The price was a bit steep considering their shape, but I grabbed the rarest ones he had by far.
First, the early 80s Siku Mercedes Benz with opening doors. Sikus are one of the hardest-to-find brands in Mexico because they were VERY expensive when they came out in here, and not many were sold. This was complete and decent, so I grabbed it.
Exact same story with the Jaguar, which has clear-plastic headlamps. If someday one of these two falls into my hands in better shape, these will be seeing restoration, as they are complete and not missing anything, which was one of the reasons I grabbed them, even for that price.
Next up the Tomica Citroen SM, which is pretty hard to find in any shape, but much more harder to find COMPLETE! And I'm not only talking about the opening doors...
But mainly of the front clear glass for the headlamps, which is always craked or simply gone. This one is complete, and the glass isn't cracked.
Hell, even the crhome on the wheels is ok. I'm keeping it as is, but if a better one comes some day, I'll be restoring this one, it's pretty much worth it!
And finally the absolute jewell from that day, yet another Made in Mexico car, this time one of the hardest to find, a Renault Le Car! This casting was one of several that were NEVER issued in the USA, but were offered in Europe and some other countries of the world, Mexico included. A bad seller, this one is pretty scarce.
The only problem is that the rear bumper is broken ): but with a car this rare, you have to grab what comes up. Believe it or not, at $3 this car was an absolute steal. You wouldn't believe the prices these things comand if you grab them from someone who knows what it is.
In the same made-in-Mexico line, I was INCREDIBLY lucky when I grabbed these two other Aurimat (the company that made them under Mattel's license) cars at a garage sale AT A BUCK A POP!!!! I was beyond ecstatic. Firs is this almost mint Dune Daddy, pretty ugly car but missing in my mexican collection.
Yes, it came like that, with no steering wheel and no windshield.
The other car, however, is an absolute jewell: The Peugeot 505!!!! Yet another car that, as far as I know, was never released in the US market. This is also one of the hardest mexican models to come by, and it's in great GREAT shape!!!
There is an impossible variation of this car in black of which only a handful are known to exist. One day, one day...
And finishing off the mexican cars is this almost mint Sunagon, a VW Vanagon which is one of the easiest mexican cars to find because it sold extremely well. But, this one is tricky. There were three versions, a dark metallic blue, which is the easiest to find, then a dark enamel blue version which is this one, and then a very light blue one which was only available in a three-car gift pack, and is the most difficul one to find.
Of course, finding one in this shape is pretty damn difficult no matter which one of the three it is. I bought it at a die-cast store, expecting to pay top-money for it. Only $5!!!! Even with the rear motorcycle missing...
It was a steal, considering apart from it, it's mint. Heck, just finding one with the pop-up top is an achievement. I supose the kid that bought this one back in the 80s liked the bike that was in the rear so much he cut it away so he could play with it. A pity, but I'm not complaining.
Finally, a pic of all the made in Mexico Hot Wheels that fell in my hands since the last time. Yup, I'm happy. 6 less mexican cars to go!
Next is the loot that I found during Magic Kings day. You people in US and pretty much all over the world have Santa Claus as your main toy-guy, but over here in Latin America, the three Magic Kings own that title. This day is the best in the entire year for die-cast hunting, because hundreds of small and enormous moving markets of nothing but toys sprawl over the entire city just that very day (january 6th), maybe one day earlier, but the 6th is total pandemonium, and you can find pretty much everything.
I'll first show you the two M2 cars, which I bought for $15 both. They have AMAZING detaling, got dammit! I could not resist to the 57 Dodge cabover truck.
Look at all those separate clear plastic pieces. This is 1:64-scale, folks.
The 442 Olds is gorgeous, with Dog Dish hubcaps and also exquisite detailing.
Check out the painted engine and white-letter Polyglass tires:
And on the opening door, THE DOOR FRAME!!!! I had NEVER seen a 1:64-scale model that had such a thing. Amazing.
The other jewell was this amazingly good Budgietoy London bus! It is very wel preserved, and was a steal at $6.
The base...
And the front decals. I think Ben posted one of these recently, but with a different "livery".
The other relevant, but more normal grabs included this cool 1965 Mustang form High Speed, complete with original stock-type hubcaps on white line rubber tires:
And this Welly 1957 Vette with, literally, truck wheels. WTF? I'll be tearing this one apart and putting in decent wheels, got dammit (and then, of course, using the truck wheels for, you know, a truck).
Ah, also, this 80s-vintage Summer antique, in mint condition. I think it is a Panhard Levassor because of the grille, but I'm unsure.
Having passed the Magic Kings day, I found the next bunch in a couple of flea markets that are pretty far away from where I normally roam, so it's difficult that I can go there, but for I don't remember what reasons there I was, so...
Most of these were plenty cheap with exception of the Matchbox F150 ($4) and the Playart Mercedes truck ($4).
pics of the Yatmings! first the 1978 Trans Am from Rocky II, with the early wheels:
Then this truck, which Yatming made in several cabin/rear combos, this one a tow truck, missing the hook ):
And finally, a rare unmarked version of Yatming's 3d gen Camaro, with a funky paint job and in pretty much mint condition:
The unmarked base:
And in keeping with the chinese-made cars, take a look at this! It's another no-brand car which I bought for not even 50 cents of a dollar. But it's a Chrysler Laser! I had never seen one in Die Cast form! Of course there is the HW Turbo Heater, which you can see some pics ago with an open hood, aside the 1995 TH Olds 442, which is also basically a Laser/Charger from the same era, but as Mattel didn't get the license, it made a few changes to the body of the car, and the 80s Matchbox Charger Daytona, but this is the first downright Laser I've seen in diecast form.
Here is the Playart Mercedes Benz police van, finally. I had the ambulance version but this one had been elusive.
And one that I think will have many fans in here, the Macau-made Toyota MR2 from Matchbox, in one of those RARE, RAAARE ocassions in which you can find a 80s Matchbox in here.
This one, as the Sikus and the Tomica Citroen, will see restoration if a better one comes one day; in fact, it has been apart before, as it has the rear rivvet drilled out and then badly put together again with silicone. I shall fix that someday.
These came a week later at the usual flea market. The Porsche Speedster is a Maisto that will see a wheel swap, general detailing and something done to it's windshield, which is a real sin. It's already in pieces.
Yet another variation of the Playart futuristic cabin, this time a cargo Panam truck. Playart also made seeeeveral versions of this truck, of which I have about 5. One less to go.
Next up is a Lesney "Saladin armored car", which I had never seen.
When I asked and the guy told me "$2" I could not believe my luck, and indeed...
It was too good to be true. I'll figure out a way of fitting it again.
And the the France-made Majorette Mercedes Benz trash truck, complete and in excelent shape!
As you can probably guess, it's pretty difficult to find with the operational gate complete and not broken.
Next up is a bunch I grabbed for cheap at a very high-end flea market (if there is such a thing) that's known here in the city for its inflated prices and incredible quality of the cars that pop up there. You're sure to find extraordinary cars, but your wallet is sure to suffer a lot. I went there because a friend of mine told me that a guy had cheap Testors and Tamiya detailing paint -$2 per bottle), but surprise: the day I went, the guy didn't, lol. That didn't stop me from walking around and grabbing some stuff, all of it cheap. The Motormax GTO at the top is like the wheel-swapped one I showed you some months ago, and is already in pieces waiting for another set of wheels.
I was ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED when I found this chinese rip-off of the Matchbox Fiat 131 Mirafiori rally car.
I'll explain: I had about 3 of these when I was a very little kid, about 5 or 6 years old. I don't know what happened to two of them, I only have one that I tried to srpay-paint white when I was about 10 years old... as you can imagine, it didn't come out quite well, as the paint splattered everywhere. I have that very same car stripped to pieces now awaiting restoration, but I had never found the "original" one again until now. $1 for this piece of my childhood!
Sitting almost next to it was what, for me, was the absolute find of the day. I picked it up and I could not believe my freaking eyes. A FIRST GENERATION NISSAN SILVIA!!!! IN DIECAST FORM!!!
Ok, it's yet another chinese unmarked car, and I have not been able to find who made the original mold (as this is most probably a rip-off, like the Fiat; and no, it wasn't Tomica nor Yatming, like usual), but I could not care less, this is one of the most obscure cars I've ever seen in 1:64 die-cast, and it's even well done, look at how the bumpers are a separate plastic part. It was also $1, a freaking steal! I was beyond happy.
Then, this Zylmex/Zee Nissan 300ZX which was also $1...
And which has been messed up with markers. It will see restoration.
The most expensive car of the day was this almost mint Corgi Whizzwheels Bizarrini Manta by Italdesign, pretty close to the real car.
It was $4, which was a steal considering how good the car is; the pictures make it look darker than its real rose color, though.
Then another Zylmex, a Bertone Fiat X19, with it's bumpers and other plastic tidbits complete, and good chrome on the wheels. It was just EXTREMELY DIRTY, but for $1, I was not gonna leave it there.
And finally another Corgi, a big-ass Jaguar XJS, a bit tattered but in good shape, for $2.
Then, this last week I hit it BIG FREAKING TIME at the usual flea market:
Yup, that is the Model of Yesteryeat I talked about before, a pretty well kept 1960 London Fire Brigade.
Yes, it lacks the three firemen and a small chunk of the water pump in the back, but come on: nineteen freaking sixty. It's price was a bit high, about $9, but well worth it considering how good it is.
If I can find someone that has it, I'll try to borrow the firemen to see if I can re-cast them.
The yellow HW Ambulance with blackwalls, had never seen it with these wheels.
In the same place, this China-made Chevrolet van...
with an opening side door!
When was the last time you saw such a feature on a brand car? It has a cool rail system inside, and it works perfectly.
The stickers were pretty much gone, so I took them off:
with other guy, these two came to me for $1 each, first a France-made Majorette Volvo state, complete with rear door, which will see restoration:
And a Playart Lamborghini Countach in very very sad shape, but that has OPENING SCISSOR DOORS!!
I had never seen this car and was amazed at how well the doors worked. Needless to say, it will see restoration soon, it still has it's rear clear red plastic taillights but no wing... no biggie, the wing can be fabricated from scratch out of a phone card.
The very VERY last car that fell in my hands was given to me by a friend:
Don't laugh, it's an extremely rare made in Mexico Plymouth Aries wagon; I received it under the promise of fixing it up, so it will see restoration soon.
And that completes my flea market haul. Pretty damn good if you ask me. Here are also the requested pictures of the CM's Japan rally cars:
First, the Escort, check out the details under the rear hatch!
And then the Sainz Corolla:
And a pic of the Super Cal Customs 55 Chevy with humongous rear tires:
And that be all from me. So much for the pic dump!
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The 505 was available in North America, but in....Gold
The Sunagon was available in this disgusting combination
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Holy picture death. I think we should have a rule, more than 10 photos = post links. 
Seriously, my internet actually locked up for about 10 seconds from over load.
Seriously, my internet actually locked up for about 10 seconds from over load.
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Holy picture death. I think we should have a rule, more than 10 photos = post links.
Seriously, my internet actually locked up for about 10 seconds from over load.
Can we seriously agree on this, please? I already stopped doing this a couple weeks ago and only posted one amass group photo with a link to individual photos, and all of them are 800px (max).
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Sitting almost next to it was what, for me, was the absolute find of the day. I picked it up and I could not believe my freaking eyes. A FIRST GENERATION NISSAN SILVIA!!!! IN DIECAST FORM!!!
Ok, it's yet another chinese unmarked car, and I have not been able to find who made the original mold (as this is most probably a rip-off, like the Fiat; and no, it wasn't Tomica nor Yatming, like usual), but I could not care less, this is one of the most obscure cars I've ever seen in 1:64 die-cast, and it's even well done, look at how the bumpers are a separate plastic part. It was also $1, a freaking steal! I was beyond happy.
Ive got two of those Silvias somewhere here. One is from when I was younger and my brother and I used to play with it then it went missing and then when I was helping clean out the garden a couple of months ago I find that exact car my brother and I used to play with. It was missing a couple of wheels the axles were rusted and allot of the paint was gone but still in good condition considering it had spent years outside and it will not be restored. The other one I got from work when I brought a bag of cars not even knowing it was in there and from memory its in pretty good condition.
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First, the Polistil Shadow:
This car is still one of the highlights in my collection. It also gave me a stupendous idea with it's wheels, which I'll be trying to replicate for a long-tailed Moby Dick Porsche I have awaiting restoration.
Seriously Cano.. your collection is phenomenal!!, Thanks for posting the pics of the Shadow F1 and Tomica F1's (Very Very Jelly), also, i'm very intrigued to hear more about this idea you're having with regards to the Moby-Dick Porsche, at a guess.. do you intend to put some kind of chamfer on the wheels to replicate that of the Polistil F1?, or is it something else entirely?
With regards to the rest of your posts... Just Wow!!, i recognise a few cars that i had in my early collection, but to be honest there's just too much for me to comment on really.. however, i really like the rip-off Fiat 131 Abarth (used to have the MB version) but much prefer the wheels on the Chinese version, also i kind-of recognise the Yatming Camaro casting... it heavily reminds me of a Matchbox Lock-up car i used to have... basically the doors opened and you could lock them closed, by use of a key in the base (lost the key unfortunately)... 1 things for sure, it wasn't the usual MB casting (iroc z)(had that too, in green) though it was marked as Matchbox, and it had rubber tyres which is also unusual for MB.
Seeing the MB security truck, brought the memories flooding back, never had it myself (a close friend had it), anyway... it got me thinking about other cars i used to have which were a bit quirky... 1 in particular was a 1/64 Corgi Rover SD1, i had the usual version of this but also had a pencil sharpener version, that was accessed through the hatchback, iv'e searched the Net for pics but have yet to find any, but when i do i'll post some.
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Holy picture death. I think we should have a rule, more than 10 photos = post links.
Seriously, my internet actually locked up for about 10 seconds from over load.
I only see links on my browser...
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Yay new page. 
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First, the Polistil Shadow:
This has brought back a whole stack of memories for me 👍
I had loads of these Polistil Grand Prix cars back in the day, including Parmalat Brabham and Gitanes Ligier transporters. Out of all my model/toy cars, these Polistil ones were my favourite. Probably because they were the only ones that had realistically modeled and sized wheels/tyres.
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ok you sissies, next time I do a pic dump I'll post smaller images and will have front and back views in a single file.
Wyvern, these was also a blue Sunagon over there as far as I know, but it was blue over blue:
And also a blue 5050, but it was very dark blue; I have this one too:
@At1Ness: What I plan to do is try to duplicate these:
The Polistil car gives me a good starting point, but I won't be destroying it for it's tires, I shall try to replicate this using a Majorette wheel or something like that.
Also screw you Cracker!! I wish Polistil was available over here in 1:64 form -_-
Wyvern, these was also a blue Sunagon over there as far as I know, but it was blue over blue:
And also a blue 5050, but it was very dark blue; I have this one too:
@At1Ness: What I plan to do is try to duplicate these:
The Polistil car gives me a good starting point, but I won't be destroying it for it's tires, I shall try to replicate this using a Majorette wheel or something like that.
Also screw you Cracker!! I wish Polistil was available over here in 1:64 form -_-
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The Sunagon came in a hot wheels camper pack with a Ford bronco and some other car. I wanna say Rampage, but that wrong. I think that was how we got the blue one. I'm never seen the blue 505...just something else to look for I guess.
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Restoration Attempt
I'm going to try my first strip and respray. Which option do you all think I should start with? Note: I'll just be stripping, masking off the windows and tires and spraying with rattle can equivalent.
Also, while I was looking through a junk box, I came across something that was not junk...
A-Team Van
I'm going to try my first strip and respray. Which option do you all think I should start with? Note: I'll just be stripping, masking off the windows and tires and spraying with rattle can equivalent.
Also, while I was looking through a junk box, I came across something that was not junk...
A-Team Van
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Schwartz38An evil laugh about Hotwheels cars. If that doesn't scream "6 year old" than I don't know what does.
Hey, I also do the laugh as well and I'm 22 years old.
👍Cano
Hey show some of your frakencars, I must see.
And also Cano, please for the LOVE OF VTEC and NOS don't post like that again with the pics. I couldn't see the lovely machines you had because it always kicks me out constantly on my iPod touch. Have mercy!
a6m5I already feel pretty weird looking at Hot Wheels as a grown adult, but looks like I'm gonna be turning it up a notch.
It's not wierd, I always see guys/men from 15-30 and higher collecting or looking at the cars and action figures all the time in the stores even in KB Toys, FAO Shwartz and Toys R' Us.
And I heard that guys who do this get hot chicks/girls also. I'm trying this next time at the malls or at car shows/events that sell scales.
👍 
:tup:
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Are you going to disassemble them? I wouldn't try to strip the paint with them all still assembled, the windshield plastic will melt with paint stripper.
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Hey, I also do the laugh as well and I'm 22 years old.
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It's not wierd, I always see guys/men from 15-30 and higher collecting or looking at the cars and action figures all the time in the stores even in KB Toys, FAO Shwartz and Toys R' Us.
Think about it : are you ever going to stop? I never did. I'll collect, play, and gap out on these cars till they bury me. Hopefully some pharoahnic mourners will throw a couple of HW's in with me and I'll end up toying with my karma.
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photonrider
Me stop? Never!!! Unless I got all the cars in the collector series that I want or if money is needed for something else important. If those two problems don't occur then nope.
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Some more of my cars first are the cars I brought from the grocery store
P2080103 by commodoreben, on Flickr
All are 2011 Premiere's there are a 2011 Dodge Charger R/T, 68 Copo Camaro, Super Blitzen and I finally found the Aston Martin One-77 there were two of them so I got both next are cars I brought from work
P2080104 by commodoreben, on Flickr
A Crooze Ozze Coupe (I think), Dodge Viper GTS-R, 70 Dodge Charger R/T, Blings H2 Hummer, 69 Chevelle, Deuce Roadster, Montezooma, Buick Grand National missing its hood, Pontiac Rageous and a C3 Corvette
P2080105 by commodoreben, on Flickr
In this pic there are a Ridium, 40 Somethin, Blings Hyperliner, a pair of What 4-4-2's, Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept Car, Lotus Motorsport Elise, Porsche Carrera, 911 GT3 Cup and a Ferrari P4
P2080106 by commodoreben, on Flickr
In this pic there are a Audacious, Cant remember what the next couple of cars are will have to look them up, a Seared Tuner, Horseplay, Pharodox, a few more cars I will have to look up when I have some time, a Swoopy Do and a Williams F1 Car
P2080103 by commodoreben, on Flickr
All are 2011 Premiere's there are a 2011 Dodge Charger R/T, 68 Copo Camaro, Super Blitzen and I finally found the Aston Martin One-77 there were two of them so I got both next are cars I brought from work
P2080104 by commodoreben, on Flickr
A Crooze Ozze Coupe (I think), Dodge Viper GTS-R, 70 Dodge Charger R/T, Blings H2 Hummer, 69 Chevelle, Deuce Roadster, Montezooma, Buick Grand National missing its hood, Pontiac Rageous and a C3 Corvette
P2080105 by commodoreben, on Flickr
In this pic there are a Ridium, 40 Somethin, Blings Hyperliner, a pair of What 4-4-2's, Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept Car, Lotus Motorsport Elise, Porsche Carrera, 911 GT3 Cup and a Ferrari P4
P2080106 by commodoreben, on Flickr
In this pic there are a Audacious, Cant remember what the next couple of cars are will have to look them up, a Seared Tuner, Horseplay, Pharodox, a few more cars I will have to look up when I have some time, a Swoopy Do and a Williams F1 Car
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The Sunagon came in a hot wheels camper pack with a Ford bronco and some other car. I wanna say Rampage, but that wrong. I think that was how we got the blue one. I'm never seen the blue 505...just something else to look for I guess.
Restoration Attempt
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I'm going to try my first strip and respray. Which option do you all think I should start with? Note: I'll just be stripping, masking off the windows and tires and spraying with rattle can equivalent.
Also, while I was looking through a junk box, I came across something that was not junk...
A-Team Van
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I'd go for either the Jag or the GTI.
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Can we please refrain from quoting posts with multiple images? Helps minimize clutter.
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Personally, I'd go for the Jag.👍
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I think quoting the post is okay just leave out the images. (just being sarcastic)
Paint thinner will melt the plastic? Had no idea. I have no intention of disassembling such an old model straight away then... I'll find a newer model with metal body. Hopefully the rivets will be easier to get through.
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