Monday, April 13, 2020

1937 Dodge Airflow Tanker Texaco Truck by Matchbox














1937 Dodge Airflow Tanker Texaco Truck by Matchbox Collectibles

The Dodge Airflow truck was a special request model truck that Dodge introduced in late 1934 and available through 1940. It used styling cues from Chrysler and DeSoto Airflow automobiles. Most of the units produced, a few hundred, were fitted with streamlined tank truck bodies, and were used by major oil companies, like Texaco, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (Mobil) and Esso (Standard Oil of New Jersey).
Airflow trucks were based on standard Dodge models, so from an engineering point of view they were rather conventional, despite their striking look. They had waterfall grilles similar to Airflow cars. Several pieces still exist, mostly restored in automobile museums.
In 1990's, Matchbox honored THE PIONEERS OF PROGRESS TRUCKS COLLECTION in their Models of Yesteryear by presenting 6 die cast replicas. One of them is this model in bright red color with high quality paint finish and print graphic.





 Manufacturer: Matchbox
 Scale: 1/43
 Year of Production: 1990
 Part Number: YYM36834
 Material: DieCast
 Rating: 8/10 

Monday, April 6, 2020

1952 DeSoto Firedome 8 Sedan by Franklin Mint










1952 DeSoto Firedome 8 Sedan by Franklin Mint

The DeSoto Deluxe is an automobile produced by DeSoto from 1939 through to the 1952 model year. While in production, the Deluxe was DeSoto's entry-level car, and was offered primarily as two-door and four-door sedans. The Deluxe range also included the extended-wheelbase Suburban sedan. The body was claimed to be "rust proofed".
The Firedome was powered by a Hemi V8 engine producing 160 hp (120 kW) and had a top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h).
The 1952 DeSoto 4-door Sedan was available as a DeLuxe, Custom and Firedome 8. In all, 45,830 Firedomes sold in 1952, making it the most popular model for the year.
Franklin Mint's beautiful model is made to the highest possible quality at the time of production. Plenty of chrome parts, including window frames, trim and ornaments. Printed logos, signs and legible lettering. Detailed interior in two-color design including color steering wheel and incredible amount of chrome details like handles instruments etc. The chromed grille of the mask is absolutely wow. The model is in the original color DeSoto Golf Blue.


 Manufacturer: Franklin Mint
 Scale: 1/43
 Year of Production:
 Part Number: UK13
 Material: DieCast
 Rating: 10/10 

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

1951 Mercury Monterey 2-Door Coupe by Franklin Mint











An automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company, Mercury was founded in 1939 with the purpose to market entry-level-luxury vehicles that were slotted in between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln-branded luxury vehicles. All Mercury models are today based on Ford platforms. The Mercury name is derived from ‘messenger of the gods' of Roman mythology. In the beginning years, Mercury was known for performance.

This Mercury Monterey (model 72C) was introduced in 1950 as a high-end two-door coupe as part of the Mercury Eight series in the same vein as the Ford Crestliner, the Lincoln Lido coupe and the Lincoln Cosmopolitan Capri coupe in order to compete with the hardtop coupes General Motors had introduced the previous model year.
This is the first 2-door Hardtop 1951
The 1951 Mercury’s are considered the all-time 50’s “Hoodlum” or “Bad Boy” car. Popularized by James Dean in the 1955 movie Rebel Without a Cause (in black livery).

Franklin Mint model is painted as original in turquoise with a brown roof, it’s equipped with bumper guards, fender skirts, a winged hood mascot, full-size Mercury wheel covers and wide whitewall tires, all part of the Monterey formula helping to differentiate a higher-end vehicle from lesser models.

 Manufacturer: Franklin Mint
 Scale: 1/43
 Year of Production: 1987
 Part Number: KE16
 Material: DieCast
 Rating: 7/10