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Post by JSB33 on May 31, 2023 7:07:51 GMT -5
Falcons are a very well known car to me, this was a very common car when I was a kid and i doubt you could drive down any road without seeing at least one in somebody's driveway.They were more common than VW's though I lived in an area that had a couple Ford plants close buy so there were lots of Ford employees.
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Post by ifhp on Jun 1, 2023 23:04:20 GMT -5
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Jun 1, 2023 23:52:40 GMT -5
Interesting grille! Clearly inspired by previous Lincoln Continentals (1963-1964)!
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Post by gauchoman on Jun 4, 2023 16:54:02 GMT -5
That is very nice, much better than the PW version! I have several models from the Argentinean PW series, but I chose to get only the Volkswagens and cars sold here. Though I like the Falcon, I've never seen the real car here. I am a VW fan too (my last three cars in the last 20 years were VW), however, I like Ford, I learned to drive in this car, and I still keep it in my heart. This one is much more recognisable to me as this series of Falcons was sold in Australia before we developed our own versions in 1967. I drove a 1965 "XP" Station wagon for a few months back in the 1980s while my main car was being repaired after an accident. Sí Señor! Ford launched Falcon in Argentina and Australia, almost at the same time. However, Australia Falcons grown and got updated for several years. In those several years, Argentina only made slight changes to the primitive design. There were Ranchero and Station wagon versions, and I believe they were designed locally, without Ford Headquarter support. Being an old car, it could be sold very cheap, and this was the reason for the Falcon to stay alive in our market. Falcons are a very well known car to me, this was a very common car when I was a kid and i doubt you could drive down any road without seeing at least one in somebody's driveway.They were more common than VW's though I lived in an area that had a couple Ford plants close buy so there were lots of Ford employees. We had Falcons de Luxe, Futuras, Sprint, customized, racing several classes (TC and similar), police, militar, familiar, limousines, Ranchero, station wagon, and a lot more. May be it was not a super car, but it endured a lot of tasks that had not been imagined at the moment of design. Thanks for the Falcon story. It looks like this model is the third generation (1966-69) car. Sí, it is the same car, same grille. There are slight differences in the chromes, but the body is exactly the same.
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Post by gauchoman on Jun 4, 2023 17:15:24 GMT -5
Falcon 1973 Buby -1999 series- This the same Ford Falcon as before, but featuring a slight styling. The green is the standard Falcon. The blue one is the Sprint version. For sure, it featured an uppowered engine and other devices, but in terms of diecast, we can see the lateral mirrows on the front fenders and the stripes. Buby has his heyday on the first half of the seventies. Later, the economy and other factors decreased the business and the factory was closed. However, on 1999 there was a revival, usually known as "1999 series". This series featured simplified models, you already saw the Buby Torino of 1999 series in this post. As I mentioned, there is an urban legend that these 1999 models are made in plastic and feature a lead weight to resemble the natural weight of a diecast. I did not dare to open my cars, so I cannot confirm nor deny the existence of the weights suspected to be inside. That's All Folks! Gaucho Man
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Post by gauchoman on Jun 9, 2023 11:34:48 GMT -5
Falcon Futura and Falcon Sprint 1974 Here we have the same models of the previous post, but made from a local craftman. The bordeaux unit is a Falcon Futura, top of the line. And the orange is the Sprint, we can consider it as "the GTI of the line". Models are handcraft made of resin by Gabriel Mileto That's All Folks! Gaucho Man
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Post by Tom on Jun 9, 2023 11:43:27 GMT -5
Very nicely made models of an iconic car. Are they white metal or resin?
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Jun 9, 2023 12:51:43 GMT -5
Nice models of interesting looking Falcons!
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Post by reeft1 on Jun 10, 2023 0:07:33 GMT -5
Those last 2 Falcon’s are excellent
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Post by Alfaholic on Jun 10, 2023 3:24:18 GMT -5
Those last 2 Falcon’s are excellent X2
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Post by 105epaul on Jun 10, 2023 7:28:28 GMT -5
I recently bought a pair of Buby Falcon taxis, they are black and yellow and I think are Buenos Aires cars? They were sold in one lot hence me owning two of them. I also have an ordinary version and a racing Chevy Nova by Buby.
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Post by gauchoman on Jun 19, 2023 15:47:37 GMT -5
Very nicely made models of an iconic car. Are they white metal or resin? Resin made, they entered in my collection on 2012. Nice models of interesting looking Falcons! Those last 2 Falcon’s are excellent Those last 2 Falcon’s are excellent X2 Thank you very much Gentlemen! This Falcon model is one of our iconic cars from the seventies, there are a lot of fans of this particular Falcon, specially the Sprint. The phenomena repeats in the diecast world. However, these cars have not been made in diecast, only a little series of the Buby on 1999. Moreover, the partwork has not reproduced them, may be due of the economy that forced Salvat to cut the issues before ending. Thus, there is a big bunch of collectors craving for them, willing to kill for them! I recently bought a pair of Buby Falcon taxis, they are black and yellow and I think are Buenos Aires cars? They were sold in one lot hence me owning two of them. I also have an ordinary version and a racing Chevy Nova by Buby. Sí Señor, the black body with yellow roof is the Buenos Aires Taxi. The Chevy Nova is also an unique model, the only four door Nova that I know in the diecast model! Thanks to All! Gaucho Man
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Post by gauchoman on Jun 19, 2023 17:58:05 GMT -5
Chevrolet Chevy - partwort Argentina has allways been far from the rest of the world, even in these globalized times. New things, fashion, news, all came first to other countryes and later to ours. This is the case of the muscle car mania. Our first muscle cars were produced circa the end of the sixties, around five years later than other countries. For our reduced and delayed market, the Nova (named "Chevy" here) was a sort of supercar, even thouth it feaured a modest inline six instead of the V8 from the original Novas in US. Anyway, the Chevy was our supercar, so it had to be reproduced by the Inolvidables partwork. In my opinion, they did a good job. Fortunately, I had couple of Chevy Novas, so I made some comparative photos. The white is the partwork. The other is made by GMP, entered in my collection on 2009, and I can assure that it was not new at that moment. These photos are taken with my new phone ("new" means almost 3 years old), so they must be better than my previous photos, most taken with my former Blackberry. There are clear differences between both models, despite of the fact that one reproduces an US model and the other an argentinized model. Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen! That's All Folks! Gaucho Man
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Post by Tom on Jun 19, 2023 23:58:06 GMT -5
Looks to me like the PW is better. ERTL is slightly off in several respects. Nice models anyway!
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Post by reeft1 on Jun 20, 2023 0:41:40 GMT -5
I’m a fan of the silver car
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