Regarding the Danbury Mint cars.............
I was one of their first customers when Dan bury started their "Only 12 Car Series".
Needless to say, I have the original 12 models plus 18 more that compliment my
collection to date. I decided to quit the automatic purchase mode they had and be more
selective of their offerings. At almost $100 per model I have accumulated over $3000 of
their product.
Recently I was dusting my collection when I noticed the rubber tires were splitting and
falling off the rims. This was happening on 11 of my 30+ models, and not necessarily in
the order of their production. Before I was willing to order the next in their series,
the '56 Desoto Adventurer, I contacted them with my problem.
April 15, I called and gave them a list of the defective cars and asked if there was a
remedy. I explained that I was more interested in their repair (even, if necessary, at
my expense) as the cars showed poorly and were disappointing in their present condition.
The model "T" is sitting on 3 rims! I noticed an acceptable attitude projected by the
receptionist's statement that "those cars are quite old and you may be expecting too much
from us because of their age". But, the lady did said she would have a "project
engineer" contact me about the problem... soon. I called again May 19th because I was
under the opinion that soon meant "a couple of days". She was very short with me
explaining I shouldn't expect to hear from them for two to three weeks. I am still
waiting. I would have waited to see what their remedy was before bringing this up, but
because of Paul's post, I felt the group should be aware of this problem before ordering
that model.
My cars are displayed in a large breakfront (glass doors) in our heated, air conditioned
and humidified living room here in Michigan. They are out of direct sunlight and are
dusted on a semi regular basis. (I do stay pretty busy on the full size ones though!)
Am I wrong expecting the $100 models to have an extended life span of at least equal to
the lesser quality, older models I also have? Except for the warping body, my '57 Dodge
promo is in great shape and shows no discoloration, flats, empty rims and is almost 50
years old. Shouldn't it be expected that Dan bury models should hold up at least as well
given the modern day rubber compounds?
Maybe those who have also collected these cars should inspect them before buying anything
else from Dan bury. They have always been great in the past, immediately replacing the
occasionally bad example with a good one when necessary. But, I am not willing to spend
$100+ on another model if the quality and company backing aren't going to be there.
Anyone out there with a similar problem?
Dave Todd
paulholm wrote:
> Attention all, JUST got in the mail a flier from the Danbury MInt
> for their 1:24 scale red 300-D hardtop.
>
> I am not going to use the reply card, anyone want the card??
> --
> Paul Holmgren
> Hoosier Corps #33, L-6
> 2 57 300-C's in Indy
>
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