Congratulations Dave, Do let us know as soon as they get the car ready for market. And could you make sure we all get a "forwardlooking" friendship discount? David On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:47:34 -0500 Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >Thanks to Jim Wilson and Daniel Andersson who pointed a Franklin Mint >engineer my way, F.M. will be coming to visit me next week to model >the >"Christine" scale model after MY car! Hooray!!! =) > >I talked on the phone with the engineer for quite a while. They'll >be >taking some photos ("around 300 or so") and sitting through my >"Plymouth >Class"... during which they'll learn the differences between the 1957 >Fury, the 1958 Fury, the 1958 Belvedere, and "Christine". This >should >be fun! > >What should be more fun, is the fact that "The Duchess" has neither >radiator nor battery at present. They said they're quite accustomed >to >pushing cars around for photos. Oh well. Hopefully I'll be able to >patch things together quickly enough to move her around for the photo >shoot anyway. I'm also going to try and gently push them to make a >'58 >Fury and/or Belvedere model... > >Does anyone know whose car the '57 Fury model was modeled after? > >-Dave > >PS - There was someone looking for a '59 Sport Fury convertible... >there >are 2 listed in Old Car Trader this month. If you need the details, >just drop me a line. > |