These models are good! ))) Who can tell - they were running on the roads of America?
Those Peugeots were sold in North America, but with quad round headlights. The Ford wagon is a German Ford Taunus from the late 50's to early 60's. A few Ford dealers in America sold them. Several years ago a guy in my neighborhood had one. His little wagon was two tone dark green and white. He told me that his was one of three known to still exist in the US, and that his was the only one of the three that was driveable. But then, he had the entire drive train from a 5.0 Mustang installed in his Taunus.
The El Camino by Brekina is a '59.
Does anyone know what year this El Camino is?
1959. My hot rod is a 1959 Impala.
These models are good! ))) Who can tell - they were running on the roads of America?
Those Peugeots were sold in North America, but with quad round headlights. The Ford wagon is a German Ford Taunus from the late 50's to early 60's. A few Ford dealers in America sold them. Several years ago a guy in my neighborhood had one. His little wagon was two tone dark green and white. He told me that his was one of three known to still exist in the US, and that his was the only one of the three that was driveable. But then, he had the entire drive train from a 5.0 Mustang installed in his Taunus.
The El Camino by Brekina is a '59.
I'm not that fond of the look of the early or mid fifties cars, but I do like that 59 Impala look. Very stylish looking car. Looks fantastic! I especially like the look of the windshield and the rear fins. Is that what they are called, fins?
Yes, it has tail fins. This was a 2 year project. It was taken down to the frame and just about remanufactured. Four wheel disc brakes, power rack and pinion steering, complete suspension work and the engine was replaced with a Corvette C06 engine hooked up to a six speed manual transmission.
Skookum! Thanks for sharing. It does look like it came right off the assembly line.
This is my other vice besides model railroading. I will have to admit that model railroading doesn't cost quite as much. Hving no hobby shops anywhere near close by, when I run out of railroad projects, it's out to the shop and time to work on cars.
Brekina make good models and are one of my favourite. I also like Ricko.
It was the time when I just started taking interest in girls and my mother wallpapered my wall with trains. So uncool.