$1000 G3 matchbox car!
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$1000 G3 matchbox car!
The only actuall G3 in my collection (I amcurrently hoarding 4!) that I paid for that cost more than this matchbox car was my 75 guna!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matchbox-Superfast-no-34-Pre-production-chevy-nascar-became-pro-stocker-Rare-/150729762757?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item231831a7c5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matchbox-Superfast-no-34-Pre-production-chevy-nascar-became-pro-stocker-Rare-/150729762757?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item231831a7c5
badtemper44- Donating Member
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Re: $1000 G3 matchbox car!
i have the cap blaster laguna and the halleys comet laguna
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I remember buying and playing with the cap blaster one.I bet its still at my mom's.
ant7377- G3GM Addict
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I can tell you from experience, that guy is dreaming if he thinks someone is going to pay a grand for that car.
He can ask it, doesn't mean he'll get it.
Here are the variations that I have, and none of them were a thousand dollars.
No, I don't remember which variations are more rare than the others.
Thanks -
Jerry
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He can ask it, doesn't mean he'll get it.
Here are the variations that I have, and none of them were a thousand dollars.
No, I don't remember which variations are more rare than the others.
Thanks -
Jerry
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jerry46765- Donating Member
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Jerry, what does your orange car say on the bottom? Is it identical to the one the guy is selling? Is it also a pre-production or trial car? That would be awesome! Sell it on ebay and go to town!
I have no idea if the car he's selling is worth his asking price but I do know that these trial or prototype cars can command big bucks. It's not unheard of for some of the cars from the 50s and 60s to sell for more than a grand.
I have no idea if the car he's selling is worth his asking price but I do know that these trial or prototype cars can command big bucks. It's not unheard of for some of the cars from the 50s and 60s to sell for more than a grand.
yogreasygramma- G3GM Member
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Yes, the orange one has Chevy NASCAR on the base. I think I paid $80 for it at a toy show in 1994. Doubt it would get over a couple hundred bucks in the very soft diecast market. But to be honest, I would probably never sell it. Some of the other variations in the picture were also preproduction castings. It's funny; I was a Hot Wheels/Matchbox collector for about 10 years with the goal of collecting each of the ones I didn't have as a kid from the 1970s. Once I found those, my interest in collecting diecast wore off since Mattel can repackage and resell the same casting for eternity.
jerry46765- Donating Member
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Hey Jerry,
Do you have the yellowish one, too? It's in this pic:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/cortmod08_jpg.html
Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic
CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"The curves around midnight aren't easy to see" __ Rosanne Cash __ 'Runaway Train'
Do you have the yellowish one, too? It's in this pic:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/cortmod08_jpg.html
Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic
CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"The curves around midnight aren't easy to see" __ Rosanne Cash __ 'Runaway Train'
knightfan26917- G3GM Senior Member
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Cort -
I like your display case. Since I moved, I don't display them. But, someplace I have one. It's amazing how many variations there are for one car.
Here is a good site with pictures of all the variations:
http://www.mbxforum.com/51-Falkensteiner/Matchbox/Catalog/LS/LS01-39/LS34c/ChF-LS34c.htm
http://www.mbxforum.com/51-Falkensteiner/Matchbox/Catalog/LS/LS01-39/LS34d/ChF-LS34d.htm
http://www.mbxforum.com/51-Falkensteiner/Matchbox/Catalog/MI/MI001-200/MI034/ChF-MI034.htm
The number of Monte Carlo diecast variations must be staggering.
Thanks -
Jerry
I like your display case. Since I moved, I don't display them. But, someplace I have one. It's amazing how many variations there are for one car.
Here is a good site with pictures of all the variations:
http://www.mbxforum.com/51-Falkensteiner/Matchbox/Catalog/LS/LS01-39/LS34c/ChF-LS34c.htm
http://www.mbxforum.com/51-Falkensteiner/Matchbox/Catalog/LS/LS01-39/LS34d/ChF-LS34d.htm
http://www.mbxforum.com/51-Falkensteiner/Matchbox/Catalog/MI/MI001-200/MI034/ChF-MI034.htm
The number of Monte Carlo diecast variations must be staggering.
Thanks -
Jerry
jerry46765- Donating Member
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Some of my collection. At last count i had over 100 just HW's monte carlo stocker.
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Yep, that's a bitchin' group of cars.
Here are a couple more...
It never ends.
Thanks -
Jerry
Here are a couple more...
It never ends.
Thanks -
Jerry
jerry46765- Donating Member
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that white one is france. i have that and the blue one to match.
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That's great.
Now I am wanting to screw some displays to the living room wall.
Thanks -
Now I am wanting to screw some displays to the living room wall.
Thanks -
jerry46765- Donating Member
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jerry46765 wrote:That's great.
Now I am wanting to screw some displays to the living room wall.
Thanks -
i dont think i will ever box them up. i love to just walk by and drool for a minute....
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jerry46765 wrote:Cort -
I like your display case.
Thanks, Jerry! I wish I had more space, but I don't. I'd display more if I could.
And, I agree ... staggering the number of variations ... for both models ... and all gens of MCs now!
I sure appreciate the links ... holy cow ... I could spend DAYS on that site!
Chris ... one of these days, I want to see that collection of yours in person. Maybe even during my 2012 road trip. Wish I had a few more 2nd gen MC models....
Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic
CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"So much is left undone" __ Deep Blue Something __ 'Breakfast At Tiffany's'
knightfan26917- G3GM Senior Member
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i just picked up the 100 ann 1959 chevy hauler. i took out the 58 impala that came in it and traded them for some montes.
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badtemper44 wrote:The only actuall G3 in my collection (I amcurrently hoarding 4!) that I paid for that cost more than this matchbox car was my 75 guna!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matchbox-Superfast-no-34-Pre-production-chevy-nascar-became-pro-stocker-Rare-/150729762757?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item231831a7c5
its now at 250.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matchbox-Superfast-no-34-Pre-production-chevy-nascar-became-pro-stocker-Rare-/150744411831?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item2319112eb7
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