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Post by badtemper44 Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:09 am

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
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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:06 pm

i have the cap blaster laguna and the halleys comet laguna

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Post by ant7377 Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:19 pm

I remember buying and playing with the cap blaster one.I bet its still at my mom's.
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Post by jerry46765 Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:11 pm

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.

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Post by yogreasygramma Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:31 am

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! Wink

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.
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Post by jerry46765 Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:56 am

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.
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Post by knightfan26917 Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:46 am

Hey Jerry,

Do you have the yellowish one, too? It's in this pic:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/cortmod08_jpg.html



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Post by jerry46765 Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:58 am

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.

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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:50 pm

Some of my collection. At last count i had over 100 just HW's monte carlo stocker.
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Post by jerry46765 Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:37 pm

Yep, that's a bitchin' group of cars.

Here are a couple more...
It never ends.

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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:24 pm

that white one is france. i have that and the blue one to match.
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Post by jerry46765 Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:51 pm

That's great.

Now I am wanting to screw some displays to the living room wall.

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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:14 pm

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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Post by knightfan26917 Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:50 pm

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. Smile Wish I had a few more 2nd gen MC models....



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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:23 pm

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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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:26 pm

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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