Mike H Mottler posted:Model cars on a layout can be a demonstration of the cars acquired in real life - as a personal or family history of acquired automobiles -- or of one's wishful thinking. Nearly all of the 1:43 cars on my layout are from the late 1940s and '50s, when I was a teenager fascinated by Detroit Iron. Most of the cars (and a few pickup trucks) were purchased from Die-Cast Direct, a vendor in Kentucky. My layout includes 18 cars, among them:
From real life ...
1949 Cadillac 4-door sedan -- my dad's car
1949 Packard 4-door sedan -- my mom's car
1956 Continental Mk II -- my classic car, now being restored.From fantasy ...
1953 Studebaker hardtop -- my "dream car"
1957 Edsel Convertible -- another "dream car"
1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser -- another "dream car."There may be a sub-category of psychiatry that specializes in analysis of one's personality based on the cars one acquires (or favors). Let the good times roll and re-live the memories!
Mike Mottler
mottlerm@gmail.com
Well, Mike, your 1957 Edsel is INDEED a fantasy car, since the model years were 1958 and 1959! There WAS a 1960 Edsel, but alas, they looked like rebadged 1960 Fords, and there were very few of them produced, as Edsel faded away into automotive history. -Salty Rails-
