1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL convertible plastic 1/25th scale promotional model by AMT. I found this at an antique swap meet sitting in the back with a pile of other toys on a table of firefighter cars and trucks. Someone long ago decided to paint the entire car a thick coat of red spray paint. Luckily they took all the chrome off and glass before painting. It was a mess, I was told to use Extra Strength Easy Off Oven cleaner to get the paint off by a guy who sold promos. I thought he was crazy, but after a little work it all came off. After that I polished it with car polish. As you can see it is in very good condition even the sunvisors are still complete which is very unusual for an old promo convertible. It was well worth the $15.00 I paid for it.
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL convertible plastic 1/25th scale promotional model by AMT. I found this at an antique swap meet sitting in the back with a pile of other toys on a table of firefighter cars and trucks. Someone long ago decided to paint the entire car a thick coat of red spray paint. Luckily they took all the chrome off and glass before painting. It was a mess, I was told to use Extra Strength Easy Off Oven cleaner to get the paint off by a guy who sold promos. I thought he was crazy, but after a little work it all came off. After that I polished it with car polish. As you can see it is in very good condition even the sunvisors are still complete which is very unusual for an old promo convertible. It was well worth the $15.00 I paid for it.