Re: [FWDLK] Franklin Mint "Christine" Model & '59 Sport Fury
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Re: [FWDLK] Franklin Mint "Christine" Model & '59 Sport Fury Conv.'s For Sale



Congratulations Dave,

Do let us know as soon as they get the car ready for market. And could
you make sure we all get a "forwardlooking" friendship discount?

David

On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:47:34 -0500 Dave Stragand
<dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>Thanks to Jim Wilson and Daniel Andersson who pointed a Franklin Mint
>engineer my way,  F.M. will be coming to visit me next week to model
>the
>"Christine" scale model after MY car!  Hooray!!!  =)
>
>I talked on the phone with the engineer for quite a while.  They'll
>be
>taking some photos ("around 300 or so") and sitting through my
>"Plymouth
>Class"... during which they'll learn the differences between the 1957
>Fury, the 1958 Fury, the 1958 Belvedere, and "Christine".  This
>should
>be fun!
>
>What should be more fun, is the fact that "The Duchess" has neither
>radiator nor battery at present.   They said they're quite accustomed
>to
>pushing cars around for photos.  Oh well.  Hopefully I'll be able to
>patch things together quickly enough to move her around for the photo
>shoot anyway.  I'm also going to try and gently push them to make a
>'58
>Fury and/or Belvedere model...
>
>Does anyone know whose car the '57 Fury model was modeled after?
>
>-Dave
>
>PS - There was someone looking for a '59 Sport Fury convertible...
>there
>are 2 listed in Old Car Trader this month.  If you need the details,
>just drop me a line.
>




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