Laughing Coyote Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Interesting that this post came up today. I was actually working on my Promo car model. My wife purchased the Monterey Promo car off of Ebay about a year ago and I decided to change it up to look like the Meteor that I have. I matched the color and painted the interior the same as my car. Had to re work the body trim and do a few other changes, but came out pretty good. It's not even close to the degree of Roger's models, but to put on a shelf to collect dust it should be just fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wldavis Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nice model, Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Black Frog Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Well, they are now up for sale on Ebay if interested. We will see what happens.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) I currently have 202 dealer promos on display. I still have the first promos that my father got for me in the mid and late 1950's. Since I can't have all the full size cars I want, I had to resort to collecting 1/25 scale models and promos, with a total of 574 on display in show cases. Edited March 2, 2017 by Tom99 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 What a nostalgia trip it's been reading thru these posts! Like many others, I started by building models with friends back in the early 60s. My cousin in Detroit dated a girl who worked at AMT and we always got plenty of extra parts by the bag-full to customize the kits. I eventually gravitated to the muscle cars and must have built those GTOs every way possible, from stock to drag cars. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 There is a video on the history of promotional models. The Web Site is 4VS.org, The Antique Road Test In Studio. Promotional Model Cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 In the early 1960s Ford was giving away promo cars at the local dealerships as shown by this postcard I found recently. It was hoped you would buy the real thing too after getting the free promo. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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