Monogram 1/8 The Big Deuce 1932 Ford Roadster Classic Yellow Issue - Street or Show Rod or Classic Highboy, PC88-1498

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Monogram 1/8 The Big Deuce 1932 Ford Roadster Classic Yellow Issue -  Street or Show Rod or Classic Highboy, PC88-1498 plastic model kit

1/8 PC88-1498 Monogram The Big Deuce 1932 Ford Roadster Classic Yellow Issue - Street or Show Rod or Classic Highboy

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

Rare first issue from 1963. In the early 1960s Monogram invested in a series of huge 1/8 scale models with extraordinary detail and working features. The complete line consisted of the Big 'T' Street/Rod, Big Drag Competition Roadster, Big Rod Show/Go Roadster, Big Tub Custom Phaeton and this Big Deuce '32 Ford Roadster. The Deuce molds cost over $150,000 to produce - an absolute fortune at the time. The design work alone for the molds was $50,000. The total cost of the complete 1/8 scale project was over $1,000,000 - in 1963 money. The result was a nearly flawless large American Automotive model that has never been equaled to this day. The Big Deuce was one of the series by famous customize Darryl Starbird and was issued in red or yellow bodies - this is the yellow issue. It measures 20.5 inches long when assembled. Fit, mold quality and finish are of the highest quality - as only Monogram could do. Very highly detailed with 284 parts molded in 6 colors, 185 parts in chrome plate as well as real rubber tires. Can be built as the classic roadster or the highboy. Each can be further customized with a variety of extra parts. The kit features operating doors and trunk lid, operating head and tail lights, operating windshield with wind wings, realistic steering from the steering wheel, super detailed Pontiac engine with six Stromberg carburetors, individual spark plugs and ignition wires, rolled and pleated interior and trunk, dash panel with S-W instruments, chrome plated under-carriage and Le Mans wheels, realistic rubber wide whitewall tires, custom chrome firewall with instruments, plated dropped front axle, flexible radiator hoses, optional top with detailed top bow frame and much more. The model builds up a realistic rolling chassis with all suspension, driveline and exhaust items just like the actual car. The box exceptional condition. It is not perfect but is the finest one I have ever seen for the yellow version. Color and gloss are factory new, all four corners are solid with repairs, there are no price tags or tape (other than the two short sections of factory sealing tape), no creases and no fading. The only flaws include a a 1.25 x 1 inch tape tear on the lower side panel from removal of the factory tape and general light shelf wear as shown. Inside the kit is factory-new. These boxes were never cello sealed; the customer was invited to look inside each one. When you removed the box top, there was a clear panel bordered with yellow cardboard and this was glued to the lower box (tray) to seal the kit. This kit still has that yellow and clear inner 'lid' in excellent condition. Under that, all the original factory packing material is present- the lower tissue and all the clear 'separator' sections used between each part tree. The red plastic is brilliant, glossy and deep...it looks like paint, but it is not. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still factory sealed. The parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried 100% complete with decals, instructions and even the Big Deuce Guarantee sheet. the kit has never been started. NOTE: one frame rail is broken in two - common flaw with these kits. The break is clean and it is a straight-forward repair. The decals are 100% intact but have visible age cracking; please see the article (on this website) about saving and restoring old kit decals.

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