Re: Good sources for Packard Die-Cast Models

Posted by Dave Brownell On 2016/8/22 18:35:21

After seeing the amazing detail on a Danbury Mint 1956 Caribbean hardtop with the same MES colors as mine, I went to eBay and bought another in slightly better condition. Neither cost a hundred, after shipping.

Later, when my Executive hardtop needed a complete dual exhaust system fabricated by a local exhaust specialist, that die cast model proved invaluable as a 3D example of what the end result should be. He said he had never seen a model with such detail on the way things got threaded through the frame, around the TL suspension, etc. Who knew that buying "a toy" could prove so useful when no printed references could be found?

I have a dozen other Danbury Mint models for other cars, but none show the exquisite detail of the Carib hardtop. There's even a metal wire to show the parking brake cable and flexible rubber Bendix power steering lines! The seat cushions flip like he real thing.