1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville AMT 1-25 Scale Model Promo.MP4

In 2002 I bought a 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (my favorite of the '54-'56 body style) with 51,000 miles on it. Therefore, I wanted to get the same model in scale. I've been an enthusiast of scale model cars practically all my life, beginning with my first Ford in 1949, which I still have. I had at least one and sometimes two of AMT and JoHan models from 1949 to 1959--but never had a Cadillac, which first came out in 1955. I've bought all these models off eBay in the intervening years 2003 'till now--my most recent acquisition was the pink and black one. I didn't know a pink and black had been made and was thrilled to get it as pink and black was the quintessential color combination of 1956--applied to everything from shoes, to sport jackets, to shorts, to shirts, to portable record players, to every model of automobile available. I have 25 models in various color combination, both with and without interiors in the same color schemes. The lone blue one at 0:32-0:42 is the only solid color model I've ever seen and believe it must be fairly rare as two-toning was all the rage in those years. There are also a couple of what I call stand-alone colors, such as dark and light green and a tan and white which seem to diverge from the usual pastel hues of red/white, blue/white, etc. I've obtained a few at very low prices because they had broken hood ornaments--this item is easily replaceable through the Modelhaus. I would be interested to know if anyone knows exactly how many color combos the '56 was made in and what they are. An interesting difference in the '55 and '56 models is that the '55 model has a "B" pillar which serves to indicate the windows are up, whereas the '56 models depict a car with all its windows down. I follow the auctions of these models when they come up and here is my observation: an equal amount of money applied to the stock market over a similar period would not have held its value as well as that applied to these models!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1956
• Cadillac
• Coupe
• de
• Ville
• AMT
• 1-25
• Scale
• Model
• Promo.MP4

[NDrLoR]

@DaBoogie049 Thanks! And no I don't!

[DaBoogie049]

very cool cads! Do you know how to save promo models from deforming?

[NDrLoR]

Thanks--I never had a Cad in the 50's, so I guess this is making up for it!

[sbd650]

Well, thus began, 55 years ago...Very nice Cad collection! Greetings!