Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Thomasville, the Greatest Repaints
When a die cast company re-uses a mold, they call it a repaint … but that word does not really do justice to the Thomasville racers …
Every detail is filled in, headlamps, graphics heavy quality metal …
Jon Doe Jackson has a real “peebly” feel roof line … was that a feature on 1950’s cars? But still a great feature as it takes effort to block out that part from the overspray sealant – excellent!
In case you forget their names, they are named on top of the door. Dewey Conerod has a cool metallic sheen …
Great logo details!
Sputter Stop, a real old timey sponsor …
Forget Stanley Tools, I only use Cheerio Old Tools!
(not complete Thomasville racers, just some with repaint versions …)
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25 February 2022
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These are fantastic sculpts of older cars.
Are cars 7 and 26 sculpts of early Cheverolet’s?
Are cars 9 and 64 scuilpts of Frd Compact’s?
And cars 42 and 91 are they sculpys of Lincoln’s?
They are of the time when cars were made of steel.
I’ll have to ask around, I might be able to find someone to say what these could be modeled after. Stay tuned!
Thankyou Real Gone. Will stay tuned.
All the Thomasville oldsters are conglomerations of a host of different features across many makes of cars. I looked through my extensive automotive history library (around 450 books), and the only one that clearly is modeled on a real car from the era is the #300 racer, which was Tim Flock’s 1955 Chrysler 300 Sports Coupe. Tim had the famous racing ‘partner’ Jocko Flocko (a monkey who rode with him in races).
Every other major maker from the post-War era to the mid-50s used those huge chrome grills like we see on Doc Hudson — some smaller, most larger and most even more obtrusive (I’m looking at you, Buick, with your huge underbite). If not huge chromed grills, they used the central ‘nosecone’ like the 1950 Studebaker or 1950 Ford. None in the post-War era used the sort of individual small grills we see on the Cars toys.
(MET: The monkey was real? Weird! Crazy times – monkey probably smoked a cigarette also. 🙂 Thanks!)
Thank you for sharing that information with us all, it is so cool when different people contribute like this about something they are passionate about. It certainly helps me to learn more about old cars, a subject very near and dear to all of us here I’m sure!
Another NASCAR tie-in, “Jocko Flocko Party Supplies”!(The monkey was “fired” when he attacked Flock during a race and the crew had to pry the monkey out of the car. The end of that stunt.)
(MET: Too funny … no doubt the monkey thought – you crazy SOB, this contraption cannot go 100 MPH, let me out! Why are we going in circles, you have gone insane, human!!)
I think I’ve only seen one or two of these out in the wild. Too bad, cause I like em’. My favorites are Dewey Conerod, Slim Hood and Jimmy Lugwrench, all of which I don’t have. As with the repaints, I think it’s cool because there’s usually several cars of the same make and model on the track.
I know what you mean. Two of these I bought off of eBay, 3 I found in the wild and bought them immediately and haven’t seen since. So I am not complaining at all as I am very thankful to have found any. They are really nice releases.
“Cheerio old toots”, not tools. Horns = toots, get it?
“Quality Safety Horns”