Interesting 55c Ford Galaxie Police Car

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Interesting 55c Ford Galaxie Police Car

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I spotted this on Ebay over the weekend, but did not bid on it because of the rivets. However, putting those to one side, the model does have a red interior. Furthermore, the photographs appears to show it to be red plastic rather than red-painted plastic, so what are we looking at here?
Is the interior, perhaps, a 3D-printed part? (If so, then this takes fakes to a whole new level.)
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and it went for a good price too :shock:
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Hello Idris!
I think it's an interior from RW #20c Chevy Impala Taxi, because both models share the same interior...red colour in a #55/59 police car seems unusual, but maybe a simple swap, regarding the rivets.

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Sir_Matchbox_96 wrote:I think it's an interior from RW #20c Chevy Impala Taxi, because both models share the same interior
Really? I don't think I knew that. You learn something new every day!
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Yep they share the same interior. Cop or Taxi driver, it's all the same to Lesney.
It might be time to start my "Bucket List."
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News to me as well! :?
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i saw this auction and thought...i wonder if the #20 taxi interior was put in this...i then forgot about the auction until i saw this thread
Please use a web hosting site (like photobucket) to store pictures so you can post them here, using attachments makes it hard to view the pictures when you have to scroll to see them. Seeing comparisons of models is hard to see with attachments too.
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If I was collecting these it would still be too expensive for me despite it looking like its been well done, much rather do one myself with some 'Beaters'.

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Odd that Lesney never put red interior into the white 55c when they went to the trouble of making a million of them! Next we should look out for a 59c with red interior..........
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