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solved: ig_104 - Phaze II by Dave Puhl
« on: February 16, 2013, 07:30:00 AM »
Identify this car/builder for 1 point! ;)
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2013, 10:37:24 AM »
Experts!
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2013, 06:55:13 PM »
Was it also made as a Hot Wheels car?
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2013, 01:20:47 AM »
Quote from: WayneB on March 07, 2013, 06:55:13 PM
Was it also made as a Hot Wheels car?
I think not
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2013, 12:58:46 PM »
Actually, WayneB is onto something.  This model was used to create the 1971 Matchbox Lesney 'Superfast' model "Gruesome Twosome".
Later variations of the Matchbox version deleted the chrome engines, making the car look very similar to the puzzle car.
This car appears to be a model called the AMC Phaze II.
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2013, 01:07:04 PM »
Quote from: bubenator on March 08, 2013, 12:58:46 PM
Actually, WayneB is onto something.  This model was used to create the 1971 Matchbox Lesney 'Superfast' model "Gruesome Twosome".
Later variations of the Matchbox version deleted the chrome engines, making the car look very similar to the puzzle car.
This car appears to be a model called the AMC Phaze II.
I didn't know about it.
Yes, it's a Phaze II, please, tell me name of builder.
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2013, 01:11:19 PM »
Dave Puhl is the builder.  He was associated with (maybe worked for) Darryl Starbird.
AMC is the engine Puhl chose to use.
The car was completed around 1970 and featured at the Chicago Autorama.
It also appeared on the cover of Rod & Custom magazine.
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2013, 01:21:33 PM »
Yet another edit...
The car was probably completed earlier than 1970 - possibly 1966, after Puhl left Starbird's shop and started his own.
The car is currently located at Starbird's "National Rod & Custom Hall of Fame Museum" in Oklahoma.
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Re: ig_104
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2013, 02:34:11 PM »
I thought I remembered that car from the Hot Wheels/Matchbox Whizzwheels cars from my childhood. :lol:
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solved: ig_104 - Phaze II by Dave Puhl
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2013, 03:57:30 PM »
Quote from: bubenator on March 08, 2013, 01:11:19 PM
Dave Puhl is the builder.  He was associated with (maybe worked for) Darryl Starbird.
AMC is the engine Puhl chose to use.
The car was completed around 1970 and featured at the Chicago Autorama.
It also appeared on the cover of Rod & Custom magazine.
Yes, it was built by customizer Dave Puhl.
Quote from: bubenator on March 08, 2013, 01:21:33 PM
Yet another edit...
The car was probably completed earlier than 1970 - possibly 1966, after Puhl left Starbird's shop and started his own.
The car is currently located at Starbird's "National Rod & Custom Hall of Fame Museum" in Oklahoma.
Many sources claim that the car was built in late 1960s...
Another photos from "National Rod & Custom Hall of Fame Museum":
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