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Spectraflame Show Off?

I had just drilled and dunked this Show Off in LT.  When I came back later to check on it, I noticed what appeared to be spectraflame magenta under the black. WTH?

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Hmmm.......the Show-Offs were enamel, but they didn't issue them in black. What you have there is a kiddie painted Bye-Focal.The Bye-Focal was issued in '71 in Spectra colors, bearing type wheels, and...

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The Bye-Focal had a deeper engine bay to allow the hood to close over the engine .... Mark.

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Also the Show off individual axles are clamped to the base by theses irritating little clamps Where as the Bye focal would have the axles mounted in the plastic stick and then mounted by one spot...

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"the Show-Offs were enamel"Ya, that's why I was shocked and confused to see spectraflame underneath the kiddie paint. It has a "Show Off" base with caps in the rear and open hub in the front, I'm...

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"Also the Show off individual axles are clamped to the base by theses irritating little clamps"That's what it looks like Rob...I'll post a pic of the base.Dana

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restojunkie wrote: Hmmm.......the Show-Offs were enamel, but they didn't issue them in black. What you have there is a kiddie painted Bye-Focal.The Bye-Focal was issued in '71 in Spectra colors,...

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PlumCrazyRT wrote: "the Show-Offs were enamel"I was also thinking/wondering, being the enamels had a white basecoat, if this went through the line without the white primer base coat and was shot with...

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"Did the laquer thinners possibly thin down the enamel paint to the point of appearing transparent ?"That's another thing  I was wondering as well...You'd  know way more about the technical aspect...

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Wow... Hot Wheels archaeology 101! Cool that you uncovered something so out of the ordinary. It does add up, reading the conversation between the two of you. This is obviously an early run Showoff...

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Dana, the underside of the car appears to be some sort of enamel pink. I'm wondering if the black stained the pink, then when the car was dipped, it somehow thinned the paint, resulting in a semi...

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the underside of the car appears to be some sort of enamel pink. I'm wondering if the black stained the pinkWell, I know it's hard to tell specfics in the photo(monitor profiles etc...), but when you...

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