From the Mad Mike Collection!
Something important to know about the Mad Mike Collection. Unless otherwise noted many of the replicas being offered from the Mad Mike Collection will be rated as MINT because that is just what they are. Again unless otherwise noted most have never been removed from the factory packaging they came in. Many images that will be used in our ads will be from our archives of trackside images we shot or of diecast we have sold over the years. Box condition will be part of our rating process as well.
From 1320 Inc. #TT1213. 1/24th scale.
Revell's Pisano & Matsubara Chevrolet Vega NHRA Funny Car
MINT!! Never removed from factory packaging. Image of replica on display is from our archives.
The Pisano and Matsubara ’73 Vega “Flopper” was one of the most popular funny cars on the West Coast. Joe Pisano, owner of Venolia Pistons, and his brother Frank had campaigned a series of candy apple red race cars with Frank driving and master mechanic Joe doing the tuning. When Frank retired from driving duties, Joe offered the job to Sush Matsubara a super-talented AA/Fuel Altered pilot who had gained fame as the driver of the Mondello and Matsubara Rat-motored Fiat Topolino. Sush’s first Pisano Bros. ride was in their beautiful candy red Corvair funny car at OCIR. Sush totaled the car on his very first pass.Sush’s luck improved after that and in late 1972, Pisano & Matsubara began campaigning a ’73 Vega with primary sponsorship from Revell. This car differed from earlier Pisano cars in that it was painted a beautiful pearlescent yellow with red and white flamed panels on the top and sides. They chose John Buttera and Don Kirby to build the chassis and body……. Buttera fabricating the chassis and Kirby building and painting the Vega body. Ed Pink built the second-generation hemi with a Cragar blower drive, Mondello heads, Venolia pistons, Schiefer mag and Hilborn injection. The car ran on Goodyear slicks and was stopped with a Simpson drag ‘chute. It was fast, setting a national record at Long Beach by being the first funny car to break into the 6.40’s with a 6.49 e.t. This set is 100% complete including the enclosed BIO card.
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