Description:
Polar Lights 1/25 Tommy Grove “The Going Thing” Mustang Funny Car, kit number POL852/12, from the “Legends of the Quarter Mile” series. An official Ford licensed product. Unbuilt, with the parts still in their factory bags.
Tommy Grove’s dark blue Mustang was one of Ford’s factory-backed funny cars of the late 1960s. “The Going Thing” was Ford’s advertising slogan at the time, and it’s lettered right on the car. A funny car has a one-piece body shaped like a production car, and the whole body lifts up to reach the engine, as shown on the box side.
The real car, from the box:
- Owner and driver: Tommy Grove, of Hayward, California. Sponsor: Ford Motor Company.
- Chassis: Logghe Brothers. Body: 1969 Mach 1 Mustang by Shedlick.
- Engine: 1968 supercharged SOHC Ford (single overhead cam, the famous “Cammer” engine), about 1,500 horsepower
- Best speed: 203.69 miles per hour. Best elapsed time (E.T.): 7.28 seconds.
Kit features, from the box:
- Authentic details, with optional parts for different versions
- Full-color decals
- Pad-printed drag slicks (lettering printed right on the tires)
What’s included:
- One-piece Mustang funny car body and plastic parts on sprues (the plastic frames that hold the parts), molded in white and still in their factory bags
- Chrome-plated parts
- Black vinyl tires
- Clear parts
- Decal sheet, bagged
- Instruction booklet and a 2013 Round 2 catalog
Condition:
New, open box, unbuilt. The box has been opened, but the parts are still in their factory bags. The box is in good shape, with bright colors. It has corner wear and light scuffing on the box bottom. Please see the photos.
Ships well padded in a sturdy outer box. See all photos. Ships from a non-smoking home.
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