Hot Wheels Legends 1949 Mercury 1/24 and 1/64

The first Mercury from Ford's styling studio in 1939 was one of the most aerodynamic automobiles in the showrooms of the time. Its all-new design in 1949 for the postwar buyer's market became the symbol for the "lost generation" of American youth and achieved cult status as the jet-black car James Dean drove in the movie, Rebel Without a Cause. The Mercury's gleaming, electric razor-like grille gave the front end a look different from other contemporary American cars. And its massive yet streamlined body style with fade-away fenders made a rebellious statement both parading on the boulevard and parked at the local drive-in. Today, chopped and dropped models of the '49 Merc continue to cruise the main streets of America as a favorite of the customizing and hot-rodding world. If you missed the firsthand thrill of owning a '49 Merc, now is your chance to bid on this exquisite set. The Hot Wheels Legends series captures the unreal radical styling of the original. The 1:24 scale showpiece has several realistic moving features and over 165 scale parts-many with a real chrome-plated finish. Both the 1:24 scale model and its complementary 1:64 scale model are crafted with the meticulous attention to detail that has been a Hot Wheels tradition for almost 30 years. The '49 Merc set celebrates the heyday of the cool cruising classic. The '49 Merc is a limited edition and the premiere model in the HOT WHEELS LEGENDS series.