MATCHBOX Superfast restoration: 75C Alfa Romeo Carabo

Restoring a Lesney Matchbox No. 75C Alfa Carabo, in the Superfast range from 1971 until 1976.
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The designer of the Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car died this year. He was Marcelo Gandini and I actually started working on this diecast model of his work the day before he passed. I'm a bit delayed in putting it out, but this video serves as a tribute to the legendary designer.
The Alfa Romeo Carabo was unveiled at the 1968 Turin Motor Show and was one of six cars to be based on the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. Only 18 Stradales were built and five chassis were used on concept cars. The Carabo was the first car to have scissor doors fitted and set a style precedent for years to come with its iconic wedge shape. It pre-dated Gandini's later wedge shaped works including the Lancia Stratos Zero and the Lamborghini Countach. He would of course go on to design some truly iconic cars, but the Carabo was very much a turning point.
Matchbox weren't alone in creating a 1/64 scale diecast Carabo. Corgi also added one to their Rockets and later Juniors ranges, with the Juniors car also sporting the same pink and yellow livery as the Superfast car. Lesney would keep the Carabo in production for five years between 1971 and 1976, though it would never replicate the iridescent green colour of the concept.
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