LEGO 40448 Vintage Car Review

[Brickman]

LEGOs latest free set(or well was, it sold out quick) is the Vintage car. Reminds me of a Thunderbird with some Chevy Belair or Biscayne.

Car is in teal with white surfboards to give it a 2 tone appearance.

It's a big car, consisting of 189 pieces. Two minifigures are included. Looks like they are straight of out the 50's A football basketball player guy wearing a sports jacket and his girlfriend wearing a leather jacket and pink pants with matching sunglasses

He is on the Squids basketball team

Front of the car consists of a large bumper. Wish LEGO still made chrome, it would of been perfect with teal and chrome.

Modern LEGO car safety has not been invented yet, nothing like a sharp corner of windshield resting on your feet

Continuing on the dangerousness of this car is the hood ornament. It's an upside down ice skate!

Yep, dangerous

Its a great model, but the only issue is the surfboard side panels fall off easily. Just a bump and they fall off.

So I replaced it with a 1/6 white tile. IDK if it makes it better or leave the side of car plain?

Goes perfect with my old truck that I made using my bricks. Built it to look like the one in the #40083 Christmas truck

https://brickset.com/sets/40083-1/Christmas-Tree-Truck

Sorry @Rusty-Vandura , that's my only 4 skinny wheels

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And a sneak peak at my newest LEGO engine creation!

LEGO Y-621
Yellow- 6 cylinder - 2021 model

[ttyymmnn]

@brickman said in LEGO 40448 Vintage Car Review:

Continuing on the dangerousness of this car is the hood ornament. It's an upside down ice skate!

I actually love how Lego repurposes parts in different ways.

I would like the white tile more if if lined up with the fin. I might try to replace the white side 1x2 side piece with a gray one. Might look like an exhaust.

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@brickman Somehow I'm offended by the upside down windshield piece. Lego has some flat windshields, but I guess the are probably a bit too tall for this application, and might look Model T era rather than '50s era.

[Brickman]

@ttyymmnn Or a 1x2 grill piece.

[bootstrap]

@brickman Nice review! Thanks for providing the closeups. I agree chrome would have went well with the teal.

[ttyymmnn]

@brickman said in LEGO 40448 Vintage Car Review:

@ttyymmnn Or a 1x2 grill piece.

I like that! A couple of studs might look good too.

[Shop-Teacher]

@brickman I just got a big order in, and even though I spent more than the required amount to get that model free, I didn't get it. I'm a little ticked, but I don't love the model, so I reckon I'll just let it go.

@Rusty-Vandura I have a bunch of those skinny wheels, if you're looking for some.

[Brickman]

@shop-teacher Darn! I hope LEGO rereleases it. Usually they run a Gift With Purchase for a whole month, not just a few days.