HERE I AM OFFERING UP A SPIEL~NUTZ "MONTAGE PORSCHE 911S TARGA" WITH A SCHUCO MODEL NUMBER "1081" FROM THEIR PORSCHE 911S TARGA.
FROM MY RESEARCH, THE GERMANY COMPANY SPIEL~NUTZ CAME ABOUT AND SOMEHOW ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO REPRODUCE THE THEN DEFUNK SCHUCO MICRO-RACERS IN THE MID 1980'S. UPON THE DEATH OF IT'S FOUNDER, SIR WERNER NUTZ, THESE "SPIEL~NUTZ" MICRO-RACERS WERE THEN SOLD TO LILLIPUT IN THE USA TO CONTINUE THEIR PRODUCTION AND IS STILL MAKING THESE MICRO-RACERS TO THIS DATE.
HOWEVER, THIS LARGER, PLASTIC 1:19 SCALE PORSCHE 911S TARGA HAS NO BACKGROUND TO MENTION OR TO BE LOCATED ON THE INTERNET!!
I AM A HUGE FAN OF ALL THINGS SPIELZEUGFIRMA SCHREYER UND COMPANY WHICH IN 1921 CHANGED THEIR NAME TO SCHUCO.... AND WISELY SO!!!
BUT AGAIN, THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF THIS SPIEL~NUTZ PORSCHE 911S TARGA 1081 IS SHIELDED IN MYSTERY!! SCHUCO NEVER OFFERED NOR MADE A BATTERY OPERATED (ELEKTRO) PORSCHE 911S TARGA 1081. THEIR (SCHUCO'S) MODEL WAS MADE WITH A CLOCKWORK DRIVE (AS SEEN IN MY LAST PICTURE).
BUT, SPIEL~NUTZ DID DESIGN AND OFFER "MONTAGE MICRO-RACERS". WHICH ARE SIMPLY SMALL DIE CAST MODELS WHICH YOU BUILT FROM THEIR MONTAGE SET/KIT. HERE I DO BELIEVE IS THE LINK OR CONNECTION TO THIS BATTERY OPERATED (ELEKTRO) 1081.
A WHILE AGO, I CAME ACROSS FOUR (4) OF THESE SPIEL~NUTZ MONTAGE PORSCHE 911S TARGA 1081'S ... ALL OF WHICH WERE STILL IN THEIR ORIGINAL SEALED BOXES.
I COULD NOT CONTAIN MYSELF AND INSTANTLY WENT TO WORK TO ASSEMBLE ONE OF THE WHITE MODELS WHICH I JUST ACQUIRED. WITHIN A HALF HOUR, I HAD THIS MODEL ASSEMBLED AND RUNNING UNDER IT'S OWN BATTERY POWER. I ADDED A FEW DECALS TO IT AND PLACED IT IN MY MAN CAVE.... AND THERE IT SITS.
WELL AFTER STORING THE OTHER THREE (3) AND SELLING ONE-OFF FROM TIME TO TIME, I AM NOW DOWN TO MY LAST SEALED INDIVIDUAL UNIT. I THOUGHT IT TIME TO OFFER THIS RARE MODEL UP TO THE EBAY WORLD AND HERE IT IS!!
THIS LISTING IS FOR A SINGLE, BRONZE/CHAMPAGNE, MONTAGE PORSCHE 911S TARGA SEALED BOX TO INCLUDE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS ...IN A ROUGH FORM, WHICH BY ITSELF IS RATHER UNIQUE AND CERTAINLY DIFFERENT!! THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT READY FOR CONSUMERS ... THEY ARE MORE LIKELY A ROUGH DRAFT OR FIRST COPY OF THE BOXES CONTENTS & ASSEMBLEY SHEETS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE MONTAGE SETS ARE OLD AND MADE OF PLASTIC. WHEN I ASSEMBLED MY WHITE 1081 (PICTURED), THE TARGA TOP DID/DOES NOT FIT SNUG. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLASTIC BASE (IT'S CHASSIS) WARPED SLIGHTLY AND BOWED ALLOWING FOR A GAP TO APPEAR BETWEEN THE REMOVABLE TARGA TOP AND THE TARGA ROLL BAR (SEE PICTURES). THERE IS A SOLUTION AND THAT IS TO HEAT UP THE REAR 1/3 OF THE CHASSIS AND BEND IT SLIGHTLY FORWARD TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS WARPING. I DID NOT DO THIS, BUT MY PORSCHE TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED THIS AS A FIX TO THIS ISSUE. MY MODEL WAS ALREADY FULLY ASSEMBLED PRIOR TO HIS SUGGESTION.
ONCE ASSEMBLED, MY ELEKTRO (BATTERY OPERATED) SPIEL~NUTZ 1081 WORKED PERFECTLY AND IS HONESTLY RATHER FAST ONCE POWERED UP! MUCH FASTER THEN IT'S CLOCKWORK COUSIN! THIS ELEKTRO VERSION GOES IN BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE DIRECTIONS WHILE THE CLOCKWORK MODEL ONLY GOES FORWARD.
SO IF YOU GET THE URGE TO PUT THIS MONTAGE KIT TOGETHER, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT IT MIGHT BE A TAD OFF WHEN IT COMES TO PLACING THE TARGA TOP ON!! ALSO YOUR FINISHED MODEL WILL NOT HAVE ALL OF THE DETAIL WHICH MY WHITE (PICTURED) MODEL HAS AS I APPLIED ON SOME DECALS TO FINISH HER OFF.... THESE DECALS ARE NOT PART OF THIS MONTAGE SET/KIT. THEY DO INCLUDED THE DOOR PANEL DECALS, THE HOODS PORSCHE CREST AND THE DECK LID'S PORSCHE LOGO (IN SCRIPT). YOU CAN FIND THESE DECAL SHEETS HERE ON EBAY AS I DID.
THIS BOXED, SEALED, NOS (NEW OLD STOCK) BRONZE/CHAMPAGNE MONTAGE PORSCHE 911 S TARGA SET/KIT WILL BE SHIPPED TO YOU DOMESTICALLY VIA THE USPS PRIORITY MAIL. THE SHIPPING LABEL WILL BE GENERATED THROUGH EBAY SO IT'S TRACKING NUMBER WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED INTO YOUR SALES RECORD ON/IN EBAY.
FOR MY INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS, I NOW RELAY ON EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM (GSP). I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS MORE COSTLY FOR YOU, THE CUSTOMER, BUT, I THINK THAT WE CAN BOTH AGREE THAT YOU WANT WHAT IT IS WHICH YOU PAID FOR AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GET'S DELIVERED TO YOU IN THE SHAPE/CONDITION WHICH IT LEFT ME IN. THIS ROUTE VIA EBAY DOES HAVE AND MAKE CERTAIN ASSURANCES ..... FOR BOTH OF US!
EBAY HAS RECENTLY REVAMPED THEIR "GSP" AND NOW REFER TO IT AS THEIR "INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PROGRAM". THIS IS THE ROUTE WHICH THIS 1081 SHALL TRAVEL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK AND ONCE I HAVE READ YOUR QUESTION, I WILL ANSWER IT VIA EBAY MESSAGING.