Casting : Bye Focal
Years of Production:
1971
Country of Origin:
Hong Kong Only
Casting Variations:
Fuel Injection on Engine is absent on some examples
Interior Colors:
Black Interior
Blue Glass
Blue or Clear plastic Hood
Paint Colors and Variations:
| HK COLORS: |
COMMENTS: |
| aqua |
common |
| magenta | common |
| blue | uncommon |
| light green |
uncommon |
| green (no injectors) | hard to find |
| green |
very hard to find |
| magenta (no injectors) |
very hard to find |
| blue (no injectors) |
very hard to find |
| aqua (no injectors) |
very hard to find |
| red |
rare |
| light blue |
very rare |
| yellow |
very rare |
| purple |
extremely rare |
| red (no injectors) |
extremely rare |
Other versions of same Casting:
1973 Show Off
Comments:
The Bye Focal designed by Larry Wood, was based on a fanciful two-engine version of the 1970 Dodge Challenger.
The 1970 Dodge Challenger
This MOPAR muscle car was the basis for the Bye Focal design.
Stickers
The Bye Focal came with one of the stickers applied at the factory. The other was loose in the blister.
The base of the 1971 Bye Focal
Fuel Injector Variation
The magenta example is the "No injectors" variant. It is known in four colors and was more common in Canada.
The blue example has the clear plastic hood whereas the magenta example has the blue plastic hood. Most hoods are blue plastic.
Crumbled Example of the Bye Focal
The Bye Focal is one of the few castings that is subject to "crumbling disease".
Crumbling Disease refers a condition where the ZAMAC Alloy actually decomposes, causing the car to literally fall apart into metallic dust.
1971 Bye Focal in Light Green
Super Rare Purple - Common Magenta - Rare Ice Blue
Rare Colors in BP
PREPRODUCTION
No Injectors Variant in Red and a Blank Base Bye Focal in Red, Courtesy Robert Rosas
Although not easy to see, the hood on the left has some part numbers molded in the plastic.
An epoxy sample piece of the Bye Focal is known but it is broken into two pieces.
Photos and text by Mark Axelson and TN Gray
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