OK, not a classic and only cool in my eyes or any of the other AMC nuts that love the Pacer too. Oh yeah, they are out there. This looks to be about a 75 or 76. So here's your Monday morning laugh. Have a great week.
Bank on collecting metal promo models
For the heavy metal collectors Up until this point, all of the promo models I have written about have been plastic but there are a segment of collectors who concentrate those made of metal, most of them banks. Produced mostly in the 40's by Banthrico Company in Chicago, IL. Banthrico models painted in authentic Big... Continue Reading →
A T’bird, a Bel Air, and a Studebaker Avanti show up in the same parking lot…
This is no joke as I saw recently at a car show I attended. Check out the vid.
Chasing Classic Cars
Mark and I love cars, as if you don't know it already. We especially love classic and cool cars so we carry our cameras with us all the time to take a shot of a car. Heck one time when I was riding my Hayabusa, a passed a classic, turned around and followed it until... Continue Reading →
Links we like
Mark and I are totally in to cars, all kinds, and here are some of the places we like to hang out at: Chasing Classic Cars is on Velocity Channel. Love this show. Chasing Classic Cars follows Ferrari expert and master car restorer, Wayne Carini, as he takes viewers on his personal mission to uncover... Continue Reading →
My 1st Car: Everybody has a story
We all remember our 1st car How many times has it happened when you're driving down the road, or coming out to your car in a mall parking lot, or see a car on TV or a movie and boom, you remember that you had a car, your first, just like that. Not your second... Continue Reading →
Mercury Breezeway: When a Merc wasn’t a Ford
Another unique automotive innovation of the '60s I hate to see a car company go out of business, or car line dropped, especially being such a big AMC guy. Most likely the cars they produced utilized several innovations to separate them from their competition. The rear engine Chevy Corvair, Unibody Construction by American Motors, and... Continue Reading →
1957-59 Plymouth Belevedere: Restored to better than new
A car built in the big fin era I love big fins as mentioned in my previous post on another Chrysler product, the Imperial. For me it's as much a piece of art as it is an automobile. Think about it, what car stands out for you now? Sure some do like the Corvette for... Continue Reading →
Chrysler Imperial: When fins were in
Automotive ArtI love some of the cars of the late 50's and early 60's. Some were huge and of course there were the fins. Fins were in at the time because designers were taking their cues from the jet age. The luxury cars all had them like the Chrysler Imperial. Early on these cars were... Continue Reading →
Jay Leno’s Garage:’66 Volga
Boy does this guy have cool, and unusual cars, like a Volga. Check it out.