Auto World Eldorado goes wild with Kustom Kartoon Kreation ... OK, I get it, Rat Fink is a cultural icon. For some reason folks were drawn to the grotesque caricature of a rat with bulging bloodshot eyes ogling a 1950s hot rod or fondling a gear shift knob as he drooled in the bucket seat... Continue Reading →
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
Auto World launches its first Barbie Bel Air in 1:18 scale ... Turquoise and pink certainly team up to shout 1950s car fashion, but in this case they also scream Barbie dream car. I’m no Barbie expert (no sisters), but I do know that the bosomy blonde doll has been partial to brightly colored cars... Continue Reading →
Diecast: 1956 Ford F-100 pickup
Auto World creates a simple, iconinc Ford pickup ... Ford’s pickup hasn’t always been the best-selling vehicle in North America, it just seems that way. But in the 1950s Ford redesigned its F-1 pickup and renamed it the F-100 (now the F-150), all in an effort to overtake Chevrolet. By 1956 the second generation Ford... Continue Reading →
Diecast: 1969 Baldwin Motion Chevy Chevelle Phase III
Auto World’s Chevelle a 1/18 scale supercar of the 1960s ... Chevrolet’s 1969 Chevelle may have been the epitome of styling from GM’s lead division, and an icon of the muscle car parade that wound its way through U.S. streets into the early 1970s. But as muscular as Chevelle was, there were a lot of... Continue Reading →
Diecast: Auto World 1971 Ford Torino GT
1:18 scale Torino GT oozes 1970s muscle, fastback styling ... Clint Eastwood loves his Gran Torino, both the car and the movie he made that revolved around one. But Torinos were mainstream, a lot of folks owned them in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. That’s because they were the midsize or intermediate Fords, good... Continue Reading →
Diecast: Auto World’s 1947 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible
A stylish 1:18 scale Series 62 with opening hood, trunk, doors ... Cadillac was near the top of the U.S. automotive world as far as a reputation for luxury coupled with performance prior to World War II. Oh sure, there was Packard too, but the Series 62 Caddy was king of the heap. And of... Continue Reading →
Diecast: Auto World 1961 Pontiac Catalina Hardtop
1:18 scale Catalina a long, lean hot rod ... Ah, the Catalina. The name alone seemed exotic and somehow a bit sexy in the 1960s. But that was during a time when cars had names that stirred imaginations and were not just known by a collection of numbers or letters. Pontiac was rife with great... Continue Reading →
Diecast: Auto World’s True 1:64 2020 Chevy Corvette and 1963 Chevy II Wagon
Mid-engine Vette and boxy 1963 Chevy II wagon are high-value DC Two Chevys couldn’t be much more different than the mid-engine 2020 Corvette and the 1963 Chevy II Nova Wagon, but I love them both. Different reasons of course, but here’s their appeal. First, the new Corvette will be an icon for years, just like... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Auto World – 1967 Yenko Chevy Camaro SS 427
'67 Yenko Camaro a sexy addition to any 1:18 collection ... To me the first couple generations of Chevy’s Camaro were the most stylish. I know part of that is because I have great memories of both my Uncle Wink’s 1968 and an early ‘70s Camaro that I drove while dating in high school. Yet... Continue Reading →
Auto World’s Johnny Lightning, themed 2-packs
Bright Yenko Chevy, Psychedelic Seventies cars double the fun ... What’s more fun than one special limited edition Johnny Lightning 1:64 die-cast car? Two of course. Two of Auto World's latest JL 2-pack releases. Auto World is now packaging two limited edition cars into Themed 2 Packs for its finely detailed Johnny Lightning brand. The... Continue Reading →