Die-cast: Replicarz’s Blue Crown Specials

Indy-winning Blue Crowns rock in 1/18 scale In post-war U.S. open wheel racing the Blue Crown Spark Plug Specials were as dominant as the New York Yankees were in baseball for years. The Blue Crowns’ reign was shorter, but everyone knew their name, like Ruth, Guhrig or Dimaggio. Replicarz recognizes that and ups its assault... Continue Reading →

December 21, 2015 0

Die-cast: Replicarz Blue Crown Special Indy 500 winners

Replicarz delivers 3 vintage Indy 500 winners in 1:43 scale Before there were A.J. Watson or Frank Kurtis roadsters to dominate the Indianapolis 500 there were Lou Moore’s Blue Crown Spark Plug Specials. These were blue (naturally) cigar-shaped front-wheel-drive, front-engine racers that, like Team Penske or Team Ganassi’s sleek cars today, were perfectly prepared and... Continue Reading →

January 15, 2015 0

NEWS: Replicarz plans 1:43 Indy winners

1970-71 Al Unser cars coming soon, plus Blue Crown Specials I recently got a chance to see some pre-production photos of Replicarz’s latest Indy 500 die-cast models, these in 1:43 scale. So thought I'd share them with my die-hard die-cast fans. Replicarz, the Vermont-based die-cast model distributor has been cranking out beautiful 1:18 scale IndyCar... Continue Reading →