Die-cast: BoS Models’ Buick Flxible Premier Ambulance

A beautiful Buick ambulance in 1/18 scale ... Every kid of the 1950s and 1960s remembers the extremely long brightly colored ambulances of the day, either from seeing them as they ran our city’s streets with lights flashing and sirens blaring, or from TV shows of the day. Cadillac ambulances with their big tailfins were popular to... Continue Reading →

March 21, 2017 0

I’m sweating bullets….turn on the air

Drivers and passengers roasted for decades Now cars come with air conditioning where the temperature can set by the driver and the passenger and have a different temp. This image is from our 2008 Chrysler Pacifica where the driver and passenger can set the exact temp they want. It's old technology now because the new cars... Continue Reading →

September 6, 2015 0

Die-cast: Automodello’s 1948 Timbs Streamliner

Automodello’s Timbs Streamliner exemplified slick styling Few cars are as radically styled as Norman E. Timbs’ Streamliner. The Streamliner is a teardrop-shaped car that looks like an amoeba that should be wriggling on a slide under a microscope, except it’s a car. You’ve probably seen it and didn’t know what it was. Now Automodello creates the... Continue Reading →

June 23, 2015 0

2015 Lexus LS460 AWD

Cozy, sublime Lexus LS460 coddles its passengers Lexus has created the sedan we’d all like at some point in our lives, the time of life I’ve always referred to as the Buick stage of life. No offense to Buick, as it and Cadillac and many others have delightful sedans with comfortable rides and interiors. But... Continue Reading →

February 15, 2015 0

Promo Model: 62 Buick Electra 225 Convertible

Buick's duce and a quarter is what car guys called the Electra 225. My best friend's dad owned several of these. They were big with lots of power, they were, well, a Buick. The Electra was a full-size premium automobile built by the Buick division of General Motors. The Electra name (in various manners) was used by Buick between 1959 and 1990. It... Continue Reading →