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Model AMC Javelin
AMC Javelin
American Motor’s entry into the “pony car” markets for the model years 1968 through 1974 the AMC Javelin. There were two distinct generations of Javelins; the first ran from 1968 through 1970.
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1969 AMC AMX 2 Left Order Today!
The second started with a new design for 1970 that was produced through 1974. The AMC Javelin proved itself by competing very successfully at Trans-AM racing. The AMC Javelin had AMC sponsorship for 1971 and 1972.
The AMC Javelins were popular in other parts of world being assembled under license in Australia, Europe and Mexico and marketed in a number of other international markets.
The Javelin was to be a rival for the pony car market to compete with the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro. A prototype AMC AMX displayed during the 1966 AMX project nationwide tour. Then later made it debut in 1968 with two power options.
The AMC Javelin was available with a 232 cubic inch six cylinder and three V8 options a 290 cubic inch and the all time favorite the “Go Package” complete with four barrel carburetor a 343 cubic inch. This package featured dual exhausts, wide tires and front disk brakes.
For a greater class of luxury AMC produced the SST trim package. By the middle of 1968 AMC introduced the third engine option with the 390 cubic inch V8 with the AMX 390 Javelin. At 315 hp and 425 ft-lbs of torque and 0 to 60 in seven seconds AMC had a winner.
In 1968 even Road & Track compared the Javelin to the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camero, and the Plymouth Barracuda. It was said to be roomier had a more powerful engine and arguably the cleanest of the lot. And it proved to be a true statement because it sold like “HotCakes” with more than 56,000 in 1968.
The AMC Javelin earned a place of honor in the American Muscle Car market and will make a find addition to any collection. Here are some of the top models available.
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 1972 AMC Cardin Javelin SST ad Two Door Sport Model  US $7.19
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 1969 green AMC JAVELIN diecast model toy LIMITED ED US $9.99
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 AMC AMX Javelin automatic motor platelate model US $10.00
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 AMC AMX Javelin windshield wiper switch late model 70s US $25.00
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 JO HAN AMC Javelin AMX model kit US $26.99
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 AMC Javelin Drag Model Kit US $31.00
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Promo Model Cars
Auto dealers use promotional model cars for new car promotions and are the primary use for promo models. Other uses are for promotional cars purposes for all kinds of marketing. Promo model cars are one-of-a-kind items that are a specialty.
Promotional model cars get the attention of those who love to have these cars displayed in their homes. Think of all of the race car fans out there today who love to collect model cars that resemble the cars of their favorite drivers. Then again, there are those who are fascinated with older model cars and they love to put them together or they love to paint them to the way that suits them.
Here we have listings of many different promo models in their own category. Many are collector’s items that will make a nice addition to any collection.
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 1964 AMT Model Car Kits 1 25 Pontiac Engine Promo AD US $3.29
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 1965 Hawk Slot Car Racers Model Kits 1 24 1 32 Promo Ad US $3.29
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 1964 AMT Model Car Kits CorvetteCudaToy Promo AD US $3.75
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Model Oldsmobile Cutlass
Oldsmobile Cutlass
The Cutlass began in 1954 as kind of an experimental sports coupe with a stock V8 Oldsmobile engine. The Oldsmobile Cutlass introduced as a uni-body car in 1961 by General Motors. Early on the Cutlass name achieved brand equity and became very popular.
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1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass SX - Sterling Silver Order Today!
Later on the bean counters kind of created a lot of confusion in the marketplace by using the Cutlass name on so many different vehicles. With all these cars baring the name; Cutlass Calais compact, Cutlass Ciera midsize, Cutlass Cruiser station-wagon and the Cutlass Supreme personal luxury car.
1961 the first year started with F-85 as a two door sedan and a four door sedan in deluxe or the base trim packages. Also a four door station-wagon but sales were disappointing.
By May Oldsmobile introduced the Cutlass sports coupe sporting unique trim. Bucket seats with center console a four barrel carburetor and V8 with 185 hp. The engine was also an option along with the 4 speed transmission on the F-85s.
With the introduction of the Cutlass sales jumped to 97,382 in 1962 with a convertible added to the line-up.
The existing F-85 models returned in 1962, and a convertible was added to the line-up in September, available in both standard and Cutlass versions.
Overall F-85 sales rose to 97,382, with the Cutlass displacing the four-door Deluxe sedan as the top-selling model. With more exciting news the Jetfire Cutlass with a hardtop was introduced with a turbocharged V8 at 215 hp. The Jetfire was not well received because of its higher cost, soft suspension and poor instrumentation.
Second generation intermediate with a production run from 1964-1967 the new intermediate F-85 now rode a conventional chassis body-on-frame. Wheelbase stretched from 115 inches, overall length to 203 inches, and adding weight by more than 300 pounds.
Its aluminum V8 and the Roto-Hydramatic were discontinued in favor of a new cast-iron small-block V8 of 330 cubic inch V8 and an optional two-speed Jetaway automatic transmission.
With the demise of Oldsmobile and many really great years of quality cars have created some very fine collectables models and real cars. For the model car collector finding them can be a real task. We have provided a what we could find here but they are going fast.
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 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass model kit started US $9.98
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 Haynes Oldsmobile Cutlass 1974 th 1980 All V6 V8 Model US $9.99
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 Monogram Lake Speed 1988 Wynns K Mart Oldsmobile Cutlass Model Car Kit FS US $9.99
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Model Oldsmobile 442
Oldsmobile 442
1972 Oldsmobile 4-4-2,Viking Blue Order Yours Today!
The muscle car produced by Oldsmobile was the now famous 442 introduced as an options package for the Cutlass and F-85. So popular it became a model of its own from 1968 through 1971.
It then dropped back to an options package through the mid 1970s.
With the muscle car drive and competition going on and not to be left out the Oldsmobile 442 arose to compete with the Pontiac GTO.
The Pontiac GTO proved to be such a big success in the early 60s that a hasty response by Oldsmobile produced the first 442.
The Oldsmobile 442 kind of got its name based on the big 4 barrel carburetor, the 4 speed transmission and dual exhaust.
The option available for any Cutlass or F-85 except the station-wagon, and most all were the hardtop coupes.
A hot tip for car collectors there were only about 10 of the 4 door sedans constructed with the 442 (B09) option.
Very impressive stats for the 442 were noted by Motor Trend. The 3,440 lb car got a 15.5 sec quarter mile at 90 mph. It would also make a scalding run to 60 mph in 7.5 sec.
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By 1965 with the sanctioning of the muscle cars by GM’s bean counters, Oldsmobile jumped in with both feet.
They added the big engine a 400 cubic inch (6.6L) engine and renamed the car 442. The definition of the 442 was restated as 400 cubic inches, 4 barrel carburetor and 2 exhausts.
The new engine’s output was 345 hp at 440 ft-lbs. The 442 came standard with a 3 speed manual transmission but as an option you could get the 4 speed.
The 1965 model 442’s was the first to have as standard the Hurst Shifter when the HD 3 speed manual transmission was ordered.
At the time in 1965 Modern Rod reported the stats for one of the 442’s with slicks, headers and a 4 speed transmission smoked the quarter mile in 13.78 sec at 102.73 mph.
Even the automatic version blasted through the quarter in 15.5 sec at 89 mph and also 0 to 60 in 7.8 sec.
With these numbers the sales rose to 25,003 cars.
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 Oldsmobile Olds 442 W 30 1 64 Scale Model US $1.99
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 1962 Oldsmobile 442 White Gold Model Power 19255 US $4.29
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 MODEL POWER HO 187 1969 OLDSMOBILE 442 GOLD W BLACK STRIPES 19254 US $4.45
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 MODEL POWER 1969 WHITE OLDSMOBILE 442 HO Scale187 NIB US $4.55
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 MODEL POWER 1969 GOLD OLDSMOBILE 442 HO Scale 187 NIB US $4.55
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 Model Power HO Die Cast 1969 Oldsmobile 442 Gold MDP19254 US $4.59
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 Model Power HO Die Cast 1969 Oldsmobile 442 White MDP19255 US $4.59
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 Model Power HO Die Cast 1969 Oldsmobile 442 Red MDP19256 US $4.59
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 Model Power HO 1 87 1969 Oldsmobile 442 19255 US $4.65
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 Model Power 19256 1969 Oldsmobile 442 RED HO MIB US $4.94
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 Model Power 19254 1969 Oldsmobile 442 HO MIB US $4.94
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 MODEL POWER HO 187 1969 OLDSMOBILE 442 RED 19256 US $4.95
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Model Pontiac Fiero
Pontiac Fiero
A unique mid-engine cool sports car the Pontiac Fiero built by Pontiac from 1984 through 1988. The unique name had duel meaning; in Spanish in meant “Wild” in Italian it meant “Proud”. The Fiero was designed by a car designer by the name Hulk Aldikacti to be a sports car for Pontiac. The Pontiac Fiero a two-seater sports car one of the first since the coupes built in 1926 to 1938.
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It is also billed as the first ever and only mass-produced mid-engine sports car ever manufactured in the U.S.A. Some of the other names considered for the Fiero were (Firebird XP, Fiamma, P3000, Pegasus and Sprint. It made the Car and Driver magazine’s one of the ten best list in 1984. It was even chosen as the Official Pace Car of the Indianapolis 500 over the 1984 Chevrolet Corvette. As the standard for the day the bean counters of General Motors were opposed to another two-seater sports car. Management thought they were better off with just the Corvette. The 1979 oil crisis lit fire under the bean counters and dipped into their pockets, so the design work on a fuel efficient Pontiac Fiero began.
A version of the Pontiac Fiero that was fuel efficient with a 2.5 L 4 cylinder touting 27 mpg city and 40 mpg on the highway. The revolutionary economy-ratio transmission helped to achieve these numbers.
In 1985 with the oil crisis being over the demand for more power for the rear-engine sports and Pontiac responded. A GT model Fiero with upgraded suspension and a V6 with more horsepower were produced.
Many changes came in 1988 and the most significant were a redesigned suspension and better brakes with a new two piece calipers and upgraded rotors. Some of the more interesting improvements were improvements in power options. But the planned DOHC engines and turbochargers never made it before the production ended.
The bean counters dropped production quoting insufficient future profits claiming a decrease in demand for the two-seater sports car. The bean counters were proved wrong because the actual sales were double the forecast still making a nice profit.
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 Pontiac Fiero Indash Radio AM FM Cassette 1988 model US $1.26
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 Micro Machines Pontiac Fiero GT Sun Colour Changer Model Car N Scale US $3.08
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 Micro Machines Pontiac Fiero Model Car N Scale US $3.24
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 85 PONTIAC FIERO GT MODEL NEW MONOGRAM US $11.99
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 OTC MODEL 45349 PONTIAC FIERO ADAPTER CABLE US $12.24
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 1987 Press Photo PONTIAC FIERO SPORTS CAR MODEL SE US $13.88
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Model Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Red Corvette 57 Convertible Order Today!
1958 Corvette You Won't Want to Miss!
The Chevrolet Corvette made its first appearance in 1953. The now famous classic Chevrolet Corvette got its cool name from a sailing warship back in 1856-1887.
The warship was a smaller frigate somewhat larger the standard coastal patrol ships of the day.
But Corvette frigates were big enough to handle a single gun deck.
In the beginning in 1953 the first of the classic Chevrolet Corvettes were built by hand by the customer delivery center up in Flint, Michigan.
Still suffering a shortage of metal from World War II there was a new product developed called fiberglass.
61 Corvette Mako Shark Cool Order Today!
1962 Chevy Corvette One Left Order Today!
The first of the hand-made bodies for the Corvettes were made out of this revolutionary new product.
Standard Chevrolet parts were used for the chassis to build the new Corvettes.
The famed Blue Flame inline six-cylinder truck motor with the 2 speed power-glide automatic transmission was used in the first models.
The Corvette had drum brakes but the gutless inline six got some power modifications.
It included a three carb intake manifold for some extra excitement.
Early in 1954 a Paxton supercharger became an option installed by the dealer for more power.
63 Corvette Convertible Perfect For Any Collection!
1965 Corvette Fastback
The Chevrolet Corvette project would have died a quick death and be left in history.
If it wasn’t for the introduction of Chevrolet's first V-8 in 1955 the 265 cubic inch engine breathed new life into the project.
The new V-8 was paired with a new three speed manual transmission which provided the needed extra power for the Corvette.
This turned the new car into a real performer. Another factor to the popularity was the competition from Ford's new Thunderbird in 1955.
You know Chevrolet would not be outdone.
To date we have had six generations of Corvettes. They call the versions C1 to C6.
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 BURAGO 1 18 1957 CHEVROLET CORVETTE DIE CAST PLASTIC MODEL US $1.00
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 COLLECTACARD CORVETTE 1963 MODEL PROMO CARD US $1.00
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 HW HOT WHEELS 2008 NEW MODELS 8 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT HOTWHEELS RED US $1.00
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- HMS Victory 1765Back in 1758 the Royal Navy ordered a new first-rate new ship from the commissioner of the Chatham Dockyard. This seemed strange at the time because the Royal Navy went for smaller faster ships that were very maneuverable. The ships plans were based on the HMS Royal George and were presented in June 1759. The […]
- USS YorktownUSS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) One of the distinguished Essex-class aircraft carries the USS Yorktown was built during the II World War for the U.S. Navy. The USS Yorktown is the forth ship to carry the name for the United States Navy. While under construction her planned name was to be Bon Homme Richard. But it was […]
- The History of the 7 Ships Named USS EnterpriseThe famous and historic name Enterprise dates back to the Revolutionary War. The 7 Naval predecessors have carried the famous name to date. To date the most decorated of the 7 is the aircraft carrier nick named “The Big E”. During all the battles and damage she received in World War II she never became […]