Collecting Model Cars

Dodge Challenger

Dodge Challenger was and still is the all American answer to the Camero and Mustang.  Chrysler’s E-body “pony car” plus don’t forget the slightly smaller Plymouth Barracuda. The Chrysler “pony cars” were produced in many versions, trim and power options to provide good competition for Ford and Chevrolet. You could get one of these “pony cars” with any engine Chrysler made.

Chrysler had intended the Challenger and the Barracuda not only to be the most powerful “pony cars” but to compete against the Mercury Cougar and the Pontiac Firebird also. Dodge Challenger the more powerful and had more luxury of the muscle cars competed against the Cougar.

Dodge Challenger had a wheelbase of 110 inches making it two full inches longer then the Barracuda. With slightly larger dimensions and outfitted with more luxury in the interior it did a great job competing against the Mercury Cougar.

Car designer Carl Cameron provided the great exterior for the 1966 Dodge Charger. There were some pipe dreams about giving the Charger prototype a turbine engine but this never happened. But the public loved all 76,935 Challenger’s produced in 1970. As always the press had their critics telling everyone the “pony car” sales were declining. Sales fell off after the 1970 model year and the Challenger dropped the line mid 1974.
The life of the Challengers put somewhere around 165,000 of these great “pony cars” in the hands of “pony car” lovers. The Dodge Challenger and Chargers make a great addition to your model car collections. You can find many vintage model car manufactures models still available to build today. Adding to or starting a new collection in everything from wood, die cast and the popular plastic model in scale.

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Plymouth & Chrysler Cars

We cannot say styling was a strong point for Chrysler from War time but by 1953 this began to change. It was under the direction of corporate design Chief Virgil Exner we started to see some styling. Along with styling, Dodge also introduced its first V8 engine—the original design of the famous Hemi. From the early 50s and on into the early 60s upgraded styling and much more powerful engines every year through 1960, Dodge found a eager market for its cars as America discovered the joys of highway travel. The market improved when Chrysler phased the sad old DeSoto brand out of its lineup after 1961, leaving Dodge as the company's only line in the middle of the market.

Dodge jumped into the compact car market in 1961 with their new Dodge Lancer Sedan (a variation on Plymouth's Valiant). Not a big hit at first, the Dodge Dart that came after it in 1963 would prove to be one of the division's best sellers for many years.

Chrysler made another bad move in 1962 to downsize the Dodge and Plymouth full-size lines. This resulted in a loss of sales, but they turned this around in 1965 by turning those former full-sizes into "new" mid-size models. Dodge brought back to life the Cornet nameplate in this way and later added a sporty fastback version called the Dodge Charger. It later became both a sales leader and a winner on the NASCAR circuit.
After being restored to their former dimensions for 1965, the Dodge Polara and Dodge Monaco were changed mostly in appearance for the next ten years or so.

Dodge is best-known today for being a player in the Muscle Car market of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Along with the Famous Dodge Charger, models like the Dodge Coronet R/T and also Famous Super Bee were popular with buyers seeking performance. At the peak of this effort was the introduction first car in the “pony car” class. This brought the first Sports Coupe the Dodge Challenger and the Convertible. The “pony cars” were out-fit with the fire breathing race-ready Hemi V8s. And many got the tame economy engines for Mom and Pop.

For model car collectors the years from the 50s to the 70s offer some nice additions to your model car collections. You will find vintage model manufactures from the past as well as new to add to your collection.

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Fords

The Ford Motor Company Based in Michigan a suburb of Detroit, the car manufacturer was founded by Henry Ford. The Ford Motor Company incorporated on June 16, 1903.

Henry Ford opened his factory in 1903 with $28,000 dollars in cash from 12 investors 2 were John and Horace Dodge. Yes you guessed it; they later started their own car company.

Henry Ford was 40 years old when he started the Ford Motor Company, which would later go on to become one of the world's largest and most profitable companies. Ford even survived the Great Depression. The Ford Motor Company has been in continuous family control for over 100 years.

Model car collectors can choose for many different model car manufactures and well as many different models. You will find many vintage model car kits dating back to the first Fords in 1903. Today the model manufactures make kits for all the new Fords in production. You should be able to find most any of the Fords to add to your collection.

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