- B-17 Flying FortressFor more than 3 grueling year’s courageous air crews of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress attacked strategic targets. The B-17 was one of the most popular bombers with the American public. The reason was the sheer beauty of Boeing’s Flying Fortress. It was still seen as an elegant aircraft even with the chin turrets and […]
- M-130 China Clipper Pan Am 1/72This high quality replica is handcrafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden base. Length is 15 an d wingspan is 21" " […]
- C-119 Flying BoxcarFairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar The Navy and Marine Corps name was R4Q for the American military transport aircraft built by Fairchild as the C-119 Flying Boxcar. The transport aircraft was built to carry troops and cargo that could be delivered by parachute. The first C-119 rolled out in November 1947 and the last one after […]
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Model Indy Cars
Indy Car
It is a descriptive name for a type of open wheel cars that participate in the Indianapolis 500.
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The name is used in American Championship Car Racing. Some time ago the race cars were referred to as “Championship Cars” or a more ambiguous term “Big Cars”.
The terms were used to separate them from the similar Sprint and Midgets which were also open-wheel cars. Somewhere along the way the name changed to “Indy Car” as a fundamental link to the Indianapolis 500 racing.
Indy Car also separated the open-wheel car from others like the ones used in “Formula One” also.
Also IndyCar Series an open-wheel racing series sanctioned by the “Indy Racing League”.
The trademark IndyCar has been in use since 2003. A subsidiary of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation is the owner of the IndyCar trademark at this time and licenses its use to the Indy Racing League to be used in connection with the IndyCar Series.
Championship Auto Racing Teams a governing body adopted the name Indy Car World Series for the premiere open-wheel series in the United States.
First registered by Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1992 the Indy Car trademark was licensed to CART from 1992-1997.
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Model De Lorean DMC – 12
De Lorean DMC-12
The De Lorean was not well received by the car buying public and automotive magazines kind of gave it the snub. The first vehicles had impressive waiting lists of anxious consumer’s.
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The sticker price of $25,000 was not in reach for the majority of the buyers. The general public considered it to be an under-powered and impractical toy.
Road & Track labeled it as not a “not a barn burner" with a 0-60 mph time of 10.5 seconds. With sad numbers like that it was just not quick enough for a sports/GT car in this price category.
The stainless steel body panels may have worked well for the “flux dispersal” and was an attractive design. Even the concept was impervious to corrosion. But in practice the surface tended to show fingerprints.
The cars could not be easily painted. The dealerships painted their cars on delivery to help make them more distinctive. De Lorean was testing the use of a translucent paint to provide different color options on the cars. This was to allow the stainless steel grain to show through.
There was only one factory option initially available, and that was an automatic transmission. And somewhat later a grey interior was available, later in 1981 as an alternative to the standard black. Some other accessories including pin-striping and luggage racks appeared later for individuality.
The De Lorean DMC-12 made it to the list of one of the worst 50 cars ever produced. The car was too heavy and the 2.8 liter Peugeot V6 was just not enough power to push the over-priced car.
The Giugiaro-designed DMC-12 sure was cool looking, though. As of August of this year, a Texas company that controls the rights to the name announced it will build a small number of new DMC-12's. What do you think about that for time travel?
We have located a few collectable models of this very cool time machine to add to your collections.
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Model Ferrari 250 GTO
Ferrari 250 GTO
The Ferrari 250 GTO was intended and designed to compete in GT racing. The Chief engineer Giotto Bizzarrini put the 3.0 L V12 engine from the 250 Testa Rossa into the chassis from the 250 GT SWB and collaborated with designer Sergio Scaglietti to develop the body.
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Soon after Bizzarrini and most other Ferrari engineers were fired in a dispute with Enzo Ferrari, development was handed over to new engineer Mauro Forghieri, who worked with Scaglietti to continue development of the body.
Wind tunnel and track testing was performed. The Farrari 250 GTO unlike most Ferraris was not designed by a specific individual.
This Ferrari was typical of early-1960s Ferrari technology with a hand-welded tube frame, A-arm front suspension, live-axle rear end, disc brakes, and Borrani wire wheels.
The transmission was a five-speed gearbox new to Ferrari GT racing cars; the metal gate that defined the shift pattern would become a tradition that is still maintained in current models.
The interior was very basic, to the point where a speedometer was not installed in the instrument panel.
Its switches came from the Fiat 500, and it was said that as the car was rushed into production, even the cloth seats were made from workers' overalls.
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 2011 Hotwheels Ferrari 250 GTO★Opened Display Nice★Black Loose US $1.21
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 2009 HW PREMIERE 005 FERRARI 250 GTO YELLOW US $1.25
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 Ferrari 250 GTO Bj 1962 rot red 143 Ixo Altaya US $1.31
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 FERRARI 118 250 GTO DUNKELROT METALIC SEHR SELTEN IN OVP TOP MODELL US $1.31
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 FERRARI 250 GTO RALLY CARD CM 15 X 10 US $1.31
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 1962 FERRARI 250 GTO SCHEDA PHOTO PICTURE CARD CLASSIC CAR ITALY US $1.31
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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 […]