MODELS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION 

(Several people have offered to sell me some of the models they've noticed are missing from my line-up. I should mention that I in fact, have the cars to fill all the various holes, I just haven't had a chance to build them all yet. I'm working on that, in addition to my "honey-do" list, along with ordering the appliance parts I need to fix the frig, shelves for the garage, paint the back door, etc etc etc. Ha!

Also, these cars are not for sale.)

General Motors

CHEVROLET

1937 -47              1951-55                 1956- 59                                  1960-61                    1962-4                     1965-67

1968-70         1971-73                 1974-76

1963-'78 Corvettes

1959 - '85 El Camino's

1960 and '62 Corvairs

1963-65 Novas  1975-79 Novas

1964 -75 Chevelles

1969-78 Camaros

Various 1970s Chevy's

Chevrolet Trucks

          1932-53          1957-59         1960-66   

 1969-2001          1995 Chevy Tahoe     1961 & '78 Chevy vans       1976 Chevy Luv & 2004 SSR pickup 

1969-'79 GMC trucks

Chevy and GMC Big Rigs

BUICK

1941 -60   1961 -70

'62 Special wagon,'66 Skylark, '87 GNX

CADILLAC

1931       1958- '60       1961-'79 

1967 - '74 ElDorados          1948 Cadillac -body by Saoutchik

OLDSMOBILE

     1921-60          1961-66       

1961-'64 Cutlass wagons     1969-'70 Cutlasses   1973- 87 Cutlasses    1972 Toronado & '95 Aurora  

PONTIAC 

1953-'60             1962-'66          1967-'70

1964-72 Grand Prix's

Assorted Pontiacs '67 -'88

Pontiac compacts '75 - '82

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Ford

 1913- '31           1932-'34             1939-'40            1942 +'46     

1949-'51         1955-'59             1960-'61              1962-64              1965-'70               1957 Meteor Niagara

1960-'63 Thunderbirds    1967 -'87 Thunderbirds

1960 Ranchero-1964 and '66 Falcons

1962-'65 Fairlanes        1967 Fairlane and 1971 Torino Cobra

1965-'66 Mustangs

1973 -'79 Pintos

FORD TRUCKS

1921-27          1927- 35               1937-40               1941-54                          

1960-66                    1974- 79         1980- 97            Assorted Ford trucks

1976-79 Ford vans    Ford camper interior

Ford Medium Duty Trucks- old and new

1958, '59 and 1960 Edsels

1956-'69 Lincolns

Mercury

1949-'50                1959-'66  

1960-'74 Comets

Assorted Mercurys

CHRYSLER CORPORATION

DODGE

   1936-'59 Dodges      1960- '62       1963- '65   

1969 & '70 Darts      1967-85 Chargers

Dodge Trucks

1929-57               1972-'96                1967, 75 & '78 Vans   2004 van   Big Rigs

CHRYSLER

1959-'81 Chrysler

1958 and '59 Imperials + a '56 Desoto

PLYMOUTH

1936-'56           1959-'61      1962-'64    1965 & '66      1967 & '68

1965 Barracuda + 1969 and '75 Roadrunners

Duster, Volares, Horizons and Prowlers

Plymouth truck and van

 American Motors

Metropolitan, '61+ '62 Ramblers, '66 Marlin

1966 and '68 Ambassadors

1961 and '66 Americans

A Hornet, a Matador and a couple of Pacers

JEEPS

1948-69     1972- 85 

KAISER

1952 Henry J and 1953 Kaiser

WILLYS

1933- 41 Willys

DUESENBURG

1933-34 Duesenburg

STUDEBAKER

     1953-63        1916- 47 trucks

PACKARD

     1912-32        1940-58 

HUDSON

1951 and '55

Miscellaneous Independants

Thomas Flyer, Stutz Blackhawk and Pierce Silver Arrow

Misc. light, medium and Heavy duty trucks

A Divco Milk truck, a 1958 IH Pickup and a 1977 IH Scout

   IH Medium Duty trucks     IH BIg Rigs

1935 Mack Fire Engine         Two Mack Big Rigs

Kenworth Big Rigs

Misc. Big Rigs

Assorted Fire Engines

Misc. buses plus a Faegol moving van

Caterpillar and Mitsubishi bulldozers     1959 Melroe Bobcat M200 Loader

Foreign Marques

British

1934, 59 and 66 Rolls Royces

Austin cab, Thames panel truck and Anglia sedan

Various models of British descent

3 Jaguars

Aston Martin

German

Three diecast Audi models     1993-2001 Audis   1993 Audi Cabrio

A 1939 Maybach Zeppelin and a Barkus B-1000 van

Mercedes Benz 1904-32    1935-39                  1955-58        1976-96          Trucks

Assorted Opels

Assorted Volkswagens

Assorted Porsches

BMW

1928 BMW Dixi      1936-81 BMW's    Newer BMW's

Italian

1955, '64 and '68 Alfa Romeos

Ferrari

Misc. Ferraris      Maserati

FRENCH

1904-82 assorted French makes   1931-36 Bugattis

SPAIN

Hispano Suiza

Assorted Hispano-Suizas

JAPAN

1980 Honda Civic & 1996 Honda Odyssey       

1970s Datsuns                  1980s Nissans        1979 Datsun pickup              1990 Infiniti   

 Mazda Cosmo RX-5        1975 Mitsubishi Lancer Celeste 1600, 1994 Lancer & 1999 Eclipse    

1979 & 1981 Toyota Trucks           1980- 82 Toyotas             1982 - 85 Toyotas       

1979 Suzuki Carry            

MISC.

Australian Holden and Argentinian IKA Torino

Misc.European Fords

Assorted travel trailers. buses and even a boat.

A display of 1/25th motorcycles, plastic and diecast

A streetful of plastic and diecast Coke trucks

Development of a kit part.

picture 1   picture 2

 (Picture 1) On the right is the original 1/12th scale carved wood part, on the far left is the resin squeezing taken from the wood part, and in the center is the final plastic injection molded piece in 1/25 scale. 

(Picture 2) The 1/12th scale resin body next to the 1/25th scale injection molded part.

A portion of the 1/12 scale resin "squeezing" used to create the Revell '67 Dodge Coronet model. A multi-colored 1/25 scale test shot sits in the foreground.

Early "test shots" of Revell-Monogram kits molded in unusual colors. Notice the lack of grille detail in the '66 El Camino.

Promotional models have been popular since the late 1940s. They are used largely to promote the real cars they represent. They are commonly pre-painted and pre-assembled versions of a regular model kit. The Turbine Buick chassis and the Rambler Unit body models pictured here were a departure from the norm, however. The plaster model in the center was an early Edsel design study done at Ford Motor Co. in the mid-1950s.   

Examples of early customized model cars from the 1960s, the hey-day of customizing.