The Auto World Ultra-G sports car fleet prepares for the arrival of its 96th car, featuring a unique Chaparral 2A build. The author recounts the challenges of sourcing and modifying cars, highlighting the charm of vintage aesthetics and performance. Jetstream, designed by Jim Hall, boasts impressive racing capabilities and a distinctive “brawler” look.
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Lamborghini Miura: The Mid-Engine Moment Everything Changed
The post reflects on the Lamborghini Miura, celebrated as the first mid-engine production supercar and a significant automotive icon. While Lamborghini lacks a racing heritage, the Miura’s engineering and design left an indelible mark on car culture, inspiring a range of die-cast and slot car models that capture its timeless allure and significance.
She Always Comes Back
Some stories are too strange to die, too stubborn to stay buried. At Drag City, they don’t talk about Zach Zimmerman in the past tense, and they don’t call the ’58 Plymouth Belvedere by its name. They just say one thing, with a kind of resigned fear:.. she always comes back. Track File #008 –Continue reading “She Always Comes Back”
Golden Dawn — The Deep DEEP Dive!
My confession is out of the way; you know I’ve fessed up to being the GM guy who races a Ford at the track. Guilty! I can’t help it, not when I’ve got a T-Jet that looks like THIS… Sometimes I drive her on the street on street wheels – either a set of gray-crackleContinue reading “Golden Dawn — The Deep DEEP Dive!”
Mercury Cougar, Gen I: The Upscale Predator
Its time for Modelo En Bofus #3, a deeper dive into some details and back stories of some of the slot cars and die-casts we grew up loving! Ah, the Mercury imprint of FoMoCo! We lost it in 2010, but we remember! Mercury was born in 1938 as Edsel Ford’s idea of a “bridge brand”Continue reading “Mercury Cougar, Gen I: The Upscale Predator”