Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

1983 GMC Vandura The A-TEAM Greenlight 1:24 Dirty Version












The A-Team es una serie de televisión de acción y aventuras que se desarrolló de 1983 a 1987 Acerca de ex miembros de una unidad ficticia de las Fuerzas Especiales del ejército de los Estados Unidos. El programa impulsó la carrera del Sr. T, quien interpretó al personaje de B. A. Baracus. Casi siempre se lo ve con alrededor de 50 libras de collares y anillos de oro en cada dedo, y también usa un cinturón de levantamiento de pesas.

 

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

1983 Ford Thunderbird #90 Junie Donlavey Chameleon Racing Collectables 1:64













Wesley Christian "Junie" Donlavey Jr. (April 8, 1924 – June 9, 2014), a native of Richmond, Virginia, was the owner of Donlavey Racing; he began fielding the team in 1950. He drove for his team at first, but soon gave way to other drivers. Donlavey earned a reputation as working well with young drivers over his tenure, as Ken Schrader and Jody Ridley won NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors while driving for Donlavey. Donlavey served in the United States Navy during the 1940s. Afterwards, Donlavey started his own auto repair business, and began to develop an interest in racing. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007.
Donlavey closed his racing team after the 2004 season when Andy Hillenburg failed to qualify for the Daytona 500; in 2006, he stated that he still had several cars in his race shop, but was in the process of selling them and had no plans to return to racing. He died in Richmond, Virginia on June 9, 2014.
Donlavey was honoured shortly after his death by the Sprint Cup Garage at Richmond International Raceway being named the Wesley C. Donlavey Garage. At the September 2014 Cup race in Richmond, team owner Joe Fal changed the number of his Circle Sport car from 33 to 90 and used a retro paint scheme similar to Donlavey's Truxmore-sponsored cars. The deck lid contained the names of the 67 drivers who raced for Donlavey. Falk considered Donlavey a mentor.

Friday, May 7, 2010

1983 Ford Thunderbird NASCAR #35 Dick May 1:64 Racing Collectables Inc.










1983 Ford Thunderbird 1/64 #35 Dick May Racing Collectables Inc.
Dick May of Concord, NC died peacefully with his daughter Joni by his side on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 following a long illness. Born in upstate New York, he began racing on dirt tracks while in the U.S. Army while stationed at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) in the 1950's. He became Watertown Speedway Track Champion in 1962 and was inducted into the DIRT MOTORSPORTS Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1967, he moved to Charlotte and competed in 185 races in the NASCAR Grand National / Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series ) until his retirement in 1986. Mr. May is credited for the amazing feat of driving five different cars for five different owners during the 1975 Mason Dixon 500 at Dover Downs International Speedway, a NASCAR record which still stands. Mr. May was a fan of Notre Dame and Chicago Bears football. He was also an avid lover of animals, especially dogs and cats. Mr. May was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce May, daughter, Patricia May Schweitzer and parents, Frederick and Margaret May. Mr. May is survived by his daughter and her husband, Joni May and Rick Hubbard (Terrell, NC), son, Rex May (Clayton, NY), grandchildren, Rachel May ( Tampa, FL), Penny Jo Schweitzer and husband, Matt Price (Dexter, NY), Lindsay May Babcock (Ithaca, NY), Ivy Leigh Babcock (West Lafayette, IN.), Elizabeth "Charlie " May (Watertown, NY ), Gabriel May (Brownville, NY ), Wayne R. Schweitzer (Dexter, NY) son in law, grand daughter Christina M. Schweitzer (Dexter NY), 2nd LT US Army David Hubbard (Terrell, NC), great grandchildren, Chloe May, Tricia May Price and Dylan Price, sister, Ruth May (Ithaca, NY) and her children, Allison and Margie. FROM: LEGENDSOFNASCAR.COM

Sunday, June 28, 2009

1983 Chevrolet Corvette C4 1:64 Hot Wheels









From Wikipedia:
The Chevrolet Corvette (C4) is a sports car produced by American automobile manufacturer Chevrolet from 1983 to 1996. The convertible returned, as did higher performance engines, exemplified by the 375 hp (280 kW) LT5 found in the ZR-1. In early March 1990, the ZR-1 would set a new record for the highest 24 hour-5,000 mile land-speed by going over a speed of 175 mph (282 km/h). Prices rose and sales declined, in spite of a completely new chassis, modern sleeker styling, and other improvements to the model. The last C4 was produced on June 20, 1996.