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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351 Motormax 1:24 American Graffiti












Debutó en 1964​ como modelo 1964½ con un precio de US$2368 ($20 690 en 2023), cuyas ventas anuales estaban estimadas en alrededor de 100 000 unidades. Las ventas del primer año superaron las 400 000 unidades y fueron de un millón en dos años.
El Mustang creó la clase de Autos Pony estadounidenses, distinguidos como cupés deportivos accesibles con capotas largas y cubiertas traseras cortas, y dio lugar a competidores como el Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, AMC Javelin, Dodge Charger, Plymouth Barracuda renovado de Chrysler y la segunda generación del Dodge Challenger. El Mustang también es acreditado por inspirar los diseños de cupés Toyota Celica y el Ford Capri, que fueron importados a los Estados Unidos.
Originalmente se basó en la plataforma del Ford Falcon de segunda generación, un automóvil compacto. El Mustang original de dos plazas de 1962 había evolucionado hasta convertirse en el "concept car" de cuatro plazas Mustang II de 1963 que Ford utilizó para probar como el público se interesaría en el primer Mustang de producción. El concept car Mustang II de 1963 fue diseñado con una variación de los extremos delantero y trasero del modelo de producción con un techo que era 2,7 pulgadas (6,9 cm) más corto. Introducido temprano el 17 de abril de 1964, 16 días después que el Plymouth Barracuda y, por lo tanto, denominado como un "1964½" por los aficionados, pero el modelo 1965 fue el lanzamiento más exitoso del fabricante desde el modelo Ford A. el Mustang ha sufrido varias transformaciones a su sexta generación actual, siendo la tercera saga de Ford más antigua.
Comenzó su producción cinco meses antes del inicio normal del año de producción de 1965. Las primeras versiones de producción a menudo se denominaban modelos de 1964½, pero todos los Mustangs fueron anunciados codificados por VIN y titulados por Ford como modelos de 1965, aunque las actualizaciones menores de diseño en agosto de 1964 al comienzo formal del año de producción de 1965, contribuyeron al seguimiento de la producción de 1964½ datos por separado de los datos de 1965. Con la producción comenzando en Dearborn, Míchigan el 9 de marzo de 1964, el nuevo automóvil fue presentado al público el 17 de abril de 1964 en la Feria Mundial de Nueva York.

Friday, November 14, 2014

1948 Chevy Aerosedan Fleetline Welly 1:24 American Graffiti












From Wikipedia:
The Chevrolet Fleetline is an automobile which was produced by US automaker Chevrolet from 1941 to 1952. From 1946 to 1948 it was a sub-series of the Chevrolet Fleetmaster rather than a series in its own right and from 1949 to 1951 it was a sub-series of both the Chevrolet Special and the Chevrolet Deluxe. In its final year it was offered only as a sub-series of the latter.

The Fleetline was introduced late in the 1941 model year as a four-door sedan. In 1942, a fastback two-door "Aerosedan" was also offered. In 1947, the Fleetline made up 71.26% of Chevrolet's sales. For the years' 1949 through 1952 models, the fastback was the only one offered, and Chevrolet dropped the Fleetline for 1953. Production was indefinitely delayed in 1942 due to World War II, after 110,000 had been made, though several thousand Chevrolet coupes and sedans were produced during the war years for military staff use. In 1945, production for civilians resumed. The original series was produced through 1948.

A redesigned Fleetline with reduced body contour and integrated rear fenders was offered for the 1949 through 1952 model years. It was referred to as a "fastback" because of its distinct sloping roof which extends through to the trunk lid. The Fleetline during the 1949 to 1950 years also has a lower look than a sedan, with the windshield being one inch shorter in height than a standard contemporary sedan. The 1949 to 1951 models were made in both four-door and two-door models, with only the lower portion of the doors being interchangeable with a sedan door. The Fleetline series is currently highly collectable. Many are made into street rods, with the common Chevrolet 350 small block V8 and the 350 or 400 turbo transmission being used.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

1939 Chevrolet Coupe Police Motormax 1:24 American Graffiti











The Chevrolet Master and Master Deluxe are American passenger vehicles manufactured by Chevrolet between 1933 and 1942 to replace the 1933 Eagle. It was the more expensive model in the Chevrolet range at this time, with the Mercury and Standard providing a cheaper and smaller range between 1933 and 1937. Starting with this generation, all GM cars shared a corporate appearance as a result of the Art and Color Section headed by Harley Earl. From 1940 a more expensive version based on the Master Deluxe was launched called the Special Deluxe. This was the last Chevrolet that was exported to Japan in knock down kits and assembled at the company's factory in Osaka, Japan before the factory was appropriated by the Imperial Japanese Government. When Toyota decided to develop their own sedan called the Toyota AA, a locally manufactured Master was disassembled and examined to determine how Toyota should engineer their own cars. In May of 1925 the Chevrolet Export Boxing plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey was repurposed from a previous owner where Knock-down kits for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac passenger cars, and both Chevrolet and G. M. C. truck parts are crated and shipped by railroad to the docks at Weehawken, New Jersey for overseas GM assembly factories.