Thursday, April 28, 2016

1925 Ford T Bucket T Rod Testors 1:24











A T-bucket (or Bucket T) is a hot rod, based on a Ford Model T built from 1915 to 1927, but extensively modified. T-buckets were favorites for greasers.
Model Ts were hot-rodded and customized from the 1920s on, but the T-bucket was specifically created and named by Norm Grabowski in the 1950s. This car was named Lightning Bug, better known as the Kookie Kar, after being redesigned by Grabowski and appearing in the TV show 77 Sunset Strip, driven by character Gerald "Kookie" Kookson. The exposure it gained led to numerous copies being built.
A genuine T-bucket has the two-seater body of a Model T roadster (with or without the turtle deck or small pickup box), this "bucket"-shaped body shell giving the cars their name. A Model T-style radiator is usually fitted, and even these can sometimes be barely up to the task of cooling the large engines fitted. Windshields, when fitted, are vertical glass like the original Model T.
Today, T-buckets remain common. They generally feature an enormous engine for the size and weight of the car, generally a V8, along with tough drivetrains to handle the power and large rear tires to apply that power to the road. The front wheels are often much narrower than the rear wheels, and are often motorcycle wheels.

Monday, April 25, 2016

1998 F1 Ferrari F300 Michael Schumacher Burago Made In Italy 1:24

The Ferrari F300 was a Formula One car designed by Rory Byrne for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro to use in the 1998 season. It was powered by a 3.0 V10 engine and designed around a narrower track as mandated by the FIA in a series of regulation changes for that season.
The Ferrari F300 was a competitive and reliable car, however it was still aerodynamically inferior to the McLaren MP4/13. Despite this, Michael Schumacher battled his way to second place in the world championship behind Mika Häkkinen. Ferrari also finished as runners-up in the constructors' championship. The car was an excellent base for the dominance which Ferrari would achieve in the following seasons. Schumacher battled back from a large deficit to be on the same points amount as Häkkinen following his sixth win of the season at Monza, but having been beaten narrowly by Häkkinen at Nürburgring in the penultimate round the championship title was no longer in Schumacher's own destiny. Having stalled the car on the grid in the finale at Suzuka definitely made sure the title was lost, compounded by a puncture following a fightback that might have landed a podium. Even a podium would have been in vain as Häkkinen also won that race. Häkkinen finished with 100 points compared with 86 for Schumacher. Eddie Irvinefinished fourth in the championship, being the second-placed finisher in both 1-2's Ferrari scored in France and Italy. Schumacher won six races but Irvine once again did not record a single win. Fourth was his highest championship finish to that date though and he collected many podium finishes over the course of the campaign.
As with all Formula 1 cars, the F300 was heavily and consistently revised during the 1998 season. At the Argentine Grand Prix, a wider front tyre from Goodyear was introduced which significantly improved the handling of the car. "X-wings" were introduced at the San Marino Grand Prix, but were later banned due to safety reasons. A longer wheelbase version of the car was introduced for the German and Belgian Grands Prix and a new spec engine was also designed for the title-deciding Japanese GP. The most significant upgrade to the car, however, was introduced at the Canadian GP, where it received a new diffuser, new rear body panels, a new delta-shaped front wing and top exiting exhausts, the latter of which improved cooling and aerodynamics of the car which was so effective that many other teams copied the design.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

The Diggers 1320 Art Malone U.S.1 Top Fueler Dragster 1:24 Scale

Arthur "Art" Malone (June 3, 1936 – March 29, 2013, Tampa, Florida) was an American race car driver.
Malone is known primarily for having been a drag racer and was the 1963 AHRA Top Fuel World champion. In 1959, he drove for Don Garlits. On August 23, 1959, he set a Standard 1320 speed record of 183.66 mph (295.57 km/h). He is in the AHRA Hall of Fame.
He was the first to attain 180 miles per hour (290 km/h) at Daytona International Speedway.
Malone also raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1962-1965 seasons, with 10 career starts, including the 1963 and 1964 Indianapolis 500 races. Art Malone's best finish at Indy came in 1964, where he started the race in 30th position, and finished a very respectable 11th.
Malone was injured in an airboat accident in the early 2010s; failing to fully recover from his injuries, he died on March 29, 2013.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe 1:24 Motormax














De Luxe Ford fue una marca de automóviles perteneciente a Ford Motor Company creada en 1938 como una alternativa intermedia entre su modelo básico (normalmente llamado Standard)​ y la gama de lujo bajo su marca Lincoln. El término "Deluxe" fue usado de forma intermitente tanto antes como después para especificar una gama de mayor escala, pero la línea De Luxe Ford se diferenció como una "marca dentro de una marca" con un estilo y precio diferentes hasta 1940. Durante 1939, Ford disponía de 5 gamas de vehículos: Ford, De Luxe Ford, Mercury, Lincoln-Zephyr, y Lincoln. Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, estas fueron simplificadas en Ford, Mercury, y Lincoln. La línea del Ford 1941 incluía la gama "De Luxe" y "Super De Luxe", pero dichos vehículos no fueron comercializados como una línea separada. Cuando las ventas de Mercury se incrementaron, la gama De Luxe fue cancelada.
Esta estrategia comercial tuvo su origen como respuesta a las diferentes marcas de General Motors (Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, y Chevrolet), y Chrysler (Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, y Plymouth).
Los De Luxe Fords de 1938 tienen un capó más sinuoso y una parrilla ornamental con forma de corazón. Esta estética fue incorporada a la línea estándar en 1939, cuando los De Luxe Fords cambiaron a parrillas con forma de uve y barras verticales. La gama estándar de nuevo incorporó la forma de De Luxe en 1940, esta vez con barras coloreadas. El De Luxe Ford de 1940 tenía una parrilla en tres zonas con barras horizontales.
Un convertible Ford Deluxe de 1940 se utilizó como base para el coche "Greased Lightning" que aparece en la película Grease.

Monday, March 28, 2016

2007 Police Interceptor Ford Crown Victoria Motormax 1:24













The Ford Crown Victoria (or simply Crown Vic) is a rear-wheel drive full-size sedan that was marketed and manufactured by Ford from the 1992 to the 2011 model years over two generations. Discontinued in the 2011, the latter day Crown Victoria had been in production since 1991 at Ford's St. Thomas Assembly plant in Talbotville, Ontario, Canada. Dropping its previous LTD prefix, Ford instead revived a nameplate once used on a two-door version of the Fairlane sold in the North American market for the 1955 model year.
The Crown Victoria shared the Ford Panther platform and major powertrain and suspension components with the Lincoln Town Car and Mercury Grand Marquis. Along with its rebadged Mercury and Lincoln variants, the Crown Victoria was the final full-frame rear-wheel-drive passenger sedan produced in North America. The durability associated with its layout popularized the use of the Crown Victoria with taxicab and fleet owners to be one of the most commonly used police patrol/pursuit vehicles in North America (where from 1992-2012 Crown Victorias were mostly sold and used as taxicabs and police cars).

Monday, March 21, 2016

Ayrton Senna F1 Grand Prix Honda Shell Burago 1:24


2004 BMW Z4 Motormax 1:24











The BMW Z4 is a rear-wheel drive sports car by the German car maker BMW. It follows a line of past BMW roadsters such as the BMW Z1BMW 507BMW Z8, and the BMW Z3. The Z4 replaces the Z3. First generation production started in 2002 at BMW USA's Greer, South Carolina plant, with production of both roadster and coupe forms. When debuted, it won Automobile Magazine "Design of the Year Award". Starting with the 2009 model year, the second-generation Z4 is built at BMW's Regensburg, Germany plant as a retractable hardtop roadster. In 2009, the BMW Z4 won the Red Dot Design Award.