Sunday, August 28, 2016

1963 Chevy Corvette Stingray 1:24 FOR SALE Big Time











The 1963 Sting Ray production car's lineage can be traced to two separate GM projects: the Q-Corvette, and Bill Mitchell's racing Sting Ray. The Q-Corvette exercise of 1957 envisioned a smaller, more advanced Corvette as a coupe-only model, boasting a rear transaxle, independent rear suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes, with the rear brakes mounted inboard. Exterior styling was purposeful, with peaked fenders, a long nose, and a short, bobbed tail.

Meanwhile, Zora Arkus-Duntov and other GM engineers had become fascinated with mid and rear-engine designs. Duntov explored the mid/rear-engine layout with the lightweight, open-wheel, single-seat CERV I concept of 1959. A rear-engined Corvette was briefly considered during 1958–60, progressing as far as a full-scale mock-up designed around the Corvair's entire rear-mounted power package, including its air-cooled flat-six, as an alternative to the Corvette's usual water-cooled V8. By the fall of 1959, elements of the Q-Corvette and the Sting Ray Special racer would be incorporated into experimental project XP-720, which was the design program that led directly to the production 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. The XP-720 sought to deliver improved passenger accommodation, more luggage space, and superior ride and handling over previous Corvettes.

While Duntov was developing an innovative new chassis for the 1963 Corvette, designers were adapting and refining the basic look of the racing Sting Ray for the production model. A fully functional space buck (a wooden mock-up created to work out interior dimensions) was completed by early 1960, production coupe styling was locked up for the most part by April, and the interior, instrument panel included, was in place by November. Only in the fall of 1960 did the designers turn their creative attention to a new version of the traditional Corvette convertible and, still later, its detachable hardtop. For the first time in the Corvette's history, wind tunnel testing influenced the final shape, as did practical matters like interior space, windshield curvatures, and tooling limitations. Both body styles were extensively evaluated as production-ready 3/8-scale models at the Caltech wind tunnel.

The vehicle's inner structure received as much attention as the aerodynamics of its exterior. Fiberglass outer panels were retained, but the Sting Ray emerged with nearly twice as much steel support in its central structure as the 1958–62 Corvette. The resulting extra weight was balanced by a reduction in fiberglass thickness, so the finished product actually weighed a bit less than the old roadster. Passenger room was as good as before despite the tighter wheelbase, and the reinforcing steel girder made the cockpit both stronger and safer.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Jeep CJ-7 Chrysler Hot Wheels 1:64









 

From Fandom:

The Jeep CJ-7 has also been released with the casting name Roll Patrol Jeep CJ. It is not to be confused with the almost identical casting of a Jeep CJ-7 named Trailbuster, which also went under the names of Roll Patrol, Jeep Trail Buster and Roll Patrol Jeep.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

1992 Jaguar XJ220 Maisto 1:18









De mis favoritos el Jaguar XJ220 de 1992 este es de la marca Maisto en escala 1:18.
From Wikipedia:
The Jaguar XJ220 is a two-seat sports car produced by British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar from 1992 until 1994, in collaboration with the specialist automotive and race engineering company Tom Walkinshaw Racing. The XJ220 recorded a top speed of 212.3 mph (341.7 km/h) during testing by Jaguar at the Nardo test track in Italy. This made it the fastest production car from 1992 to 1993. According to Jaguar, an XJ220 prototype managed a Nürburgring lap time of 7:46.36 in 1991 which was faster than any production car lap time before it.

The XJ220 was developed from a V12-engined 4-wheel drive concept car designed by an informal group of Jaguar employees working in their spare time. The group wished to create a modern version of the successful Jaguar 24 Hours of Le Mans racing cars of the 1950s and 1960s that could be entered into FIA Group B competitions. The XJ220 made use of engineering work undertaken for Jaguar's then current racing car family.

The initial XJ220 concept car was unveiled to the public at the 1988 British International Motor Show, held in Birmingham, England. Its positive reception prompted Jaguar to put the car into production. Approximately 1,500 deposits of £50,000 each were taken and deliveries were planned for 1992.

Engineering and emissions requirements resulted in significant changes to the specification of the XJ220, most notably the replacement of the Jaguar V12 engine by a turbocharged V6 engine. The changes to the specification and a collapse in the demand of high performance cars brought about by the early 1990s recession resulted in many buyers choosing not to exercise their purchase options. A total of just 275 cars were produced by the time production ended, each with a retail price of £470,000 in 1992, making it one of the most expensive cars at that time.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

2004 Ford Thunderbird Maisto 1:18










El Ford Thunderbird del 2004 en la escala de 1:18 y de la marca Maisto.
From Wikipedia:
The eleventh generation of the Ford Thunderbird is a two-passenger, front-engine/rear-drive grand touring convertible manufactured and marketed by Ford for model years 2002-2005, sharing the Ford DEW platform and styled to strongly recall the first generation 1955-1957 Thunderbird, including its removable hardtop with prominent circular glazing, with a power folding top that could lower in ten seconds and a vinyl tonneau cover.

Ford introduced a concept prototype for this Thunderbird at the 1999 North American International Auto Show on January 3, 1999, 45 years after the debut of the original. Production models arrived in mid-2001 for model year 2002, more than two years after the concept.

Foregoing an emphasis on sports performance or dynamic balance, the design featured a competitively powered V8 engine with weight and suspension favoring comfort and grand touring.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

2004 Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster 1:24 Motormax












El Lamborghini Murciélago es un automóvil superdeportivo diseñado y producido por el fabricante italiano Lamborghini en su fábrica de Sant’Agata Bolognese. El Murciélago es un dos plazas disponible con carrocerías cupé y descapotable de dos puertas; las puertas de este deportivo son del tipo de tijera (también conocidas como Lamborghini Style Doors o Puertas Estilo Lamborghini).

En 2011, el coche fue reemplazado por el Lamborghini Aventador.1​

El nombre "Murciélago" procede del nombre de un toro de la ganadería Pérez de Laborda que por su bravura y entrega ante el torero Rafael Molina "Lagartijo" fue indultado en 1879, y fue comprado por Antonio Miura para ser usado como semental.2​ Lamborghini ha usado en otros de sus modelos nombres de toros míticos como Aventador, Diablo o Islero, o relacionados con la actividad de la tauromaquia: Miura, Urraco, Espada o Gallardo.

Debido a su nombre, este modelo fue elegido como el automóvil de Bruce Wayne, interpretado por Christian Bale, en las películas de Batman, Batman Begins y The Dark Knight. Incluso antes del estreno de esta última, el 18 de julio de 2008, se pudo ver este modelo en el tercer tráiler oficial de la película.