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Obviously, the "big three" were all busy putting out some beautiful concepts. A few of the write-ups were as follows: Chevrolet Astro I. HRM July 1967 Ford Allegro II. HRM November 1967 Dodge Charger III. HRM January 1968 (someday I will find a model of this one...)
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I literally wept looking at some of the "for sale" ads of the time, so get out your tissues... This was the real deal. Check out https://rrdc.org/member/george-wintersteen/ for the owner's information. HRM June 1967 HRM June 1967 (Yes, the same month as the previous listing) Orbitron. HRM August 1968 Herb Adams' Pontiac Vivant (the ad doesn't even say its name). HRM October 1968 And what a beauty this one is!
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A short little article in January 1967 referred to Swedish or "Scandinavian Specials". Apparently they have always loved American cars, but have certainly put their own spin on their customs. For instance, check out https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Sweden and https://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/regional-car-culture-explained-the-history-of-the-swedish-a-traktor/ for a taste.
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For those looking to build the Piranha race car, there was an article in HRM November 1966 with good reference photos.
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And as our fellow modeler @JollySipper noted earlier, a subset of the kit car industry dealing with dune buggies seemed also to be well underway. (anybody remember the "Speed Buggy" cartoons from 1973? ) Great reference photos in these articles. HRM August 1966 And who wouldn't want to combine the love for 30's roadsters, dragsters, and VW based dune buggies into one build? HRM November 1967 Berry "Mini-T" dune buggy. HRM December 1968 A dune racer that looks like it could do the Dakar rally tomorrow! HRM March 1969 And of course, the most famous one of them all - the Manx. HRM October 1969
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The kit car industry was apparently well underway by the mid-60's, and there were shameless copies of famous concepts, racers, etc., - along with some novel designs in their own right. Universal Plastics ad. HRM May 1966 Allied Fiberglass. HRM October 1966 Fiberfab. HRM June 1967 An ad for a very lovely Fiberfab creation called the Jamaican. HRM July 1969
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I noticed this photo in HRM March 1966 of the Ford GT J-car development. Sadly, just a few months later Ken Miles lost his life in testing the J-car. At some point I'd like to build it to go along with my collection of Ford GT's from that era. HRM September 1966
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An article on the beautiful Reynolds Aluminum streamliner. HRM June 1965
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A totally wild device called the "Turbonique". I have no idea if it actually worked, or if anyone used it, but totally fun thing to add to a model! Ad from HRM April 1965 HRM October 1965 It's gotta be an April Fools joke, right?!
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HRM April 1965 had a good article on "Hemi Under Glass". It must have been an early iteration of the vehicle as the drivetrain is different than later versions which used a Cassale marine V-drive. I wish I had this article when I built my Chezoom Corvair (which essentially had the underpinnings of Hemi-Under-Glass).
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Staying with the theme of fantasy and movie cars, this ad from HRM January 1969 reminded me to ask; did anyone make a model of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? I know there were some toys, including a large scale one, but nothing in terms of a legit model or diecast to my knowledge.
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The 1960's just seemed to explode with fantasy creations by George Barris, Gene Winfield, and many others. For those looking to build the myriad models of these vehicles, here are a few articles for reference: Barris Surf Woody. HRM April 1965 Various other Barris creations, including Out of Sight ZZR, Fireball 550, and the Batmobile. HRM June 1966 Tom McCurry 4 engined Wagon-Master. HRM September 1966 And Boot Hill Express. HRM March 1967
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Some seriously sexy engines - (be forewarned, a few are from boats : HRM February 1965 HRM March 1966 HRM September 1966
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Just ordered it! Thank you for the heads up.
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Wow! This ad turned out to be far more interesting than I initially thought. This is what the car turned out to be: It was called the "John Osborn Special", and you can read about it at https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com/forgotten-fiberglass/1959-john-osborn-special/
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I'm glad you're enjoying the articles Jim. And thanks to you, I now have a new fascinating topic to research further; the saga of the rear-engine sprint cars!
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Small picture of "Strip Star" from HRM October 1964. A bit of digging, and what a cool car it turned out to be! Certainly on my list of builds I want to do.
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Spirit of America II. HRM June 1964 A few people have built this one with 3D printers, etc.
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Mantaray The only existant scale model I know of for this car was made by Nichimo, and is quite rare. There is a Hot Wheels toy, and a very expensive 1:8 scale as well.
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Shark custom based on the Corvair. HRM June 1964 Looks an awful lot like a cross between the AMT Piranha and the '62 Corvair Monza GT. There's got to be a good story there.
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Cheetah from HRM March 1964. Anybody make a kit of this car? I saw one at this year's SEMA from a company called Cheetah Evolution that is making them again, and it was really nice.
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Spirit of America. HRM October 1963 Check out the following page for Terry Jessee's build of this model:
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And also good reference material was an article in HRM November 1963 regarding the popular rims of that era.
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A step-by-step article on building a 30's roadster from the ground up. Also turns out to be a good article on how to build one in scale. I have included the entire article since it is such a good one for us modelers. HRM February 1962
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