Johan catalogs

[Maindrian Pace]

I'm not sure if all of these are real or a bit altered, as some of the cars were obviously never kitted. And that airbag idea is nuts. Fun to look at either way.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Just cruising through the adds quickly, I think there are at least a couple that never made it to production.

Personally, I've never seen a Johan '71 Torino, or '70 and '72 Delta 88.

 

I'm sure that there are plenty of us that would have loved to have seen the Oldsmobiles!

 

 

Steve

[Mark]

The early ones are for real, as I have a couple of them.  '70 through '72 look faked up to my eyes.

[keyser]

Agree the 62 and 69 sheets are real. The Toronado 70 was done by AMT, I don’t remember a Johan then. Later they did. Mark can correct me. 
Agree with Steve, no 88’s, Torinos in 71. They did a 72 Torino promo and the NASCAR kit of same. AMT did 70-71 kits and promos. 
JH did Cutlass coupes 68-72, and promos 73-75? with a self assemble 75 kit. 
No Cutlass converts 68 or later. 

[Mark]

The '70 Toronado kit was produced by Jo-Han in their facilities, and packaged in AMT boxes.  I don't recall a Jo-Han version prior to the USA Oldies boxing that appeared around 1975.  

The '70 Olds 4-4-2 kit was also produced by Jo-Han, it was sold in both Jo-Han and AMT packaging.

[Mark]

Also, besides the non-existent fullsize '70 Oldsmobile, the AMC Rebel was never offered in pre-assembled form.  The '69 and '70 Rebels (and same years Plymouth Road Runners) were among the few annual kits Jo-Han did that were not first offered as promos.

[ChrisBcritter]

What airbags are you referring to? I don't see them mentioned.

Sure would have been nice to get those Delta 88s!

[Maindrian Pace]

On 1/3/2023 at 8:53 AM, ChrisBcritter said:

What airbags are you referring to? I don't see them mentioned.

Sure would have been nice to get those Delta 88s!

There was another one that showed the mid '70s GM airbag steering wheel on a full size (probably) Oldsmobile, and it touted a working airbag that deployed when the front bumper was pushed in, pressurizing a vinyl tube that led to the air bag. Pure fan fiction. I thought I posted it up with the other fantasy sheets, but I didn't - and now I can't seem to find it. But if I do, I'll put it up there in the original post to add to the collection.