Thursday, September 4, 2014

The 1972 Ford Maverick Grabber

The Ford Maverick was a compact car manufactured by Ford , from April 1969-1977 in the United States, Canada and Mexico  and from 1973-1979 in Brazil — employing a rear wheel drive platform ,  dating to the original 1960  Falcon . Originally marketed as a 2-door sedan only at an initial price of almost two thousand dollars, the Maverick was designed to be inexpensive to manufacture and maintain. The name "Maverick" was derived from the word for unbranded range animals, and the car's nameplate  was stylized to resemble a longhorn  cow head.

This 1/64 version was produced by Johnny Lightning for Amber's 1972 March Calendar 2007, this is the 2006 casting.





Monday, September 1, 2014

1965 Chevy II Nova

The 1965 Chevrolet Chevy II and Nova were updated with cleaner front-end styling courtesy of a fresh full-width grille with new integrated headlight bezels. Parking lights moved down to the deep-section bumper, and sedans gained a new roofline. Taillight and backup lights were restyled, as was the rear cove. The 1965 Chevy II came in entry-level 100 form or as the posher Nova 400, each in three body styles. The Nova Super Sport came as a Sport Coupe only, and its production dipped to just 9,100 cars. Super Sports had a new brushed-chrome console with floor-mounted four-speed manual transmission or Powerglide automatic, but a column-mounted three-speed manual remained standard. Bucket seats wore textured vinyl trim, and the dashboard held ammeter, oil pressure, and temperature gauges.

This 1/64 '65 Chevy II Nova was produced by Johnny Lightning included in my 60's America series.