1967 indy 500 paxton turbine

SIX NEW DIECAST REVIEWS
1957 Buick Century Caballero
By BoS-Models
p. 6
Vol. 1
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Issue 6
April/May 2016
1967 INDY 500
PAXTON TURBINE
By Replicarz
p. 4
1972-79 TVR
Taimar (Tribute)
By Automodello
p. 8
SAVAGE’S GARAGE
BY MARK SAVAGE
Marking the Indy 500’s 100th race and more ...
There’s no hiding that I love the
Indy 500. Been going to the track
since at least 1961, saw my first 500 in
1962. Roger Ward won in a roadster.
ONE OF THE THINGS I loved
about Indy in the 1960s and 1970s,
was the variety of cars and
technology. There were the screaming
Novis, various roadster designs, then
the rear-engine cars, Jack Brabham’s
Cooper Climax and the beautiful
Lotus Ford’s, Lolas, etc..
But in 1967 Andy Granetelli and
his STP crew brought us the
Whooshmobile, the side-saddle
turbine car that Parnelli Jones darned
near drove to victory. If not for rain
delaying the race and adding several
laps to pre-race warmups the second
day, the bright day-glo red Paxton
turbine may have won.
All that’s history, but it’s great to
see Replicarz finally creating a
beautifully detailed 1/18 scale model.
And with this May’s Indy being the
100th running (a few years were
skipped during WWI and WWII),
the timing is perfect to reflect on
earlier racing icons.
Replicarz has a large lineup of past
Indy winning cars in both 1/18 and
1/43 scale, with more on the way. Us
Indy collectors are always eager to see
what’s next.
THERE’S SO MUCH MORE to
cheer about this issue. AmericanExcellence sends us a terrific 1957
Buick Century Estate Wagon. The
paint job is show-stopping and like
other BoS-Models’ cars, the price is
attractive for the detail and finish you
get. Likewise NEO’s 1/43 Oldsmobile
Ninety Eight Hardtop brings back
memories of aunts, uncles and
neighbors with their big Detroit
cruisers from 50-60 years ago.
As promised last issue,
Automodello’s 1970s TVR Taimar is
here for review. These are little gems
and come in a variety of colors. Look
for a 1/24 Kaiser Darrin and ‘66 Ford
Galaxie 500 soon, plus a 1/43 Noble
M600 supercar. Can’t wait!
A bit of news too from Round 2,
the maker of Auto World models. It
is relaunching the Racing Champions
brand along with Johnny Lightning.
Good news, and good times for us
diecast collectors.
Mark Savage, Editor
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1959 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight
Mfg: NEO
Scale: 1/43
Stock No: 185937
MSRP: $79.95
Link: American-Excellence.com
NEO’s 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Hardtop
Cars used to be boats, as in they were
so long that some folks called them land
yachts.
Case in point, the 1959 Oldsmobile
Ninety-Eight Hardtop riding on a
monster 126.3-inch wheelbase. That’s
just shy of today’s Chevrolet Suburban.
No wonder five kids fit so well in the
back seat.
NEO now offers the Ninety-Eight in
all its chromed glory in 1/43 scale.
THE HISTORY
The Ninety-Eight was Oldsmobile’s
largest, and finest car, sharing its looks
with the next model down, the Eighty
Eight. Olds had four models in its
Ninety Eight line-up, but the hardtop
(meaning no B-pillar) was the looker of
the bunch. All were related to other top
GM models, the Cadillac Eldorado,
Sixty Special, Deville and Series 62, plus
Buick’s big boy, the Electra.
The Olds models featured power air
scoop brakes, Jetaway Hydramatic
transmission, power steering, a Safety
spectrum speedometer, rocker panel
moldings, and clock. Power came from a
394 cu.in. 6.5-liter, Rocket V8. You
gotta love an engine called a Rocket V8!
THE MODEL
While Ninety-Eights were long, the
good news is that NEO created this Olds
in 1/43 scale, so it’s only 5 inches long so
will fit on any shelf or in any display
case. The light gold review model is
crisply formed in cast resin, which gives
it plenty of heft, and as with other NEO
models of this scale, detail is strong and
the glossy paint job pristine.
First, Olds looks great in profile with
the rounded edges of the top and midsections of the front fender sweeping
back to just in front of the hardtop’s
doors. The trim coming from the jet-like
points atop the hood go the car’s length,
culminate in subdued fins just before the
detailed oval taillights. Quad headlights
and the taillights look even more
realistic than some I’ve seen in 1/18 scale
for about this same price.
Chrome is abundant with a finely
detailed grille and bumpers. The rear
one has extensions around the rear
fenders toward the wheels. Windows are
chrome trimmed, including the delicate
looking vent windows, plus door
handles and twin mirrors.
Oldsmobile is etched into the white
trim facing under the massive trunk lid,
there’s a logo on the hood and NinetyEight in script on the rear fenders.
This interior is especially nice. While
the doors don’t open, the side windows
are down for easy viewing of the twotone tan and gold seats and darker
brown area behind the rear seat and
under the Olds’ large sloping rear
window.
There’s a slim two-spoke steering
wheel with chrome center and dash
gauges are nicely detailed for this size
model with the main gauge pod easy to
see and the passenger-side glove box and
dash face trim well detailed.
The Olds also has a green sunshade
line across the windshield, a common
option in the day, plus this baby has
wide white sidewall tires and handsome
chrome hubcaps. A gorgeous hardtop!
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1967 Indy 500 Paxton Turbine
Mfg: Replicarz
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: R18004
MSRP: $249.99
Link: Replicarz.com
Replicarz’s 1967 Indy 500 Paxton Turbine
Say turbine car and Indianapolis 500
and most race fans will picture the 1967
STP-sponsored day-glo red racer that
Parnelli Jones darned near drove to
victory that year.
It was nicknamed Silent Sam and the
Whooshmobile for its turbine power
that sounded like a jet whooshing by at
160+ mph while all the other Indy racers
grumbled and roared with their internal
combustion engines. The car set the
racing world on edge, threatened the
establishment and yet was a fan favorite.
While a plastic model was made at the
time, Replicarz is the first diecast car
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maker to deliver a high-quality detailed
1/18 scale version of the car Jones drove
to within 4 laps of an Indy win. The
wait for this one was worth it.
THE HISTORY
The STP-Paxton turbine was the
brainchild of designer Ken Wallis and
Andy Granatelli, a former racer and
then head of STP, a division of
Studebaker Corp. Granatelli had
championed the powerful Novi for years
and always was looking for an
advantage to help him win the Indy 500.
That led him to buy Ferguson Formula
4-wheel-drive to first team with the Novi
engine, the with Wallis’ turbine power, a
Pratt & Whitney Canada ST6B-62
turbine. It ran in a space frame chassis
with the turbine mounted on the left
side and the driver’s cockpit alongside.
Granatelli and his brothers built the
turbine in Paxton’s California shop to
keep it secret until Jones tested it in
April of 1967. It met United States Auto
Club, the sanctioning body for Indy,
specs, But USAC quickly saw it had a
problem once Jones and the turbine
dominated the 1967 Indy 500, dropping
out due to a broken bearing, after
leading much of the race. USAC quickly
cut the air intake specs to cut its power.
Yet Granatelli was back with a wedgeshaped turbine in a Lotus chassis for
1968. Three turbines ran with Joe
Leonard setting fastest lap and starting
on the pole with Graham Hill in a
turbine alongside. Again mechanical
issues stopped the turbines as Leonard’s
car flamed out taking the green flag
with just nine laps to go that year.
THE MODEL
The day-glo red STP turbine couldn’t
be more beautiful from the bright and
crisply executed resin body to the fine
detailing of the turbine engine, the front
chassis and suspension and cockpit.
The nose and engine covers both are
removable and snap off or on easily with
small magnets holding them firmly in
place. Up front you see the brake lines,
chassis, wiring and air scoops to cool
the brakes.
Under the engine cover is the
cylindrical turbine with giant exhaust
that protrudes through the cover and
features a heat shield to deflect the
engine’s massive heat from the driver.
There is accurate wiring, connectors,
some of the spaceframe chassis and
accurate STP, Pratt & Whitney and
Purolator stickers on the turbine.
Body moldings are crisp and accurate
with fake silver fasteners along the
panels, chrome roll bar, gas cap and
push bar on the tail. Two mirrors sit on
dual-armed mounts beside the cockpit
and the cockpit itself has a black leather
look seat with belts, a three-spoke
steering wheel and dash gauges with
wiring that winds under the windshield
and body work. Plus the side of the
metallic looking frame’s backbone
serves as the cockpit’s wall. Note, the
rear flap (air brake) is fixed.
All sponsor decals and racer markings
and numbers look exactly as on the
original. Tires are treaded, as they were
in 1967, plus feature gold Firestone
markings and the right rear hub will be
black as on the original, while the others
are bare magnesium. Beautiful and racy!
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1957 Buick Century Caballero
Mfg: BoS-Models
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: 193747
MSRP: $97.95
Link: American-Excellence.com
BoS-Models’ 1957 Buick Century Caballero Estate Wagon
Remember when cars were
interesting?
Remember fins, and chrome and giant
grilles and wide white-sidewall tires?
Remember when cars weren’t just
initials and numbers and hyphens?
Remember two-tone cars?
I do, and if you’re of a certain age
you’ll recall hardtop wagons that were
almost as sleek and exciting as regular
hardtops, like the 1957 Buick Century.
Well, BoS-Models has re-created a
beautiful Century wagon, the Caballero
Estate Wagon in 1/18 scale. The sealed
body review model was a stunning
metallic light blue over cream.
THE HISTORY
The Caballero hardtop wagon was
only made for 1957 and 1958 with only
14,642 sold in those years, so it’s a rarity
in the vintage car world. Today, some
sell at auction for more than $100,000.
No wonder, the car is a knockout.
It’s special because of its beautiful
lines, and lack of a B-pillar, as in any
hardtop, gives it a clean, sleek look. Its
two-tone paint job enhanced by the
sweeps of chrome along its sides and
around its windows gave it a streamlined
appearance compared to the standard
boxy wagon.
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The Century Caballero also was
special because of its power. It packed a
364-cubic-inch Nailhead V8 rated at 300
horsepower. Reportedly the car, which
weighed a hefty 4,670 lbs., would muscle
from 0-60 mph in 11.5 seconds with a
top speed of 116 mph - more than
respectable for a 1950s wagon.
Caballero was a big beast too. The
rear-drive wagon rode on a 122-inch
wheelbase and was 208.4 inches long,
picture somewhere between a current
Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban.
THE MODEL
BoS does a stellar job of capturing
the Buick’s attitude/elegance from its
perfect metallic light blue paint job to
the massive chrome bumpers and grille.
The rear bumper even wraps clear
around to the rear wheels. Headlight
bevels and finned taillight hoods also
are chromed as are wiper arms.
Four chrome Ventiports on each front
fender are nicely shaped and there’s
more chrome for the door knobs, mirror
and rear tailgate window’s handle. BoS
opts for painted silver trim around the
windows and along the nine roof ribs
that add to the wagon’s swept look and
looks fine in a display setting.
Headlights and big red taillights are
realistic looking and BoS delivers a fine
photo-etched Buick name on the nose
of the hood, plus a script “Caballero”
on the rear side doors along script
“Estate Wagon” on the tailgate. Even
the trim streaks down the car’s sides are
photo-etched.
The interior is a slightly darker blue
and all one color, no two-tone, although
some of the original models did have
two-tone interiors. The steering wheel is
blue with a full chrome horn ring.
The dash includes radio, speedometer
and clock graphics that look realistic
through the sealed cockpit. You can also
see the large round pointy air vents that
resemble jets and that are being used
again in car interiors of late. You also
can view door handles and window
cranks on each interior door surface,
plus the chrome-look gas and brake
pedals.
BoS wheels are especially nice, wire
wheels with large Buick logo spinners
that look custom, but were standard on
some models at the time. Further detail
includes a blue and yellow Pennsylvania
license plate front and rear. The car’s
bottom is flat with no detailing.
Exterior detail is what the BoS Buick
is all about and it delivers big time, and
well beyond the asking price.
1972-79 TVR Taimar (Tribute)
Mfg: Automodello
Scale: 1/43
Stock No: Am-TML-TAI-TE-BK
MSRP: $149.95
Link: diecasm.com
Automodello’s 1972-79 TVR Taimar
Say TVR to any sports car fan and
their eyes will light up as they think of
M Series that the British automaker
cranked out from 1972 to 1979, sporty
two-seaters with plenty of oomph.
TVR was founded after World War II
by Trevor Wilkinson, but sold to Martin
Lilley in 1965. He turned his attention
to creating the M Series that includes
the Taimar that Automodello has
beautifully produced in 1/43 scale resin.
This continues Automodello’s fine
series of unique and small production
run cars in a size that fits on anybody’s
shelf or bookcase. This one will be
offered in seven color schemes, while the
similar TVR 3000M will come in three
colors.
All will be extremely limited runs, the
most for the Taimar is 79 units in white
with blue stripe and black interior. The
review Tribute version is black with a
red stripe, with only 19 being made. Just
19 will be made in the remaining five
colors. Talk about exclusive!
fixed fastback sports car powered by a
V6, the M Series quickly gained
popularity with racers.
By 1976 TVR had developed the
Taimar, which featured a fiberglass
tailgate, or hatchback. Familiar now, it
was unusual then, especially because the
hatch looked almost identical to the
standard M Series, yet added
functionality. Plus its hinges and releases
were all inside the car, not affecting the
car’s styling.
Two stories explain the car’s name,
one saying it was inspired by Lilley’s
girlfriend’s name, Tayma, the other
saying it was a combo of Tai (for
tailgate) and Mar (for Martin). In any
case, folks driving the Taimar could now
easily load luggage in its hatch, while
still driving a sporty car. Ultimately
TVR made just 395 Taimars, most with
Ford’s 3.0-liter V6 that made 142
horsepower, but 30 used a turbo version,
creating 230 hp. This was the first turbo
in a British production car.
THE HISTORY
The 3000M started as a highperformance alternative to the 1600M
and 2500M and debuted in October
1972, costing 2,278 pounds, a little more
than it weighed, about 2,100 lbs. A tiny
THE MODEL
Automodello again delivers a fine
smooth glossy paint job with a crisply
executed red stripe around the car’s
entire beltline. “Taimar” appears on
each side’s red stripe in black.
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Taimar’s body is beautifully rounded
with smooth body lines and realistic
head and taillights, plus amber reflectors
on front and rear quarter panels. There
are chrome rings on the headlights,
chrome door handles, mirrors and
window trim too. The right rear fender
features a painted silver gas cap and a
chrome antenna nub on the opposite
corner, plus twin tailpipes below.
Up top there’s a cool vinyl-look
convertible top, really more of a sunroof
cover as far as size. This was another
unique feature of the Taimar, most were
“convertibles” with this fold back roof.
Tires are treaded but not branded and
the TVR boasts intricate flat silver
wheels that add to the car’s personality.
Inside are two black bucket seats and
a wood-look dash with dash
instrumentation printed on its face, plus
two floor-mounted shift levers between
the seats. The TVR is right-hand drive.
This is another gorgeous and rare
model from Automodello. Other smallrun versions are, blue with a white
stripe, brown with a cream stripe, British
Racing Green with a cream stripe, red
with no stripe, and yellow with a brown
stripe.
All of those are $149.95, but $119.95
for the larger run white and blue model.
Alfa Romeo 4C (Red)
Mfg: Autoart
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: 70186
MSRP: $130
Link: autoartmodel.com
Autoart’s Alfa Romeo 4C
Alfa Romeo has come and gone and
come again to the U.S. market, but it
has held a special place in the hearts of
performance-oriented drivers in Europe
consistently for 100+ years.
Now Alfa is back at it with the 4C in
the United States, sold through its Fiat
dealerships. Finally, Alfa has a sexy
sports coupe to rekindle some of the
excitement the brand carried here in the
1950s and ’60s.
Lucky us, since we can’t afford a
motorized Alfa, Autoart has created a
spiffy 1/18 scale version using its new
composite material that looks as good,
or better, than its die-cast models.
THE HISTORY
Alfa has a long history with about as
many twists and turns as an Italian
Alpine mountain road has switchbacks.
It began its industrial life as A.L.F.A.,
which stood for Anonima Lombarda
Fabbrica Automobili, or Anonymous
Lombard Automobile Factory in
English. It was based in Milan, Italy.
Actually it had started in 1906 with
another founder, but as with many
European makes, its life got
complicated, so let’s stick with the
A.L.F.A. lineage.
By 1911 it was involved in auto racing
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and by 1915 Nicola Romeo was leading
the company, which began making
military equipment. By 1920, the
company’s name changed to Alfa
Romeo and from 1932 until 1986 it was
owned by the state government before
Fiat (now Fiat Chrysler) bought it.
Fiat abandoned the U.S. market in
1983, but when it came back in 2008, it
led with the tiny Fiat 500 and in late
2013 began selling the Alfa 4C, a
lightweight rear-drive two-seater.
Alfa had last sold cars in the U.S. in
1995. After nearly 20 years it was back
with the 4C, featuring an asking price of
$57,000+, and weighing less than 2,500
lbs. It has plenty of scoot though, with a
237-horse turbo.
THE MODEL
There’s no denying the pretty metallic
red Alfa 4C looks great. The color is a
grabber, but so are the sexy rounded
body lines, plus the scalloped air scoops
that blend from the front fenders into
openings just behind the doors.
Up front are realistic lights with small
projector bulbs in what looks like a
carbon fiber surround and blow is a fine
black photo-etched mesh grille and
triangular nose piece below the Alfa
logo on the car’s prow.
Along the sides are amber reflectors
on the front wheel wells’ leading edge
and the rear of the back wheel wells.
There’s also a clear side turn signal
indicator on each front fender, just in
front of the door, plus racy red and
black mirrors with reflective faces.
The rear is nicely executed with round
taillights and twin exhausts and more
black mesh below the license plate.
You’ll also see two exit holes for the side
air ducts, these next to the rear hatch
atop the tail.
Under the black-trimmed rear
window is the peppy turbo engine with a
cover labeled “Alfa Romeo 4C.” The
hatch opens so you can see it better.
Also the doors open so you can view
the gunmetal gray interior with
attractive gauges and round dash air
vents, and bucket seats with what appear
to be metal seatbelt clasps. A big black
wiper arm, looks ready to clear the
broad windshield with one full sweep.
Down low are big disc brakes and red
Alfa Romeo calipers behind fancy fiveringed wheel covers that also feature
Alfa logos on the hub. Tires are treaded
here, but not branded.
While this metallic red version is
gorgeous, Autoart also offers models in
black, white, silver and Alfa red.
Rod Shop 1971 Dodge Charger
Mfg: Auto World
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: AW224
MSRP: $94.99
Link: Autoworldstore.com
Auto World’s Rod Shop 1971 Dodge Charger Super Bee
Remember when some drag racers
still looked like real cars?
In the early 1970s the car bodies still
closely resembled the real deal, so
manufacturers lent their name and
expertise, not to mention engines and
other equipment, to rule the nation’s
dragstrips. The Dodge-sponsored Rod
Shop race team was one and its beast of
choice was the Dodge Charger.
Auto World does the Rod Shop proud
with its latest 1/18 scale dragster that
looks street legal, but extremely racy.
This is Gil Kirk’s Rod Shop 1971 Dodge
Charger Super Bee as driven by Dave
Boertman.
THE HISTORY
Rod Shop came to Boertman late in
its efforts to create a team that raced in
Modified, Super Stock, and Stock
Eliminator classes. Team owners Gil
Kirk and Jim Thompson had to work
hard to persuade Boertman to join their
team, but once on board he began
breaking records and winning major
competitions.
In all Boertman won eight national
titles in nine finals competitions and in
1972 Boertman was Junior Stock
champ.
This model depicts Boertman’s
powerful 335-horsepower 383 cu.in
V8-powered 1971 Dodge Charger as it
competed in the J/SA class. He
dominated competition that season and
won the 1971 Gatornationals in
Gainesville, Fla., in his flashy sparkling
blue racer.
THE MODEL
Auto World’s sharp die-cast version
(real honest-to-goodness metal here
folks) is beautifully painted in a patriotic
scheme of medium blue with a giant red
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hood stripe that continues over roof and
trunk, featuring white stars on both
hood and trunk.
There are Rod Shop, Dodge and
Boertman’s name emblazoned on both
doors with white stripes resembling a
flag rippling in the breeze extending to
the car’s tail.
These are the authentic graphics from
the way the car was raced and include
many corporate logos on the front
fenders, including the likes of Rislone,
Cragar, Hays and Amalie.
Under a long hood is that racy
souped-up, orange-block V8 with all the
fixin’s, including a giant oval air filter
and heavy duty hoses and wiring. This is
one of Auto World’s finest under-hood
efforts to date. Plus the car’s underside
shows much of the engine along with
two short, giant exhaust pipes that look
ready to act like flame throwers at the
strip.
There are realistic headlights and
grille up front and quad taillights in the
back that remind of old T-Birds, plus a
California license plate.
Windows are chrome trimmed, except
the rear window that features a fake
black rubber molding. Door handles,
key holes and twin side mirrors also are
chromed, as are the snazzy 5-spoke
custom wheels, which Auto World tells
us are from a new tool. Tire sidewalls
are labeled Firestone Drag 500, so you
know they mean business.
The interior is sharply detailed too
with black ribbed vinyl-look buckets
and a realistic wood-trimmed dash and
custom 3-spoke wood-look steering
wheel. Instrumentation is good and
there’s a wood-look shift grip and the
car includes seatbelts too.
As with other Auto World models,
not only does the hood open, but both
doors and the trunk. Plus the front
wheels are steerable, although if you’re
posing it as a dragster, you’d better keep
them straight!
All this in 1/18 scale and for less than
$100 too.
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