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Auto World has been the king lately for making classic American cars that would not normally be replicated in diecast, especially wagon's.  Well, while Greenlight has not gotten to that point yet (for now), they have been making some more mainstream sedans that would go great with TV and Movies and for police car, taxi, or just general family purchases.  These are not high-end muscle cars, either...or are they???  As it turns out they're more like sleepers, and of course i'm talking about the 1967 Chevy Impala sedan and now this new 1967 Ford Custom 500 sedan. Click Here for Photo Gallery Greenlight is no stranger to the Ford line having the 1965 Galaxie for years now, but that one was geared toward a sportier moinker with two door coupe and convertible body styles.  Not often do you see a four-door sedan being made despite being the mainstream model for police, taxi's, and suburban families.  The Custom 500 uses similar styling at...

This is one big feast here with 1969 Camaro's from M2:  In addition to these 1:64 vehicles shown here also i'll review two, soon to be three, of the 1:24 1969 Camaro's that I have and what each one uniquely offers.  These two, as in the M2 1958 Chevy Apache trucks that I reviewed a few weeks ago, have two different ways of showing off the 1969 Camaro more than just the trim levels. Click Here for Photo Gallery The Camaro was built to go after the Ford Mustang even if it arrived three years too late.  Nevertheless, the Camaro and Firebird proved to be a worthy contender to the Mustang.  1969 offered more flowing curves that made the F-bodies more iconic than even the first two years.  Focused on the Camaro, you had three high-end trim levels: RS/SS, SS, or Z-28; three headlights: round external, hidden covers, or slotted hidden covers; numerous choices of motors, colors, stripes, and wheels.  RS stands for Rally Sport and was a trim package that ...

While often a car misunderstood by the general public and given a bad rap sheet thanks to Ralph Nader's "Unsafe at Any Speed" controversy, the Chevy Corvair still continues to gain support from collectors and a select few individual who consider Chevy's first compact cat to be a technical marvel; and I agree though I also think GM never really thought through this car carefully before production, especially the swing-axle rear-end (more on that later).  Nevertheless you can find replica's of this casting, but beware as they tend to disappear rather quickly not because of demand but because these castings somehow only last for a brief while.  Joining the lineup of Corvair's this year includes the wild Greenbrier Sports Wagon, which is a van based on the Corvair in the 1960's. Click Here for Photo Gallery Was it the VW Beetle or was it the size of American cars in the 1950's that made American automakers push toward smaller cars?  It remains ...