First, the good news: M2‘s new 3-inch 1968 Mercury Cougar looks fine. The body is spot on, though the gigantic hideaway headlamps, grille, taillamps and bumpers lend a more agreeable exaggeration than do the wheels and tires, which manage to make the look wheel openings look too small, although they are, in fact, prototypically correct. […]
Looks like just another old mechanical pencil, right? Maybe to some, but when it’s embossed with the words Nash Sales and Service, it’s more than just a writing implement. My wife, Sunny, happened upon this piece of automotive history while rummaging through an antique store one leisurely Saturday afternoon. Needless to say, my wallet jumped […]
With his passing earlier this month, George Toteff, model car pioneer, has left an enduring legacy on the model car-building hobby. Who was George Toteff? Where to start? He created the AMT 3-in-1 model kit. He devised tooling so that model car bodies could be molded in a single piece – no more fussy multipiece […]