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2008/09 Annuals
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COMING SOON:
SPORTS
CAR RACING IN CAMERA 1970-79
by Paul Parker
$59.95
ORDER HERE
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IN STOCK:
2008
MICHAEL TURNER CHRISTMAS CARDS
$14.95
ORDER HERE
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11/26/08
UPDATE: We're in
the process of shipping our advance orders for the first version
of CMC's spectacular Ferrari 156 Dino Formula One car. The #4
Phil Hill 1961 Belgian Grand Prix winner has been produced in a Limited Edition of 6000
pieces and is a solid contender for Model of the Year honors.
We have a handful of models remaining from our allotment. $318.95
plus shipping. Click on the image above to order.
Happy Thanksgiving,
everyone!
11/19/08
UPDATE: Auto Art
has produced another run of one of their all time best selling
1/18 scale racing cars; the Steve McQueen 'Michael Delaney' Gulf
Porsche 917K #20 from the film 'LeMans'. A limited quantity is due here
in mid-December, hopefully in time for Christmas. Price is $114.95.
Reserve your's HERE.
11/18/08
UPDATE: Shown above,
not a photograph but a new painting by artist Graham Turner:
'ARTISTRY IN MOTION' is a striking image of Jim Clark and his Lotus
33 at speed during their 1965 World Championship winning season,
published in a very exclusive edition of just 100 giclee prints.
Each giclee is personally printed,
then individually signed by artist Graham Turner on either canvas
or heavy art paper.
Print Numbers 1-20: Reproduced on canvas, stretched on wooden stretcher
bars just like the original painting. Canvas size 32" x
20" (no border). $325.00 plus shipping. Click HERE
to order.
Print Numbers 21-100: Reproduced on heavyweight paper. Overall print
size (including border) 24" x 17". $175.00 plus
shipping. Click HERE
to order.
Order early to insure availability
and Christmas delivery.
Our Diecast New Arrival page has been updated with new
models from Spark, Red Line, Carousel 1 and Minichamps.
Only a few of
the 1/43 scale Minichamps model commemorating 2008 World Champion
Lewis Hamilton's First Grand Prix Victory in Montreal, Canada
in 2007 remain. $51.95 plus shipping. Click HERE to order.
11/12/08
UPDATE: On Tuesday,
we posted a set of 'high resolution' photos of CMC's new 1/18
scale Ferrari 156 Dino 'Sharknose'. The
Phil Hill 1961 Belgian Grand Prix winner will be here by Thanksgiving, two other versions
follow in early 2009.
Click HERE and be prepared to be impressed.
11/5/08 UPDATE: The Lewis Hamilton 'First Win'
McLaren MP4/22s in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale are on their way.
We have a limited quantity available in both scales.
Reserve by clicking
1/43 or 1/18.
11/4/08 UPDATE: Here are the five paintings created
for Michael Turner's 2008 set of Christmas Cards. Formula One
fans from around the world have been collecting Turner Christmas
cards since the early 1960s. Click HERE for larger images, ordering information and further
details.
Giclee prints
of each of these spectacular Turner paintings can be special
ordered in time for the Holidays. Email or call for details.
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 10/31/08 UPDATE: Lots of additions to our New Diecast Page
in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale including the latest release in Spark's
series of 1/43 scale Can Am cars, the McLaren M6B Ford driven
by Peter Revson in the 1968 Can Am series and the winner of the
post-season non-championship race at Mt. Fuji, Japan.
Also from Spark - the first
releases in their ambitious 2008 LeMans program: the 3 Peugeot
908 HDI FAP coupes and the Gulf Aston Martin DBR9s.
The update also includes a few
new offerings and restocks of popular Auto Art 1/18 scale models
and two new 1/18 scale Corvettes from Carousel 1.
BTW - the Rick Mears 1984 Indy
winner is due from Carousel in the next few days. Reserve now!
10/30/08
UPDATE: Jurgen
Lewandowski's long out of print 1984
portfolio of Porsche racing posters, 'Porsche Plakate - Posters
- Affiches', has been updated and republished as 'Porsche
die Rennplakate - von 1950 bis Heute'.
Extensive research of private
Porsche poster collections from around the world has uncovered
more than 450 factory published racing posters thru early 2008,
including 35 pre-1984 examples not included in the Lewandowski's
original compilation.
This new edition also presents
the entire collection of Porsche racing posters in full color
for the first time. It promises to be an essential reference
for Porsche and race poster collectors.
Large format, 9.5 x 13.5 inches,
176 pages, text in German and English. $99.95
RESERVE NOW FOR CHRISTMAS
DELIVERY. Click HERE
to order.
10/17/08
UPDATE: We got
a sneak peak at Carousel 1's forthcoming Rick Mears Pennzoil
Z-7 Special at the I-Hobby Show in Rosemont yesterday. It is
without doubt the finest, most detailed piece yet released by
Carousel 1. Congratulations, Frank! You have a winner.
View the entire
photo set HERE. Or you can order HERE.
And, we've uploaded
more images and information to the New Diecast Page.
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10/16/08 UPDATE: The latest masterpiece from the
1/24 scale LeMans Miniatures series (the makers of Spark and
Bizarre) is the 1992 LeMans winning Peugeot 905 Evo driven by
Yannick Dalmas, Derek Warwick and Mark Blundell.
Now in stock (limited quantity)
for $195.00 plus shipping.
Reserve your's HERE.
Watch for more new miniatures
to be added to our New
Diecast Page over
the next few days.
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10/15/08
UPDATE: We'll be
posting updates to our New
Diecast Page the
next few days to reflect recent arrivals from Minichamps, Spark,
CMC and Auto Art. Highlights include the beautiful 1/43 scale
BP Porsche 956L and Brands Hatch winning Chaparral 2F from Minichamps.
More tomorrow.
10/13/08
UPDATE: Greenlight's
Limited Edition 1/18 scale model of Scott Dixon's 2008 Indianapolis
500 winning Target Chip Ganassi Dallara has arrived. The model
feataures special packaging and a removable engine cowling, revealing
a detailed Honda Indy engine. Not bad for $49.95. Reserve your model HERE.
10/9/08 UPDATE: Auto Art's latest Porsche 917
Longtail is the #3 Martini 'Hippie' car driven to a second place
finish at LeMans by Gerard Larrousse and Willi Kauhsen in 1970.
Only a few available from our first shipment. Order HERE.
10/6/08 UPDATE: Motor Sport Magazine's 2009 calendar
is entitled 'Grand
Prix Revolution: 1958-1962'
and features the last of the front engined Grand Prix cars and
the first of the rear engine revolution, spearheaded by the great
British marques of Lotus and Cooper. This large format calendar,
featuring black and white photographs (each suitable for framing)
from the LAT archives, has been our most popular for more than
a decade. This year, it will be produced in a strict Limited
Edition of 1200 copies. $69.95. The 2008 Calendar was
an early sellout. Advance orders for the 2009 edition are suggested.
Reserve your copy today. Click HERE.
  
10/2/08 UPDATE: Pre-orders for three impressive
new books from David Bull Publishing have shipped. They are:
'Monocoques & Ground Effects: The World Manufacturers
and Sports Car Championships in Photographs, 1982 - 1992' by Janos Wimpffen
-- The fourth and final release in Wimpffen's highly regarded
series of photo histories of world class sports car racing picks
up where Spyders
and Silhouettes leaves off. The Group C era was one of the
strongest decades in the history of sports car racing. Porsche,
Mercedes, Jaguar and Peugeot introduced new techniques in chassis
construction, aerodynamics and engine management systems. This
420 page year by year account of the Group C era contains over
400 photos - personally selected by Janos Wimpffen - covering
championship races at LeMans, Daytona, Monza, the Nurburgring
and other venues. $149.95 plus shipping.
'Portraits' by Jesse
Alexander -- A portfolio of black
& white and color photo studies of some of the sport's legendary
figures from the archives of Jesse Alexander. Subjects include
Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Jim Clark (Jesse's haunting
shot of Clark at Spa graces the dust jacket), Enzo Ferrari, Roger
Penske, Pedro Rodriguez, Ken Miles, Mario Andreti, Graham Hill,
Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren, Peter Revson and Carroll Shelby. A
grand total of 81 Alexander photos grace this 96 page hard cover
collection. $75.00 plus shipping.
'Shelby Cars in Detail: Cars of the Shelby American
Collection' by Frank Barrett, Photos by Boyd Jaynes, Foreword
by Carroll Shelby -- This 272 page slipcased tribute to the cars
of the Shelby American Collection features stunning original
studio photographs by Boyd Jaynes and an authoritative text by
automotive historian Frank Barrett. The book contains 156 color
photos featuring a cross section of cars from the Collection,
including the AC Ace Bristol (the predecessor to Shelby's iconic
Cobra roadster), Shelby GT350s, Ford GT40s, 289 and 427 Cobra
roadsters, Cobra Daytona Coupes and other pieces from the 'official'
Shelby museum. $149.95 plus shipping.
A set of Note Cards has been
produced from photographs featured in 'Shelby Cars in Detail'.
Each set consists of two cards each of the ten photographs featured
below and are a bargain at just $19.95. Click HERE
to order.
10/1/08 UPDATE: Exciting
news overnight from GMP: Their latest 1/6 scale replica engine
is the 3.0 litre, flat-12 'Boxer' engine used in the World Championship
winning Ferrari 312PB sports racer, complete with new upshift
and downshift sound. Additonal detailed photos and a YouTube
shifting demonstration can be found HERE.
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9/25/08 UPDATE: For
those of you who are serious Alan Fearnley collectors, a special
Leather Bound and Slipcased Edition of 'The Automotive Art of
Alan Fearnley' has been produced. Only a few copies will be available
to US collectors priced at $225 plus shipping. Click HERE
to reserve your copy.
The 'Standard' Edition of 'The Automotive
Art of Alan Fearnley has arrived and is shipping now. $115 plus
shipping. Order HERE.
Good news for those of you who ordered
a 1/18 scale Kyosho Ferrari 250 GTO last winter. We expect delivery
in the next few days.
We are in the process of 'rebuilding' our
die cast selection with the latest releases. Problems caused
by 'tardy' shipments by other suppliers earlier this year prevented
us from keeping up with deliveries from some distributors. Hopefully,
we'll be back to normal soon. We'll start with an update to our
New Diecast Page.
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THE FORD THAT BEAT FERRARI
- SIGNED BY JACKY ICKX
9/23/08 UPDATE: Perhaps
the best book on the racing heritage of the Ford GT is 'The Ford That Beat Ferrari: A
Racing History of the GT40' by John
S. Allen and Gordon J. Jones, updated and reprinted in 2005.
At that time, a special Limited Edition of 200 leather bound
and slipcased copies was produced. Each copy was signed by the
Authors and by 6 time LeMans winner Jacky Ickx.
The Belgian's first LeMans win
in 1969 was the fourth and final for the Ford GT. Ickx and co-driver
Jackie Oliver drove the Gulf-Wyer Chassis 1075 to a thrilling
victory over the Porsche 908 of Hans Hermann and Gerard Larrousse.
Ickx crossed the finish line a mere 100 yards ahead of Hermann
after 24 hours of wheel to wheel racing.
Only a few copies of this Autographed
Limited Edition remain. Originally priced at $375.00, we
can now offer this book for just $250.00 plus shipping.
The 'Standard'
Edition reprint is also available for $130.00 plus
shipping.
Click on the links to reserve
your copy.
JUAN MANUEL FANGIO AUTOGRAPH
PRESENTATION
This very nice little photo montage measures approximately 8
3/4" x 15 3/4" framed and contains an autographed photo
of Juan Manuel Fangio driving his Alfa Romeo Type 159 to victory
in the 1951 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring on his way to
the first of 5 World Driving Championships. The lower photo of
Fangio was taken in 1985. $550.00
To purchase, click HERE.
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for the next blog item located on our Recent
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