7/30/02 UPDATE: We just posted a fully updated minichamps stock list. Check it out here: Minichamps Stock list
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7/25/02 UPDATE: The latest Viper and Corvette slot cars from Fly have been posted to our Slot Car New Release page.
7/24/02 UPDATE: We've been waiting all summer for this one! GMP's latest 1/18 scale Dirt Championship car is the A.J. Foyt Sheraton Thompson Special Offenhauser is now in stock ($89.95). Pre-orders ship today. You can check out a full photo set HERE.
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As we mentioned earlier this week, we've obtained a very small quantity of original posters from the 1970 Road America Can Am at Elkhart Lake. The posters are autographed by Oscar Kovaleski and feature Oscar and Can Am Champion Denis Hulme. Mint condition, just $100.00 plus shipping.
You can find a complete list of items autographed by 3 time World Champion Sir Jack Brabham HERE.
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7/22/02 UPDATE: Back from a very hot (but enjoyable) weeekend at the Brian Redman International Challenge at Road America where we held a private autograph session with 3 time World Champion Sir Jack Brabham and his former partner, race car designer Ron Tauranac. It was an extremely unique opportunity to have both men sign copies of 'Brabham - Ralt - Honda: The Ron Tauranac Story' by Mike Lawrence, an excellent account of one of the strongest Formula One teams of the 1960's. Brabham and Tauranac teamed up in 1962 after Jack's back-to-back World Championships for Cooper in 1959 and 1960. Dan Gurney scored the marque's first Grand Prix victory in France in 1964. In 1966, Jack Brabham became the first (and only) man to become Grand Prix World Champion in a car bearing his own name. Teammate Denis Hulme backed up the achievement by becoming World Champion in a Tauranac designed Brabham in 1967. Autographed copies of 'Brabham - Ralt - Honda: The Ron Tauranac Story' by Mike Lawrence are now available exclusively at TMC for just $49.95 plus shipping. Sir Jack also signed some 1/43 scale models of his World Championship winning Coopers. We'll post further information after we unpack.
Another highlight of the weekend was the launch of B.S. 'Burt' Levy's latest racing novel 'The Fabulous Trashwagon'. Copies are now in stock for $30.00 plus shipping. We'll also post photos later today of a rare, 1970 Road America Can Am official poster autographed by our old friend and former Can Am competitor Oscar Kovaleski.
More updates later today (if we have the strength. It was a hot one!!!).
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7/17/02 UPDATE: Just enough time to upload photos of three great new models to our New Release Die Cast page. We'll be open our regular hours Thursday and Friday but will be closed Saturday due to the Brian Redman International Challenge at Road America. Our booth in the paddock will open Friday morning. See you there!
7/15/02 UPDATE: Auto Art's stunning 1953 LeMans winning Jaguar C-Type is in stock ($59.95). You can find a full photo set HERE or visit our New Release Die Cast page.
Several new pieces have arrived from Exoto. Check them out on the New Release Die Cast page.
Packing for Road America this week. We expect delivery of the second Carousel 1 McLaren in the next few days. It's the David Hobbs driven Carling Black Label McLaren M16. Reserve now ($119.95 plus shipping).
I've posted the photos of the new 1/12 scale GMP Don Branson Champ Dirt Car we promised you last week ($319.95). You can find a full photo set HERE or visit our New Release Die Cast page. GMP has already classified this car as 'Sold Out'.
7/12/02 UPDATE: One of the year's top models!!! Exoto's 1/18 scale Sauber is finally here. Advance mail orders have been shipped. Local customers can pick their cars up during normal business hours. We have just a few pieces available at $189.95 each. Click on the image for a larger view.
GMP's 1/12 scale Don Branson Wynn's Special Dirt Champ Car arrived today ($319.95). It's a beauty. Click on the photo above for a larger view.
More photos Monday.
7/11/02 UPDATE: We'll be adding to our New Release Die Cast page all day, beginning with some great new 1/43 LeMans cars from Spark.
7/10/02 UPDATE: Just in today, GMP's latest 1/18 scale Lola T-70 Roadster. This rare Ford powered example of the Mark II Lola was built in early 1966, purchased from the factory by John Mecom and driven by A.J. Foyt at Riverside and Nassau that year. Produced in a limited edition of 2,004 pieces, this is only the second Lola in the GMP series that is equiped with the distinctive Gurney-Weslake heads. Priced at $89.95, you can find additional photos HERE.
7/9/02 UPDATE: A little bit of 'tech excitement' overnight. Our Web Hosting firm moved our Secure Order Form to a different server overnight, but failed to inform us or update our links until this morning. Customers were unable to access the order form over night but everything is 'Secure' this morning.
Todays updates include the Fly Mark Donohue L&M Porsche 917/10 Can Am Car pictured above (compete with tobacco markings) and two other new releases from Fly and GB Track. More photos on the Slot Car New Release page. Also, our NASCAR Page has been updated with photos of the Ricky Rudd Havoline Ford, which arrived today. We have the Michael Waltrip 'Stars and Stripes' NAPA Chevrolet that won the Pepsi 400 at Daytona over the weekend in stock for $59.95.
Also, our first shipment of Exoto Saubers arrived today. They have been shipped to those with pre-orders. If you don't have one on order yet, our second (and perhaps final) shipment is due by the weekend.7/8/02 UPDATE: Unpacking from Elkhart Lake this morning. Will have some updates for you on Tuesday.
7/3/02 UPDATE: We will be closed tomorrow, July 4 but will be open our normal hours on Friday and Saturday. In addition, we will have a display at the Road America 500 ALMS event this weekend at Elkhart Lake, Wi. Next week, we'll be posting some interesting new arrivals on our Hard to Find Die Cast page.
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We hope to add some 1/18 Minichamps cars to the Hard to Find page this week, but may not get to them until after we return from Elkhart Lake.
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7/1/02 UPDATE: Several great new models in today. From left: Minichamps 1/43 scale Chaparral 2 from LeMans 1966 (the Nurburgring car is expected at a later date) in a gift box ($64.95), 1/18 scale Minichamps Porsche 956L driven by Michael and Mario Andretti and Phillipe Alliot <SOLD OUT> and the second GMP 10th Anniversary car, the A.J. Foyt Bowes Seal Fast Vintage Sprint in black chrome ($84.95). Full photo sets appear on the New Release Die Cast page.
