Supercar Collectibles is trying to get a 1:18 scale version of the Briggs Chevelle made. The estimated price is $120. If you’re interested in one of these, please pre-order one by going to the Supercar Collectibles page for the model.
It seems like the domestic car companies are returning to classic muscle car looks and names to bring in the customers. In most cases, they’ve been doing it with names that have been discontinued. First was the Ford Thunderbird which looks just like the ’55-’57 original T-Birds. Then came the Pontiac GTO, which even though it looks nothing like the ’60s style GTOs, still looks good enough to use the GTO name. The newest GTO was discontinued but it’s set to return in ’08 or ’09 and is supposed to be based on the ’09 Camaro. That brings us to the next car, the Camaro. Chevrolet is bringing the Camaro back in 2009 and it looks a lot like the classic 1969 Camaro. Dodge decided to get into bringing back old names when they brought back the Charger this year. The only thing I don’t like is it looks nothing like the 1969-1970 Charger which most people would know better as the General Lee from the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard. At least they’re making up for it with the Challenger coming out in 2008. Even though it was never discontinued, Ford remodeled the Mustang to look like the 1969 Mustang. They’re even bringing the Boss 302 engine back.
There’s still a few cars I would like to see return looking very similar to previous models. One would be the Chevrolet Chevelle, with it looking like the 1970 style. Another would be the Pontiac Firebird/Trans Am.
I’m sitting here watching the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction on Speed Channel and the Briggs Chevrolet 1970 Chevelle LS6 just sold for $1,150,000. Yes, you read that right. One million, one hundred fifty thousand dollars. From the Barrett-Jackson site:
454cid LS6 V8 automatic transmission with 61 miles showing on the odometer. This is the car that Ray Allen drove and won just about every conceivable race entered in 1970. This car won The US Nationals, The Super Nationals, The World Finals and most of the division races that were entered. This car has gone through a frame-off restoration that was mostly built and supervised by Ray Allen himself. This car is being sold with the original New Jersey title in Truppi & Kling’s name and also comes with the original build sheet and various magazine and National Dragster articles about this World Champion Car and pictures at The Winners’ Circle. This car is truly a legend in muscle car history.
The car was bought originally for $1500. If I remember correctly, my father said that that included the flatbed to tow it on. The interesting thing about the car is that it was truely one of 17 ever made and NHRA required that at least 50 of a car be made for it to eligible for competition. Truppi-Kling was able to get a letter from Chevrolet stating that 50 were made even though there weren’t.
I’ve included an edited video of the auction that I recorded to my PC thanks to my TV tuner card
