Oooops....mismarked package...sidenote, I've stayed at the Wigwam Motel in San Bernardino, it was about a quarter mile from my Dad's house when he lived there.




The Ertl American Muscle series was a premium series that floated either side of the year 2000, and while the number of models made were few, the detail applied is worthy even to models made today. Scale is consistent, right at 1/64. And where others (ahem...Hot Wheels...Johnny Lightning) couldn't quite get the C pillar over the rear wheels right, Ertl got it spot on. This is a tough car to pull off well in scale.

I asked Tom Z once about this model specifically, and he told me one of the guys had one out in the parking lot for them to study, and it shows. As well done as this series was, the price made them a bit prohibitive in their day, and I would guess that is why they migrated to other series over time. Of course, Ertl had merged with Racing Champions about the time these came out, and a few years later they merged with Johnny Lightning. Now that Round 2 (Auto World) has brought back JL and RC (but do not have the rights to the Ertl name), some of these models are filtering back into the RC lineup, which is welcome in my book. This particular Chevy though, has yet to make a reappearance.