Those who know me know I have a strange case of variationitis. While it is true I can sometimes get caught up in wheel differences, missing tampos, interior color variants, base changes, etc., some of my favorite variations to chase is watching some tools transfer from company to company. This model is an example of that.

Remco as a company was around for many years, I recall seeing their ads in the mid-1960s, and I seem to recall reading they date to the late 1950s. REM CO for REMote COntrol, and a lot of their early models were tethered remote operated vehicles. I know they went into the 1980s, I don't recall much beyond that. Most of their models were larger scale to compete with the likes of 1970s-80s Tonka and Buddy L, but they did do a series of 1/64ish mail away models, I believe in connection with one or another of the breakfast cereals, and dating by the models I would guess late 1960s. Besides the racers, there is an elusive Monkeemobile that was issued in 4 different colors, also made by Remco.

Which brings us to this model here. There were 4 open wheel racers, each of which had its beginning in Penny Polistil of Italy, and ending in Zee / Zylmex approximately early 1970s. The trail is a little tough to trace, because this model and its cohorts were issued among so many different companies and trade names, and it is fun for me to trace just where all this model pops up.

Besides Penny, Remco and Zee, this model or one of its compatriots was released as Mego Jet (Wheels), Associated Hobby Manufacturers (AHM), Lincoln Pocket Packs and Redondo of Spain. Likely there are still more to be found, these are just the ones I know about.