Car week ‘19: 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR
Sterling Moss said of this car, “The greatest sports racing car ever built — really an unbelievable machine.”
Car week ‘19: 1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe
Picked up this 1:43 Daytona Coupe at the Simeone Museum in Philly a few years ago. They had the real car on display there when I got this one, along with a bunch of other awesome cars. Definitely worth a stop if you’re around Philly. Not the greatest detail on this model, but I love the color of this model and history…
Car Week ‘19: Niki Lauda’s 1979 BMW M1
In 1979 Niki Lauda took a break from Formula 1 and did some competing in the single make BMW M1 Procar Championship, where he won the inaugural championship. Niki’s M1 had a little more branding, but the model maker probably didn’t want to pay those royalties.
Car Week ‘19: 80s Pinnacle Porsche 959
This 1:43 of one of the best supercars ever was picked up from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. I’ve always loved the understated flowing lines that still say Porsche, but also tell you this is something way more than a 911.
LaLD car week 2019: 90’s Diablo Roadster 1:43
I think I’m a little late to game here. I definitely need to keep up with the page more. Picked up this Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster back in 2013 at the Frankfurt Auto Show for about 20 Euro.
Been absent awhile, new addition!
Been busy with school and life, but still haven’t stopped collecting. Just got my awesome LaLD Skyline in and it’s right at home with the others.
Extras
Just moved into a new place (4th since 2015 if you’re keeping track) and after doing some inventory and organization I found I have these cars left over as duplicates. If anyone is interested in trades please let me know!
LaLD Car week last day: Wait! I almost forgot my wildcard!
Oh man! Early work day and I almost forgot to post! Literally ran out of bed to get to my computer to post this!
LaLD Car Week: Purple?!
Well I had the option between two cars, so here we go lol.
LaLD Car Week: Beautiful Black Bugatti
1:43 Bugatti Veyron
This gorgeous Veyron was picked up from the Bugatti booth at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. It was the cheapest model they had at €50 if I remember correctly, which is why I got it. It was so cheap in fact the girl selling their stuff didn’t believe me that there was a model listed for that price.…
LaLD Car Week Day 4: The Almost Ready Porsche
1:43 Porsche 918 Concept from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.
LaLD Car Week Day 3: Blue American classic
Here’s another 1:43 I picked up from the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, and one of my few American cars. From early on as a kid the Cobra has been a favorite. My dad wasn’t a big car guy, but I remember seeing him light up with excitement whenever he saw a Cobra. Not a whole lot more American in the car world than putting…
LaLD Car Week day 2: White GTR
This one was bought from the Nissan showroom at the Nurburgring Paddock back in 2013. They had a few options between the road-going model and the race cars and I loved the crazy look of this 1:43 scale race car without the livery.
LaLD Car Week Day 1: A special Porsche
Torn between only a couple of red cars I decided to go with my Porsche 911 GT3 RS Limited Edition IAA 2015. I got this one in 2015 at the Frankfurt International Auto Show (IAA) from Porsche. These can be hard to get because they get scalped from Porsche pretty early in the show and sold for twice the price from…
Sunday HAWL
Went out looking for some new furniture and ended up with some more cars. A mix between Walmart and Toys R Us, found some pretty nice ones. I’ve been waiting on the new R34 Since it leaked a few months ago so I picked up 2, one for DLM and one to keep on card with my other movie cars on card. Also got a new DeLorean…
Teutonic Tuesday: IAA 2013 Porsche 911 Classic
I picked up this IAA (Frankfurt International Auto Show) 2013 exclusive model a couple of weeks ago, 4 years late, during my trip to IAA. It hadn’t even occurred to me I didn’t get one when I went to IAA in 2013 until I saw this for sale at one of the diecast vendors. I passed on a Mercedes AMG Vision Gran Turismo…
Eurotrip HAWL
Reader beware, this could get loooong! Don’t worry there are plenty of photos too.
Today in "insanely over priced models" Frankfurt IAA edition.
Haven’t been around awhile, but here’s a quick post from my adventure today. Visiting Frankfurt again and my 3rd time at IAA. Bugatti had 1:43 models for the Vision concept and the Chiron at €250 each!!! I was bummed when I was here 2 years ago and saw the vision in person and they had no models, now they have them…
A lesson in building up hope
I’m in SoCal visiting family so we decided to drive out to San Bernadino and visit the Mattel store.
hour rule. New addition
Picked up this Custom Datsun 240z at the grocery store last night. Liberated car count now up to 91.
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