by Doug Breithaupt |
Few words are needed here. the images speak for themselves. The theme is simple, miniatures of American-built cars in yellow and black. The motivation for this selection was the recent 1970 Chevelle SS in those colors from Hot Wheels. While a few European and Japanese toy car replicas have also been done in the colors of bees, hornets and wasps, most often, it's U.S muscle cars that appear in these colors. Jordan's F1 car sports these colors and featured the moniker 'Buzzin Hornets' in place of Bensen & Hedges, where such ads were prohibited. Other race cars like the 1970 Ford Mustangs used in Trans Am racing and the Penzoil Indy racers also sported black and yellow. The cars here all represent stock models and Ford, GM and Chrysler are all included.
 1967 Chevrolet Camaro - Hot Wheels |
 1967 Chevrolet Corvette - Johnny Lightning |
 1969 Chevrolet Camaro - Racing Champions |
 1969 Plymouth Superbird - Racing Champions |
 1969 Plymouth Road Runner - Johnny Lightning |
 1970 Buick GSX - Johnny Lightning |
 1970 Buick GSX - Racing Champions |
 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS - Hot Wheels |
 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS - Johnny Lightning |
 1970 Chevrolet Camaro - Johnny Lightning |
 1970 Dodge Challenger - Hot Wheels |
 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 - Hot Wheels |
 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 - Maisto |
 1970 Oldsmobile 442 Pace Car - Johnny Lightning |
 1970 Plymouth AAR Cuda - Johnny Lightning |
 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 - Johnny Lightning |
 1971 Ford Boss Mustang - Matchbox |
 1971 Ford T5 Mustang Mach 1 - Siku |
 1979 Ford Mustang - Yat Ming |
 1984 Chevrolet Camaro - Racing Champions |