Hot Wheels 1969 Chevy Chevelle Custom

This one has been around for quite a while now, but I was just going through the archive on my blog and realized that I never posted it!

I like HW muscle car castings, but they're generally a bit too hot-rodded for my taste. So I like to go back and change that occasionally. This is a 1969 Chevelle that I think came out very nice.

Lesney #55c - Ford Galaxie Police Car Restoration

This was just a quick repaint, nothing too special, but I do like how it came out! I was going for the unmarked "detective car" look. I have misplaced my flash drive that has the "before" pics, but I'll update this post if I can find them haha.

This is a very well done casting from what I consider to be the golden age of Matchbox, the later Regular Wheel era. It's a fairly common casting, and I know I must have 8-10 beater ones laying around. What do you think of my plainclothes special?

Chevy Camaro Z28 Police - Model of the Day

Today's Model of the Day is a 4th generation Camaro police car, from the wonderful old Matchbox Premiere series. The 1999 Premiere Police Collection, to be exact. While there were many great cars from the long-running Premiere line, the police cars always stood out to me. The Camaro was included in all the police series I believe. Other models included the old Ford LTD police car, the Crown Victoria, and the Chevy Tahoe. I only have a handful of these, but am alway on the lookout for more. 

I found this picture online. Looks like Matchbox did a fairly decent job of replicating the Wyoming Highway Patrol livery on the Camaro. Those Premiere-specific wheels don't look good on everything, but I think they suit the Camaro pretty well.