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| Car Of The Day: May 14, 2017; Johnny Lightning '57 Chevrolet Corvette | |
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| Swifty | May 14 2017, 10:17 PM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Today's Car Of The Day is Johnny Lightning's 1957 Chevrolet Corvette. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Chevrolet Corvette ![]() If not for Ford finding success with the Thunderbird, the Corvette would likely be nothing but a footnote in the '50s American response to British sports cars. Hudson's Italia, Nash's Healey joint venture, Crosley's Hot Shot, and Kaiser's Darrin were among the others. An early effort from Playing Mantis, at the time this car came out they were still trying to stylize their cars much in the way Topper had styled the original Johnny Lightnings. Later efforts would be much more accurate to the real cars. ![]()
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| pjedsel | May 15 2017, 06:09 PM Post #2 |
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Muscle Car
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I remember these early JL Corvette offerings - they always seemed a bit out of proportion to me and not that attractive a casting. Still it was a start for greater things to come! |
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| 426maxwedgie | May 16 2017, 08:40 PM Post #3 |
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Running in the 90's
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While these early JLs are not accurate and stylized, that makes them more endearing to me. It makes them more toy-like, and that's not always a bad thing. |
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