Actually his name is Anthony Ryan Schmidt. ... View more

Yes I agree, Ryan' s model car photos are fantastic, considering his age. The 6 minute video on youtube is very interesting and entertaining. https://youtube.com/watch?v=p5Ghs9llypk&feature=share ... View more

I have a 2005 Legend Lime Mustang GT. It was the lowest production colour for that year and was also offered in 2006. This was one of the colours that was featured on the auto show circuit in 2004. Everyone loved it back then as it was a retro colour formerly called Lime Gold that looked great on the new retro styled Mustang. Now most people do not like it and it does not even get a second glance at car shows, even all Mustang shows. We still love it though and it sure stands out at a stoplight when it is surrounded by all the black, white, silver and grey cars. A black, white or red 2005 Mustang would probably bring a much higher resale value. A former work colleague used to call it "grandpa green" and maybe many others think the same thing, but again, we still love it and that is all that matters. ... View more

Another slightly obscure auto related song is "65 Mustang" by Five For Fighting and a must for Mustang fans. In 1973, Tony Kosinec was a one hit wonder here in Canada with a song called "All Things Come from God". ... View more

Thank you for a great article. Please keep more Bond car stories like this coming. Universal Hobbies made 1/43rd scale model dioramas of 3 of the cars in the video at the race track. The bashed up Cougar, the bad guys Mercedes and the #11 Mini race car. All have fantastic detail including Bond and Tracy in the Cougar, the 4 bad guys in the Mercedes and driver in the Mini, plus all the skis mounted on the cars. Just an FYI for Bond and model collectors. ... View more

Great article, thanks. Another example is the Barracuda, from 1964-1965 it was a Valiant Barracuda in Canada and Plymouth Barracuda in the USA. ... View more

Wrong and wrong, not a Spirit or a Javelin in The Man With the Golden Gun. It was an AMC Hornet X. Correct with the Matador Coupe and there are also Matador sedan police cars in the chase. "Shameless AMC plug"? ya like no other car company has done that! See the article posted here a while back: "Astro Spiral: Revisiting the greatest car stunt of all time". The Astro Spiral team used AMC Javelins at the time. So now does it make sense that AMC was featured in the film? ... View more

Thank you for a very interesting article and I enjoyed the Russian video very much. Where the heck did you dig up that video? When you mentioned the buttress on the back of the Mexican Shelby being reminiscent of the Dodge Charger and AMC Javelin, I'm sure you meant the AMC AMX as it had a recessed rear window and the Javelin did not. ... View more

Hey what about James Garner's International Racing Team that campaigned ten 1969 Rambler Scramblers, some converted to 4X4, and won the Baja 500 in 1969 (also 3rd & 5th). You mention Broncos, Oldsmobiles and Meyers Manx, but as usual, AMC is ignored. ... View more

I agree that there are few board game out there with an automotive theme. I have a game called "Vintage Wheels - Automotive History Quiz Game" from 1984. There is one on eBay at the moment. The board has Detroit Michigan on one side and Windsor Ontario on the other side separated by the Detroit river. You start at the Ambassador Bridge on the Canadian side and travel through Windsor to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel where you cross and travel through Detroit and finish back at the Ambassador Bridge. You move by answering automotive trivia questions. It reminds me of Trivial Pursuit as the box is the same size, the board folds the same and the questions come in boxes just like Trivial Pursuit, just no pies to complete with the little triangle pieces. With your automotive knowledge, you may be able to win at this game. ... View more

The Mercedes 600 was also driven by Blofeld in On Her Majesties Secret Service. In the end he drives by Bond and his new bride and Blofeld's hench-woman in the back seat shoots and kills Bonds bride sitting in the Aston Martin on the side of the road. Bond never got married again that I know of. ... View more

I buy a lot of used Dinky Toys from eBay and sometimes they will have some scuffs and paint transfer from another model or whatever. Meguiars cleaner wax does a great job to fix those problems. Of course, the best way is not having to clean them at all by putting them in a display case. Ikea sells large ones and your local hobby store should have small individual plastic cases made by AMT, Auto World, etc.  ... View more