Limited Edition Dodges

As the license plate states, this is 1 of 708 Anniversary Gold 330's released as a special 40th Anniversary Edition. It's got a big ole' Hemi, and an incredible set of fenderwell headers.

The Campbell Collectibles 2005 Club Mopar car is this real sharp '67 Coronet. One of the nicer molds that Highway 61 developed, this R/T is wearing the striking Bright Blue Metallic paint, and the Hemi badging. As usual, great detail abounds!

"Go Granny, Go Granny, Go Granny, Go!" Inspired by the 60's hit song "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena", this 330 comes with a couple of extra features. The stock air cleaner can be removed and replaced with a couple of velocity stacks (included in the truck, one for each carburetor), and the plain red steel wheels could be pryed off and replaced with included mag wheels to match the front setup. I have chosen to leave my "Brand New, Shiny Red Super Stock Dodge" just the way it came out of the box.

The financing has just gone through, and our young Mopar enthusiast has just bought the car of his dreams from "Honest Al's" selection of Limited Edition Dusters and Demons by Ertl! He'll be driving home in a Plum Crazy Purple 1971 Demon; an excellent choice!

Once again, I was inexorably drawn to a Supercar Collectibles Limited Edition. I bought this Dodge Coronet in perfect, pristine condition from my favorite on line store, Scale18.com, at a fantastic sale price! This is one of only 504 produced in the Supercar's Superstreet series. It has a detailed 426 Hemi under the hood, and sports period correct, 1967 Illinois (the Land of Lincoln) license plates that boast 1 OF 504! YOW!!!

Way back in 1964, you could order a Dodge 330 with a 426 Ram Charger Competition V8 sporting an optional 13.5 to 1 compression ratio which boasted 415 Horsepower and 470 lbs. of Torque. This Torquoise 330, of which Supercar Collectibles only commissioned 504 units, is a tribute to those bygone days of raw, reckless factory muscle!

There were numerous variations of Ertl's 1971 Dodge Charger available when the ship from China hit the North American shore. You could choose from Plum Crazy Purple, Hemi Orange, Go Green, Citron Yella, Bright Blue, or Bright Red. Some had vinyl tops, some with chrome bumpers, hideaway headlights, Super Bees, R/T's, dogdish wheels, rallye wheels, and so on, and so on. I couldn't possibly get them all, so I chose the one that fits best in my displayed collection; the Go Green R/T with the body colored front bumper, exposed headlights and 426 Hemi. It is one of 504 made.

You can almost hear the "Yee Haw" and Dixie Horn when you look at Ertl's Authentics Version of the Dukes' of Hazzard 1969 Charger, the General Lee. It is patterned after the car from the television show, which itself was really not only one car, but a whole slew of them, modified in different ways for different scenes and stunts, over the numerous seasons the show aired. The car has lots of features previous Ertl General Lees lacked, most notably, working hideaway headlights! Golly, Cooter, ain't that a peach?

In 1978, Dodge made the legendary "Lil' Red Express Truck" with a potent, for its day, 360 CID 4bbl burbling under the hood. The two massive chrome exhausts, the step side box with wood trim, and the zoomy deep dish mag wheels with bold white letter trim, advertised that this critter was not to be taken lightly at the stop light, or the show and shine. To further exert its evtrovert image, bold gold graphics blazed from its door and body panels, set off nicely from the Canyon Red paint job underneath. It was a factory truck with a true Custom look. Ertl paid tribute to this Adventurer 150 by releasing it in 1:18 scale diecast, not once, but twice, in 1994 and 2004. The 1994 version is shown on the left with another more modern version of Dodge Truck brawn, the 1999 Dakota R/T, which also bore the same engine block, but this time billed as the 5.9 litre with the more technologically advanced fuel injection.