Subaru Impreza 555

The 1995 World Rally Championship saw a change in fortunes for Subaru and Prodrive. Having spent a couple of years developing the Group A Impreza the '95 car was finally to prove successful, culminating in Scottish rally legend Colin McRae winning the Driver's title.

The Monte Carlo was the traditional season opener for the WRC and 1995 was no different. Three works teams entered the event along ensuring this was to be one of the hardest fought Monte Carlo Rallies. Ironically the rally developed into a battle between the works (Prodrive) Subaru Impreza 555 of Carlos Sainz / Luis Moya and the privately run R.A.S Ford Escort Cosworth of Francois Delecour / Catherine Francois. Special stage 18 (from a total of 21) was the deciding one as suspension damage saw Delecour limp out of the stage allowing Sainz to claim an impressive and hard fought victory.

Pictured above is a CM's 1:64 scale model of the victorious Carlos Sainz / Luis Moya Group A Impreza 555. An excellent small scale model the detailing is doubly impressive when you consider this model is the size of a matchbox..... Imported from Hong Kong there aren't many of these models in Europe which adds to the attraction!

As with all my non-Porsche models this is for sale / swap; priced around £6.00 Contact me for more details.

Meyers Manx Buggy

The Meyers Manx buggy originated in the early 1960s when Bruce Meyers produced the first of a selection of fibreglass bodies that used VW drive train and suspension to produce a fun, lightweight and cheap on and off-road capable vehicle. The dune buggy and derivatives was born!

Hotwheels have honoured Bruce's creation in 1:64 scale diecast by producing their version of the Meyers Manx buggy. For reasons know to no-one in particular I now have a 'mere' 25 of these models residing in my collection.

Whilst not as rare as a Matchbox buggy these little diecast models are both pleasing to the eye and reasonably accurate in detailing.As with most modern Hotwheels models the Meyers Manx buggy features plenty of 'bling' to keep modern children interested yet this doesn't detract from the overall model as most real world 1:1 Meyers Manx buggies (or copies thereof) have more than their fair share of chrome and polished metal.

With such a surplus of buggies I'm happy to part with some for around £1 each, contact me and we can haggle over the price - the more you take the lower it gets! The buggy pictured above is my son's slightly worn toy.