Description
* The estimated time of arrival July-August2024. Date is subject to change.
* Please note that the images are pre-production samples actual product may vary.
Brand new 1/18 scale diecast car model of 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle LS6 – Red Alert Limited Edition to 600 pieces Worldwide die cast model car by ACME.
Brand new box.
Real rubber tires.
Steerable wheels.
True-to-scale detail.
Has detailed chassis.
Has opening hood.
Opening doors and trunk.
Officially licensed product.
Wired and plumbed engine.
Manufacturers original unopened packaging.
Made of diecast metal with some plastic parts.
Detailed interior exterior engine compartment.
Dimensions approximately L-10.25 W-3.75 H-3 inches.
For most of its 40 years this 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 LS6 has been doing exactly what it was built to do: tear up the drag strip. Along the way it has become arguably the most famous drag-racing Chevelle ever capturing the SS/DA class record in 1972 and setting an elapsed time of 10:75 at 123 MPH on the way to winning Top Eliminator 14 of 16 events at Bradenton Dragway in Florida in 1976.
Purchased new by A/FX racer Bob Hamilton as a Valentine’s Day gift to his wife the big-block beast was soon spending its Sundays at the local drag strip with Hamilton at the wheel. Sponsored by AMT and dubbed “Red Alert” it began its long and extremely successful career in 1971 setting the SS/DA national record during the 1972 season and owning the track record at New Jersey’s Island Dragway for over two years.
Hamilton sold “Red Alert” in 1976 to racer Terry Carney who in 1990 partnered with Bill & Jan Stephenson to reintroduce the car to a new generation of fans and a
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