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AUTOart Two-Stage Coilover Pen & Flashlight

Fans of go-fast hardware will like this pen and flashlight set. Resembling a racing coil-over shock with two-stage springs and a reservoir, this 4 1/2-inch beauty is the picture of precision, with a titanium gray or gold anodized housing, and red and black powder-coated springs. To use it, just unscrew the spring portion, reverse it, […]

Maisto 2013 Dovizioso Moto GP Ducati Desmosedici

Dovi’s Duck! 1:10 | $23.00 | 1:18 | $10 The beginning of the 2013 Moto GP race season started a new chapter for rider Andrea Dovizioso. After three years riding factoryHondas, then one more year on a Yamaha, Dovizioso was hired by the factory Ducati race team to replace Valentino Rossi on their Desmosedici GP13. […]

AUTOart Stainless Steel Brake Rotor Plate and Coffee Cup Set

Car junkies run on caffeine, so it’s a natural that a man cave would benefit from having this coffee cup, saucer, and spoon set around. These appear to have been stolen from somebody’s front suspension; the saucer looks exactly like a cross-drilled brake rotor, and the handles of the cup and spoon have lightening holes […]

AUTOart Carburetor Salt & Pepper Shaker

What could be more fun than passing a fellow car nut a classic Weber DCOE when they ask for the salt, pepper, or sugar? Not much, say we. AUTOart’s lively homage to stoichiometric metering comes with two chromed velocity stacks for the spices; look closely and you’ll see the “S” and “P” patterned in their […]

AUTOart “gearshift” Umbrella

If you’re going to the races, this umbrella is the ideal take-along to fend off the weather in style. The umbrella’s eight-panel, silver-coated nylon canopy is 26 inches wide, so you’ll deflect mid-day rays or a light sprinkle with the best of them. Opening it is fun, too: a gearshift-like handle with a shock absorber […]

Auto World Dodge Challenger SRT8

If you pine for those days of promo models, stop pining and start pointing and clicking. Auto World is offering a built-up AMT Dodge Challenger SRT8 that’s been cast in color and glued up for you — just like the neatly scaled handouts you’d get in the car showrooms when you were shopping with pop […]

1/3-Scale James Bond Aston DB5 – Gold-plated Goldfinger Star

Christie’s Auction House recently sold what is almost certainly the most elaborate, most expensive and most desirable scale replica of an Aston Martin ever made. This 1-of-a-kind 1/3-scale model was patterned after James Bond’s iconic DB5 that made its first appearance in Goldfinger, and returned for five more Bond films over the course of the […]

Coaster Brakes

AUTOART “Brake Disc” coaster set 3.5” | $89.99 Nothing says “neat” like a place to put your beverage, and AUTOart’s Design/Lifestyle division wants to help you keep things tidy with an automotive twist. This set of six diecast brake disc/coasters rests in a red enameled “caliper” base. Each disc is made from grooved, machined diecast, […]

Eaglemoss Star Trek Starships: Where No Diecast Has Gone Before

AUTOart Piston Canister

Jelly beans, dark chocolate, the keys to that old Jag you scored last month … we all have something worth hiding away. How about stashing the goods inside what looks to be an aluminum piston from a four-valve race engine? The piston wears ring grooves, and up top are the impressions for four angled […]