Is there any die-cast 77 models? Danbury only has a 74 coupe and a 75 vert. I would like to find one of a 77. Anyone know of any?

 

Not many I can think of off the top of my head. There was the plastic GM promo model in 1/25th scale, and both a Hot Wheels and Matchbox rubber bumper coupe in 1/64th scale.

A post under the Die Casts & Collectibles section of the General Corvette section of the Forum, might bring more responses.

 

I have been looking for a 76 Vette die cast model. 75 through 77 models are just no where to be found. I did find a 75 t top AMT plastic model kit that will work since 75 and 76 look the same.

 

I have a 1977 promo, it's one of those real ones, very generic looking. Mine is in silver.

Frank

 

Yeah, Those are the only one's I can find for 77. I'd really like a Diecast one. Guess I'll have to wait another 5 or so years untill maybe the mid 70's (77) become more popular.

 

For '77 the silver one was the only promo made. No die cast I have ever seen and I have been in the model building/selling hobby for 26yrs.. There is a 1/25 kit from AMT, 1/25 kit from MPC, 1/20 kit from MPC and a 1/43 kit from Provence Moulage. The sad thing is the 1/43 kit is the best. mike...

 

Thanks, Are you sure about the promo silver? I have seen a couple of red promo's out there. Are they fakes?

 

There were four different colors in 77, silver, red, dark red and gray. Silver seems to be the most common. The dark red ones are thought be a shade variation of the red ones. Unlike most promos, the silver ones were molded in gray and then painted silver. This was probably done because of the difficulty in getting a shiney metallic finish in molded plastic. The gray ones appear to be unpainted silver ones.

Below are pictures of a couple of the 75-77s from my collection. The only "true" 77 is the silver promo. The others are basically generic, 75-77's.

In the front row from left to right, the orange one is an eraser(!), the silver, blue and chrome ones are all variations of the Hot Wheels version, the red one is a pull back friction toy of unknown make, the silver one is the 77 promo, and the green convertible (obviously a 74 or 75, not a 76/77) was made by Gay. The black one in the second row is a Matchbox car and the green one is a plastic friction toy made by ZEE. The back row has 3 more variations of the Matchbox versions, and the yellow one was made by Tomica (Tomy) about 30 years ago.



Here are 4 more Matchbox variations and another Hot Wheels one. The black one on the bottom row was part of a 4 car set of Corvette race cars made by Matchbox, a MLB Phillies version and a MLB Cooperstown Hall of Fame version, both made by Matchbox for White Rose Collectibles. The orange one on top, is a Hot Wheels version, and the orange one in the middle, is yet another, Matchbox one.




Other than a 6 inch long friction one made by Tonka in the 70's, I don't know of to many other 75-77's that were made.

 

The 77 is also in the Zora Arkus-Duntov Corvette Collection at 1:32 scale.You can sometimes get lucky on E-bay.Got one about 3 years ago.