The Diecast Zone · Model Car Club Since 1994
Diecast Collector Forums
Eight forums, every scale, and thirty years of shop talk — new arrivals, restorations, reviews, and the finds you won’t see posted anywhere else, with the full archive back to 2002 restored and searchable. Free to Register.
8Forums
195,000+Topics
1,276,000+Posts
10,000+Members
Notifications
Clear all
Forum 43
6
Posts
6
Users
22
Reactions
167
Views
Topic starter
15/10/2026 8:57 pm
This post in my Brooklin in Illinois series features the NB Center 1967 Buick Wildcat 4-door hardtop in Burgundy Mist Poly and a Black roof (NBC208). The background photo continues the theme of using a scene along the original US Route 66. The Berghoff Restaurant, opened in 1898, is one of Chicago's oldest continuously operating restaurants. It is located near the original starting point of US Route 66 in downtown Chicago. Special thanks to Tom Kinney for letting me borrow his model for the photo.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
15/10/2026 8:59 pm
Gotta love the Berghoff. And the car's nice too. 
15/10/2026 10:05 pm
Another outstanding image, Ed. The Berghoff, no less.
15/10/2026 11:08 pm
What a history depicted here. A longtime restaurant and a sadly forgotten member of the GM Family. Beautifully composed shot.
Steve
Tony Perrone and Ed Davis reacted
16/10/2026 6:53 am
I absolutely LOVE Brooklin's '67 Buick Wildcat and have 2-and 4-door hardtops,
2 colors of each body style.
I appreciate the many enhancements in the NB edition but I never understood the rear wheel-opening moldings above the fender skirts. They wouldn't have come that way from the factory. The molding should be on the bottom of the skirt, not the top.
Regardless, a gorgeous model in a great setting!
This post was modified 3 weeks ago 2 times by Moe Parr
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
Ed Davis and Tony Perrone reacted
16/10/2026 7:25 am
I'll bet ya dollars to donuts, the owner of that GORGEOUS Buick, stopped off there in the middle of Adams St., to get a Reuben sandwich.
Fabulous photo!
Ed Davis reacted