[Closed] "The top 100 American Collector Cars" is the lead article

David, if you have website address send it to me & I'll post it.

Send to: dickatl"AT"bellsouth.net

This must be it:

http://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2013/01/Top-100-American-Collector-Cars-of-All-Time/3720671.html

A very large percentage of the cars listed are offered in 1/43

No need David, I have the issue. Here are the cars...

01-03 Olds Curved Dash Runabout, 08 Simplex 50 Speed Car, 08-27 Ford Model T, 10-12 Olds Limited, 06-14 Stanley, 11 Mercer 35R Raceabout, 12-16 Stutz Model A Bearcat, 28-31 Ford Model A, 29-37 Duesenberg Model J/SJ, 29-32 Cord L-29, 27-29 La Salle, 30-40 Cadillac V-16, 21-34 Reo Royale 8, 31-32 Auburn Speedster, 32-33 Chrysler CL Custom Imperial, 32 Ford V-8, 32 Packard Twin Six, 33-37 Cadillac Aero-Dynamic Coupe, 33 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow, 34-37 Chrysler & De Soto Airflow, 34 Packard Twelve Sport Coupe by LeBaron, 34 Pierce-Arrow twelve Convertible Coupe, 35 Auburn 851 Cabriolet, 36-37 Graham Supercharger, 36 Lincoln K Convertible Roadster, 36-37 Cord 810/812, 37 Lincoln-Zephyr Coupe, 37 Studebaker Dictator Coupe, 40 Buick Century Series 60 Century Phaeton, 38-40 Graham Spirit of motion 39 Ford De Luxe, 37-42 Packard 180 Darrin Convertible Victoria, 40-41 Lincoln Continental, 40-41 Willys, 41 Cadillac Convertible Coupe, 46-47 Packard Custom Super Clipper Club Coupe, 46-48 Packard Chrysler Town & Country, 48 Tucker 48, 49 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville,
49-50 Ford, 49 Olds 88, 49 Mercury Two-door coupe, 50-53 Nash Rambler Convertible Coupe, 51-53 Hudson Hornet Club Coupe, 53-54 Buick Skylark Convertible, 53 Chevrolet Corvette, 53 Olds Fiesta convertible, 53 Packard Caribbean Convertible, 53 Studebaker Starliner coupe, 54 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe, 54-61 Nash Metropolitan, 55 Chevrolet Bel Air, 55 Chrysler C300 hardtop, 55-56 Ford Thunderbird, 56 Chevrolet Bel Air, 55-56 Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner, 56-57 Continental Mark II, 57 Chevrolet Bel Air, 57 Chrysler 300C, 57 Ford Fairlane Skyliner, 57 Ford Thunderbird, 57 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible, 57-58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, 58 Chevrolet Bel Air, 58 Chrysler 300D, 59-60 Buick Electra 225 convertible, 59 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, 59 Chrysler 300E, 59 De Soto Adventurer, 60 Chrysler 300F, 61 Chrysler 300G, 61 Lincoln Continental, 61 Pontiac Ventura hardtop, 62 Pontiac Grand Prix, 63 Chevrolet Corvette coupe, 63 Chevrolet Impala, 63 Studebaker Avanti, 64 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder, 64-65 Ford Mustang convertible, 65 Buick Riviera GS, 65 Pontiac GTO, 65-66 Shelby Mustang G.T. 350, 66 Olds Toronado, 67 Cadillac Eldorado, 67 Chevrolet Corvette L88, 67 Pontiac Grand Prix convertible, 68-69 AMC AMX, 69 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, 69 Dodge Charger, 69 Dodge Charger Daytona, 69 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, 70-72 Buick GSX, 70 Chevrolet Chevelle SS, 70-72 Chevrolet Corvette LT-1, 70 Plymouth 'Cuda, 70 Plymouth Superbird, 73-74 Pontiac Super Duty Trans Am, 87 Buick GNX, 90-95 Chevrolet Crvette ZR-1.

This listing appeared in "Hemmings Classic Car"issue #100. If you want more detail and pictures of these 100 cars, you may want to contact "Hemmings Class Cars" as they likely may have this back issue avaiable.

If the Nash Metro counts as American, then so should my Arnolt-MG!

After all, the "manufacturer" is listed as being on East Erie St. in Chicago.

I agree, Ken. Without a formal count, I know I have quite a few of them.

What a nice line up of historic automobiles

It would be quite the undertaking for any company to produce all of these models but, surely welcomed by most. Yes, it is true that a lot of them have been done already and it would make for an interesting themed collection, the Hemming's Top 100.
Can we assemble a collection from this list? Like...
1. Oldsmobile Curved Dash -
2. Simplex 50 Speed Car -
3. Ford Model T - Donguan, IXO, Corgi,
4. Oldsmobile Limited -
5. Stanley Steamer - Donguan,
6. Mercer Raceabout - Matchbox,
Feel free to add to the list, I know I'm interested.
Just going through the list I can pick out a few here and there that I already have. Like the Ford Model A by Minichamps. The Auburn Speedster by IXO. The Chrysler Imperial by Western (both open and closed tops), Packard Twin-Six by Mini Marque, Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow by IXO and Brooklin, Chrysler Airflow by IXO and Brooklin, Auburn 851 by Western, well you get the drift...

As someone mentioned a lot of these cars have been modeled before but we desperately need a 1930 Cadillac V16, a Simplex from 1908-11, an Oldsmobile Ltd and a decent Oldsmobile curved dash, I can only think of the plastic Minialuxe one and the Rio Caddy V16, so we need someone like Neo or Matrix to make em.

Number one on my wish list of these? The 1910-12 Oldsmobile Limited.

If the car doesn't come to mind quickly, do yourself a favor and google it. This was a gigantic, expensive automobile that would really dominate the "old cars" section of my display. I would love to have the chance to use it that way!

I am close to 50 percent of the list, some in other scales....

Franklin Mint made a Cadillac V-16 roadster in 1:43. Plus...

...Renwal made a pre-colored 1:48 plastic kit of the curved dash Olds. Plus, they too made a Stanley Steamer and a 1931 Cadillac Phaeton (might be a V-16). Too bad these weren't 1:43 but I guess they looked good on O-gauge railway layouts..