PERFECT ZINGERS Photos by John McCartney
A WINNING HAND FOUR OF A KIND PERFECT ZINGERS
Photos and words by John McCartney
B
ack in the late sixties early seventies the MPC model group produced a series of model car kits which every kid could not wait to build. One of these was a series called Zingers, which the magazine ads said best The Hairiest Scariest fistfuls of muscle yet. The folks at MPC got the idea after the 1970 Detroit Autorama where a young man by the name of Denny Johnson built a model out of spare parts that he entered in the shows model contest. Johnson took home first prize and the folks at MPC saw that they had a winning model and started producing them for the general public to purchase and build for themselves. These crazy creations first were introduced in 1971 and flew at of the stores as every kid needed to build one of these Zingers for their very own.
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Well, Bob Larivee Sr., looking for ways to bring in even more fans to his already very successful car shows which he was producing all across the country. Larivee already had a number of other full size car models on display so he turned to Chuck Miller and his company Styline Customs in River Rouge, Michigan. Miller who already had created a full size version of the famous Red Baron and following the success of this beauty he was contracted to build a series of the Zingers to tour around the country. Miller built a number of models from Corvettes, Volkswagens, Semi-Truck, along with a Vette all special unique creations. A Dune Buggy called the “Super Dune” along with a front motored dragster called “Super Drag” was built by Steve Tansy. Tansy who raced a great deal in the sport of drag racing if best know for his Vega Panel Funny Car called “The Godfather”.
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