Regular readers of my blog (are there any?) know that I'm a Matchbox guy much more than a Hot Wheels guy. But really, I love all well-modeled 1/64 scale cars, and so I've got plenty of Hot Wheels in my collection. And while my Redline collection isn't nearly as deep as my Matchbox collection (with a few embarrassing omissions), I've still got plenty of them to admire. But with the current price tags and valuations of Redlines, my examples tend to only be in the fair-good condition categories - since I have a hard time spending the $100-$1000 to get mint examples! 
Given my inspiration, I started by pulling out examples of sports car / Can Am race cars from the late 60s and early 70s. I pulled one example each of the 7 that I could think of and took a look at them.All of these are delightful models - all with opening hoods that reveal the engines. But I'm not a fan of the Ford J-Car - (in gold in these photos) - it seems too small. I love the Ferrari (the red #60), the McLaren (purple), the Lola (red - on the right of the red Ford) and the Ford MK IV (on the left of the red Lola). But my favorite is the Porsche.
Maybe its the glass engine cover - I'm not sure. But its my favorite of these cars. So the bottom 2 photos show the Porsche in all the colors that I've got (which for a hardcore Redline collector is not very many). You can see a couple (pink, red and green) that are in VERY poor condition, as well as the yellow re-release of it that Hot Wheels did a few years back.
More redline articles coming soon!
P.S. For a fun view, compare these photos of the Ford and Lola with the real 1:1 scale Ford and Lola that I saw at Legana Seca, in my previous post!
P.P.S. I neglected to mention that the green car with the wing is the Chapparal!
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