Always check out the pinstripers area when you're at the GNRS, there's always cool stuff to find

a hard core 60's custom car goofball, who is wonderfully atomic punk, did a video tour of his garage and collection of crazy neat stuff - including a Turbonique go cart replica of Capt Jacks rocket cart, and replicas of a couple Zingers

 

crazy good collection of car waxes

and one cool display of old gauges

Speed shop display so the comparison can be felt between the different Hurst shifters

and an entire drug store rack of cool 60s magazines! Sweet! 

Thanks Marc! 

the Zingers were at the Autorama

The six Zingers on display last weekend are owned by two different groups. Half of the cars belong to Championship Auto Shows (Bob Larivee owns the yellow bug, the red Vette and the Semi)) and the other 3 belong to a New Jersey car club called Dead Man’s Curve.

 

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/mutated-mini-muscle-zingers-turn-heads-at-detroits-autorama

all photos were taken by a really good photographer I haven't learned of until now, Michael Switzer @switzdesign4u  https://twitter.com/switzdesign4u  https://www.switzerdesign.com/ 

the van and semi have looked a bit better, and different, in the past 

and I've previously posted all the publicity photos and advertising they've been in: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Zingers

the Zingers weren't designed for kids to play with, but they were certainly the right size and of great interest for kids

https://www.facebook.com/groups/226675368608297/permalink/312440920031741/

the Zinger vette

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk

first new photo of seen of the VW buggy Zinger

found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/CragarSS/

1972 Zinger toys ad

Found on https://www.facebook.com/That70sPage

a cool trend of a different Zinger each year at SEMA is happening

2 zingers are at SEMA, and Bob Larivee Sr... probably the father of the modern car show, hot rod show legend regardless

what are Zingers, Mose asked...  These are the Zingers!, the "hairiest, scariest fistfuls of muscle yet," according to the ads for the line of MPC plastic models introduced in 1971. In the days when wild show cars reigned, legendary promoter Bob Larivee Sr. drew crowds by commissioning full-scale versions of top-selling toys. http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/113_0409_1971_zingers_toys/

that is Bob in the green shirt. I got to thank him for bringing and creating the Zingers

for the Bio on hall of famer Bob Larivee: http://www.semahof.com/Bob_Larivee%20Sr._2012_Inductee

Bob still owns these two and the semi truck

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-cant-remember-what-these-were-called.html

Is it a Zinger? July 5, 2011 post, updated June 23rd 2013, Yes!

Found on http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/

above found on http://truquetructruk.tumblr.com

I just found these 2 photos on http://stiffspeed.tumblr.com to learn that the mini semi that has shown up in no other photos of the Zingers, that it was part of the collection... update Jan 2014, I just found the black and white above