NEWS FEBRUARY 2024

Verona February 2024
Dear sirs,

We are pleased to inform you of the news that our company will make available to model makers and collectors, starting from this month.
These are 1/43 scale models, made of resin, with metal details, photo-etched parts, turned aluminum rims, rubber tyres, decals and instructions. Unless otherwise stated they are available in kit form (unpainted) or assembled.

In detail:

Are 1310 – Corvette C3 – The #12 car of Thomson and Mahler, retired at the 12 hours of Sebring in 1971, was sponsored by Marathon fuel.
Are 1311 – Cadillac 1949 Series 62 Sedanette – Entered in the first Carrerra Panamerica in 1950 with Mc Afee and Robinson, they became famous for having shot a beautiful film in the race. They finished the race in tenth place driving this #118.
Are 1312 – Cadillac 1949 Series 62 Sedanette – In 1951 at the second Carrera Panamericana the Caddy #89 of Mc Afee and Robinson took the colours of the sponsor Gulf. The car appears to have been significantly developed, but the drivers will not see the finish line, retiring due to a run off the road.
Are 1313 – Chrysler New Yorker – Participant in the third edition of the Carrera in 1952, Kirkwood and McDaniel’s New Yorker #123 prefigured the model of the following year. The two Americans failed to reach the finish line.
Are 1314 – Chrysler New Yorker – #3 entered by Hahn Motor Co. Entered in the fourth Carrera Panamericana for the Americans Gray and Elliason, this car did not reach the finish line.
Are 1315 – Chrysler New Yorker – The first of the two New Yorkers from the Kiekhaefer team, painted in the blue and orange colours of the University of Florida. This #16 driven by Fitch and Razo Maciel did not reach the finish line.
Are 1316 – Chrysler New Yorker – The second NY of the Kiekhaefer team at the 1953 Carrera, the #57 was driven by Mundy and like Fitch’s twin it did not reach the finish line.
Are 1317 – Chrysler New Yorker – Driven by the American Korf in the 1953 Carrera Panamericano, the #66 Chrysler of the AbPoe team did not reach the finish line.
Are 1318 – Porsche 935 – Dick Barbour team car lined up for Johnny Rutherford at the Daytona 250 Miles Finale in 1977. #6 was classified in 51st place despite not finishing the race.
Are 1319 – Porsche 935 – the #6 driven at the 100 Miles of Laguna Seca 1978 by Bob Bondurant for the Dick Barbour Performance team, this 935 finished in seventh place.
Are 1320 – Porsche 934/5 – Competing for Team Belcher at the 250 Miles Finale at Daytona in 1977, this Porsche #09 driven by Jim Busby did not reach the finish line and was classified in 65th place.
Are 1321 – Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – Fifth place finish for the #11 in the Mid Ohio 100 Mile race in 1976 for the Racing Consultants Carrera driven by John Gunn.
Are 1322 – Porsche 935 – George Dyer was classified in nineteenth position despite not finishing the 1977 Daytona 250 Miles Final with his Porsche #30.
Are 1323 – Porsche 934/5 – With this car #30, the American George Dyer ranked sixth overall at the 100 Mile Road Atlanta race in 1977.
Are 1324 – Porsche 934/5 – The #41 car of the Valvoline Deutschland team, finished tenth with the drivers Sindel and Steckkonig at the 6 Hours of Dijon in 1976.
Are 1325 – Porsche 911 S – Participant in the 1983 24 Hours of Daytona, this deeply reworked 911 was driven by Bean and Cason for the Gary Wonzer team. #42 did not reach the finish line and was classified in 55th place.
Are 1326 – Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – Entered by the Starbite team in the 1976 12 Hours of Sebring, the #52 was driven by Tunstall and Wade. It finished 23rd overall.
Are 1327 – Porsche 911 Carrera S – Prepared with the look of the RSR, the Porsche of White and McLain took part in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1977. It did not finish the race and #67 was classified in 57th position.
Are 1327B – Porsche 911 Carrera S – Sponsored by Havatampa cigars, the 911 #67, driven by White and McClain at the 500kms of Road Atlanta in 1976, finished the race in eleventh place.
Are 1328 – Porsche 934/5 – Bayside Disposal team car #85, competing in the Trans-Am at Mosport in 1978 with Bruce Leven. It finished fifteenth overall.
Are 1329 – Porsche 911 Carrera – Participant for the Quick Associates team in the 6 Hours of Riverside in 1981 with Michaelson and Scott. #53 didn’t finish the race.
Are 1330 – Porsche 934/5 – Driven to third place overall by Hurley Haywood at the Mid America 100 Mile in 1977. This car with the #95 was entered by Bob Hagestad’s team.
Are 1331 – Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – #5 driven by Bob Hagestad to ninth place overall at the 6 Hours of Mid Ohio in 1976.
Are 1332 – Porsche 935 – Ludwig Heimrath drove this car during the Daytona Finale 250 Miles in 1977. Car #7 did not finish the race but was classified in twenty-eighth place.
Are 1333 – Dino 246 – used by the British driver Richardson in the Mont Ventoux hillclimb in 1972 #30. With the same kit is also possible to realise the car that finish in 2nd place at Mosport, in a Trans-Am race in 1977 driven by Heimrath.
Are 1334 – Dino 246 – Another car that took part in hillclimbs this time in Brauinsberg in 1973, driven by Oppithauser as #46
Are 1335 – Dino 246 – Car #24 prepared by the NART team for the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen in 1972, it was driven by Cluxton and Moran only during the qualifying tests when mechanical problems did not allow them to start the race.
Are 1336 – Dino 246 – Only participation in the 24 hours of 1972 for the Dino #46 prepared by NART. Raced by the French Laffeach and Doncieux, they finished in 17th place.
Are 1337 – Dino 246 – Car entered in group three in the 1975 edition of the Giro Automobilistico d’Italia with the De Gregori and Pasquini crew, #356 finishing in 36th place.
Are 1338 – Dino 206 – Fielded in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969 by the NART team, #98 finished 36th overall driven by Posey and Dini.
Are 1339 – Lancia Stratos – Race culminating in a retirement for #592 in the 1980 Giro Automobilistico d’Italia for the beautiful Stratos in Olio Fiat colors driven by Tabaton Pirro and Perissutti.
Are 1340 – Corvette C3 – Fielded by Smith Kemp Auto Racing at the 1972 6 Hours of Daytona, #88 was driven by Kemp and Fraser. It did not reach the finish line.
Are 1341 – Corvette C3 – Fourteenth place finish for the #94 Leddon Blackwell Racing Corvette driven by Tony de Lorenzo and Maurice Carter at the 1974 6 Hours of Mid-Ohio.
Are 1342 – Lancia Stratos – Arturo Merzario and Francesca ‘Cica’ Lurani participated without luck in #463 in the second Giro d’Italia in 1974 with this car prepared by Delta Elaborazioni.

Assembled only:
Are 1299 – 365 gtb/4 – Shark Racing team car, #46 fielded in the 24 hour trials in 1973 with the drivers Guerie and Grandet. #14407
Are 1300 – 365 gtb4 – #6 used in the 1973 24 hour trials by Minter and Posey, it was characterised by the large front spoiler, not used in the race.
Are 1301- 365 gtb4 – Milt Minter and Sam Posey drove #6 NART team Daytona in the 24 hours in 1973. They did not reach the finish line #16407
Are 1302 – 365 gtb/4 – #33 NART team car fielded in the 1973 4 Hours with drivers Migault Guitteny and Bodin
Are 1303 – 365 gtb/4 – The British JCB Corgi team participated in the 1973 24 hours with #33 driven by Corner and Green. The two did not finish the race. #15681
Are 1304 – 365 gtb/4 – The #34 Ecurie Francorchamps car prepared for the 1973 24 hour tests for Andruet and Bond.
Are 1305 – 365 gtb/4 – Andruet and Bond finished 20th overall with #34 in the Francorchamps 24 hour race in 1973. #16425
Are 1306 – 365 gtb/4 – Another Daytona fielded by NART in the 24 hours of 1973, the #36 of Guitteny and Grossmann did not finish the race. #14889
Are 1307 – 365 gtb/4 – The only NART team car to adopt the aerodynamic solution of the wing under the rear, #37 of Garcia Veiga and Di Palma did not finish the race after performing admirably in qualifying. #16367
Are 1308 – 365 gtb/4 – Migault and Chinetti finished in 15th place with the Daytona #38 of the NART team, competing in the 24 hours of 1973. #14141
Are 1309 – 365 gtb/4 – #56 fielded by the Shark Racing team in the 1973 24 hours with Guerie and Grandet, it did not reach the finish line. #14407

In the Coffret series (assembled only), 3 new subjects are available:

Arec 037 – 365 gtb/4 – The four cars of the NART team competing in the 24 hours of 1973, with #6, 36, 37 and 38.
Arec 038 – 365 gtb/4 – The car fielded in the 24 hours of 1973 by Ecurie Francorchamps flanked by the same car used in testing with some aesthetic and decoration differences.
Arec 039 – The three Dinos used by Nart, the #98 was the car for the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969, with #24 the car used for testing at the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen in 1972 and finally with #46 the car participating in the 24 Hours in 1972.

In the accessories series, some new proposals:

Arep 120 – Rings for 1.0-1.5-2.0 mm spotlights
Arep 121 – Bonnet hook from the 1950s/60s, second type
Arep 122 – “Leather” bonnet buckles
Arep 123 – Spring and rubber bonnet hooks, 2nd type
Arep 124 – tow hook
All the news are visible on our website www.arenamodelli.com
Thanks for the attention. Yours sincerely.
Arena Modelli Sas.