Celebrate Rosh Hashanah With A Chevelle Wagon Personnel Carrier

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 09/05/2013 at 15:38 • Filed to: Diecast, Daily Turismo

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Some kids prefer the factory stock "real life" appearance of a Matchbox 1/64 scale model to the outlandish styling and "tricked out" look of a Hot Wheels. But we at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! much prefer the wagon based military personnel carriers produced by the Israeli Gamda Koor company under the Sabra brand.

Pick this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for a Jewish New Years present for $199 buy-it-now on ebay.

The Israeli auto industry in the 1960s consisted of a single Haifa based entity called Sabra (meaning born in Israel or cactus ) which built fiberglass shelled cars based on Reliant and Triumph guts. The Sabra vehicles were only built in small quantities and as such most cars/trucks were imported from Europe and North America. A quick internet search did not result in photographic evidence of a Chevelle wagon being used as an Israeli military troop transporter, but its heft, mass and people carrying capacity would make a logical choice.

The back of the Sabra packing includes a list of other cars available in the series, which is mostly America cars with an emphasis on muscle cars. According to an article on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! the Gamda Koor company manufactured the 1/43 scale cars only in the 1960s/70s and have recently become collectors items.

Photo credits: ebay.

Brian, The Life of > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 16:16

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That packaging is fantastic !

Shiro86 > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 16:32

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Sabré

Takuro Spirit > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 16:42

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Ooh, they even made some $kaybait

Jfelty19 > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 17:05

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sexy, but not $199 sexy.

62imperialcrown > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 17:08

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It's a license-produced version of the diecast body/plastic chassis cars made by Cragstan (which were like cheaper Corgi/Dinky cars). If you just want the Chevelle wagon,

here's one at 1/10 the price:

CyborgAdaLovelace > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 17:18

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Well, I certainly like the concept. I will, on principle, buy any 1/64 Chevelle I see in a store that's under $5. $199 seems a little steep. I picked up a Hot Wheels Chevelle wagon with Mooneyes deco a little while back that's very nifty, but that was only a couple bucks shipped. Now I just gotta actually make the display case for all my 1/64 Corvettes and Chevelles as they're all sitting in a box right now after our move.

62imperialcrown > 62imperialcrown 09/05/2013 at 17:22

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And speaking of Cragstan, they also made this toy Cadillac with a very interestingly-designed remote control:

DailyTurismo > Shiro86 09/05/2013 at 17:26

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Well it starts with a bloody s!

QQXQXL123 > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 18:03

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Sabra was a model of car made by Autocars of Israel. Intriguingly they also made this dinky little AWD army vehicle, the Autocars Dragoon.

It's built on the running gear of the Triumph 1300 (plus some special bits from the factory from a stillborn 4wd project), which they produced in kit form for several years

TwoToneLoser > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 18:32

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Had the Plain Blue one when I was A kid. In the 90's. Before that, I thought the only thing Isreal produced was depressing music.

Wish I still had the thing.

Bad72AMX > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 19:58

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That's way too much for Sabra! It's normally 3.49!

YesILoveCars > DailyTurismo 09/05/2013 at 20:29

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$199? Oy vey!

Baskingshark > DailyTurismo 09/08/2013 at 05:11

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Actually $199 is about the going rate for this model in perfect condition with box, it's pretty rare. All the Sabra cars in this range are 60's US cars except the VW Bug and Ford GT40. Most have opening trunks or doors.

They also did their Plymouth Barracuda in an Israeli Army Staff Car version: