Similar to their Cover Cars and Primedia Magazine series, the 2005 Johnny Lightning Chevy High Performance series was another line of cars co-branded with a magazine masthead. The series, which only lasted for a single release, presumably featured cars from the magazine and included a collector card. Of the seven cars in the series, I have four.
Bob Burko’s nice 1965 Chevy II Nova SS is the #1 car in the series. I don’t know much about Chevy High Performance, but I’m going to assume the little “Your Car is the Star” badge on the collector card means that the featured car was sent in by a reader of the magazine – in this case, Bob Burko.
2005 | Chevy High Performance R1 #1 | 1965 Chevy II Nova SS | black with metalflake gray top, collector card
This 1967 Chevy Nova SS is #5 in the series. I’m always a little confused when the color of the model doesn’t match the color of the car on the collector card.
2005 | Chevy High Performance R1 #5 | 1967 Chevy Nova SS | black with collector card
All of the cars in the Chevy High Performance series are represented by only one color variation – all except for #6 in the series, which is Tony Karamitsos’ 1969 Chevy Impala convertible. In a fun surprise, the Impala could be found with in both top-up and top-down modes. Even more surprising is the fact that I found both versions.
2005 | Chevy High Performance R1 #6 | 1969 Tony Karamitsos’ Chevy Impala Convertible | red with white top up, collector card
2005 | Chevy High Performance R1 #6 | 1969 Tony Karamitsos’ Chevy Impala Convertible | red with white top down, collector card
The back of the card lists the other castings found in the series.
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