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JOHNNY LIGHTNING

Topper Johnny Lightnings were produced from `69 - `71 to do battle against Hot Wheels. They had some of the coolest designs and wildest track sets ever made. These are definitely my favorite of the diecast cars.


Here are a couple of Pipe Dreams. These Custom Cars were only produced for a short time in 1971 just before the fall of Topper. They are very hard to find with all the add-on parts.


Above are a couple of Monster JL's from 1970. These were known as Jet Power cars that you could pump full of air, they didn't work all that great. The one in the front is a hot pink color, which is hard to find on Toppers, in fact many people don't know they even exist!


Above is an Al Unser Indy with original wing. These are really hard to find with the wing still attached. Next is the T.N.T. hot rod, which is one of my favorite JL's. Then there is the crazy VW Bug Bomb.


MIRROR FINISH CARS!

The mirror finish cars were only produced for a short time in 1969. They are much brighter than the normal paint. My pictures don't show how shiny they are.

Peach Custom T-Bird Champange Pink Ferrari Red Custom El Camino


Champange Pink Custom Dragster Mirror Purple Turbine. on rt.


Below is a super rare ENAMEL blue Custom Turbine. The enamel colored JLs are much rarer than even the Mirror Finish cars! These were given away as premiums from Topper back in 1970. I also have a red enamel Mako Shark and a black Wasp. I haven't seen any others anywhere else. These make the `73 Hot Wheels enamels look common!

Here are some more variations of the Turbine.

From left to right is the white interior, red interior, black interior, and mirror finish. Cars with painted interiors are early released cars and later cars have unpainted interior.


Yet More JLs

Above is a Custom El Camino in a Black Green color. JL had some really cool colors such as this one. If you just glance at it the color appears to be black, but if you look close there is a green tint to it. Cool!


Above is a couple of Custom Ferraris. One in green the other in red.


A Whistler with PipeDream stickers, which looks pretty cool!


In my toy car room, I have an entire wall dedicated to Topper JLs.


Pictures of the Original 47!

These are pictures of cars from my personal collection. Not For Sale. Each car is mint, but some of my pics don't show the true color very well.

Custom GTO

Custom El Camino

Custom Toronado

Custom XKE

CustomT-Bird

Custom Turbine

Custom `32 Ford

Nucleon

Custom Ferrari

Custom Dragster

Custom Mako Shark

Custom Eldorado

Jumpin Jag

AJ Foyt Indy Special

Vulture

Sand Stormer

T.N.T.

Sling Shot

Flame Out

Vicious Vette

Leapin Limo

Parnelli Jones

Double Trouble

Triple Threat

Bug Bomb

Movin Van

Al Unser

Whistler

Wasp

Mad Maverick

Baja

Spoiler

Smugler

Stiletto

Flying Needle

Wedge

Glasser

Screamer

Monster

Bubble

Wild Winner

Big Rig

Hairy Hauler

Pipe Dream

Twin Blaster

Frantic Ferrari

Condor

 

For more information on Toppers check out Diecast Collecting with Johnny Lightning.