Junkman

One of the two out of ten(!) Comets Stroppe prepared for the '64 Safari, the #80 car, was driven by none other than 'The Flying Sikh' Joginder Singh. His younger brother Jaswant (left) was the co driver. They placed a disappointing 21st out of 21 that actually finished the rally. Yes, 73 of the 94 entries didn't make it, which only shows how tough that Rally was. Only nine out of the ten Stroppe Comets were entered in the event: #73 Ray Brock - Norman Greatorex - Retired #74 Ernest Morris Temple-Boreham - Rob Collinge - Retired #75 Jack Conely - Peter Proctor - Retired #76 Leroy Neumayer - Don Bailey - Retired #77 Louis Unser - Ian L. Grant - Retired #78 Francisco Diaz - Fran Hernandez - Retired #79 William Coleridge - Colin Patrick McNaughton - Retired #80 Joginder Singh - Jaswant Singh - 21st #81 'Kim' Viscount Mandeville - Peter J. Walker - 18th Fran Hernandez, the director of Lincoln-Mercury's racing activities back then, had brought two cars prior to the event, which were initially numbered '0' and '00'. They were used as practice and scout cars, and one of them, I don't know which, didn't even make it to the starting line. I only hope Fred Cady will be making a decal sheet, because I really, really want to build the car of my hero Joginder.

I know, but this is a wishful thinking thread, not a reality check. As for all '58-'59 kits being long gone, this was also assumed for the Imperial.

'62 Galaxie '67 Galaxie '68 Galaxie '67 Bonneville All '70 Motor City Stockers All kits from the Flower Power, Jr Craftsman, JR Trophy, and Baja series All '58 and '59 kits A parts pack with all the ramps, etc, from the Tournament of Thrills series

We used to fit them with 2.8 Ford V6es, or even 5 cyl Audis.

I stand corrected. Weird that they used that tooling for merely two subvariants. Imagine a Hochdach version.

IIRC it wasn't a different body tool. They merely included blanking plates for the rear window openings.

Here are a few versions, but not all of them.

There were so many versions of this kit, I lost track. Have the tyres become less rubbish in later issues?

I just checked and I'm out of '53 Ford P/U kits. That's not acceptable. Every household should have at least one.

Imagine the box content would yield a model looking remotely similar to the box art 😂

There must be intricacies in plastic kit tool engineering the likes of us just don't understand. Apparently tooling diecast models is much more forgiving, although, going by some of the 1/24 partworks, there also are seemingly irrational things going on, for example a sedan and wagon version of the very same car evidently having different bumper and grille toolings, despite these parts were identical on the real cars. One would wonder why they didn't just reuse this part of the tooling for version 2. I discussed this with Axel Fischer (of Norev fame) a while back, and he explained to me, assigning a project to a team start to finish is easier than managing the reuse of specific components, especially if the models are manufactured in different facilities, or even different countries.

A reissue with all parts of all ever included would be even moster welcomer.

With two to three guaranteed sales, this sure is a viable proposition.

Only Revell Germany has an impeccable track report of periodically releasing a kit that cost several fortunes to develop and then bombs miserably in the marketplace.