martinfan5 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 How about "vintage" kits. What about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Ok, '49 for street rods, what year for Vintage kits ?Gray Beard sez: "No it's a '50." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) Given the reissue nature of the the model hobby, I think it's hard (or futile) to try and pick a specific year or dividing line between what's a vintage kit and what's a modern kit. Within a given year, model companies have a variety of straight reissue, modified reissue, and new tool kits available. There are some significant years, though, like 1988 when MPC's last annuals were made (they continued in 1989 as AMT reboxes)...and also in the mid '80s when Revell and Monogram became Revell-Monogram. Or 1978 when AMT's last annuals came out (though they sporadically have had some later). Or 1979 when the last new tooling came from Jo-Han. Edited December 3, 2012 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I guess, with reissues, there in lies the problem, the original could be vintage, a reissue could be vintage, if it is old enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I guess, with reissues, there in lies the problem, the original could be vintage, a reissue could be vintage, if it is old enough. Yeah..original vintage issue, vintage reissue, modern reissue... It's really all a moot point, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haubenschild Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I think it's the extremely rare factory grey cloth interior that makes it vintage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 I think it's the extremely rare factory grey cloth interior that makes it vintage Thats a good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 That just it, it really does not feel like 1994 was really 18 years, so what it really was , time caught up to me Well,technically,while you could buy em in early '94,they were listed as 1995 models (my Grandparents bought one,a new '95 in the Spring of '94),LOL,so by model years,it's not even that old BTW,my wife has daily driven a '00 (1st year 2nd gen) for over 2 years to work now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Well,technically,while you could buy em in early '94,they were listed as 1995 models (my Grandparents bought one,a new '95 in the Spring of '94),LOL,so by model years,it's not even that old BTW,my wife has daily driven a '00 (1st year 2nd gen) for over 2 years to work now Steve, the ebay listing has it listed as 1994, so thats what I was going by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Oh I know,I was talking about the seller not even knowing what he was trying to pawn off,not on your call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Come on guys, counting rivets here are we ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Come on guys, counting rivets here are we ? Depends on what vintage the rivets are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 l know its rare to see a neon around anymore... Actually, I was just noticing recently just how many Neons there are still on the road! Quite a few actually. Both my niece and nephew each had one until recently. One of my students home has one in their driveway. I see them all day long. I bet most of them are on their last leg... especially since nobody can afford to swap that Chrysler transmission once it finally dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 There's a buttload* of 2nd gens,as well as a decent helping on 1st gens in this area-even quite a few SRT4's ofvarious states of mods (there was one what ran a solid 10.15 @ Bristol Dragway last Fall,IDK what changed but he ran consistently in the 10.9-11.2 second range all this year (and remember,Bristol is a full 1/4 mile track ). *We're not talking anorexic super-model sized butts here,I mean big hairy sumo-wrestler sized....LOTS of Neons running around yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Do any of you know why the Neon has little wires embedded in the rear windows? It's so the people pushing them can keep their hands warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Do any of you know why the Neon has little wires embedded in the rear windows? It's so the people pushing them can keep their hands warm. Thats funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 1994! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jyuzrGIAfc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jas1957 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I have to admit to owning a Neon, a 1995 I bought in 2000. Was just looking for a car to drive to work & around town. It was clean with 70,000 miles & priced right. Two years & 12,000 miles later I traded it for $700 on a new Saturn. Can't even count the things I had to fix in 2 years plus what was bad when I unloaded it. My wife still won't let me even look at a Mopar because of it. The only really bad car I've ever owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Those first gens was junk. A LOT of the egine issues were fixed with the 2nd gen,most notibly the head/bol issues. Unfortunately,not ALL 2000 model got the running chage,my Wife's didn't. It needs aheadgasket (most common symptom),but fortunatey it only needs one by way of leaking oil down the back side,not into th antifreeze. The CC and A/C don't work,but otherwise it's dead reliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM485 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 One of them came into our school auto shop a few years ago after a spark plug had shot out of the head and smashed into the hood. If you own one, make sure your spark plugs are tight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Well...I think that should apply to any car Edited December 6, 2012 by Olskoolrodder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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