Coversion kits of the 90's-00's

[Guest]

Or have a massive airbag malfunction!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Or have a massive airbag malfunction!

I think it's the Miss Piggy "signature designer edition". Or it may have something to do with water retention. Then again, it may be 'art', a symbolic rejection of the car as 'phallic-symbol', and a re-interpretation of the car as 'cellulite'.

[Agent G]

They all scare me...........................

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[Eshaver]

They all scare me...........................

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UH, ME TOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SSNJim]

I've actually got one of those '49 Ford/Thunderbirds pretty far along, with a Revell '90 or '91 kit. At first, it was pretty close to the way the 1:1 conversion was done, but the '49-'51 hood rises up too much at the center to look right on the T-bird body. I did flatten the hood out, it looks better, but right now it's back in the box awaiting further inspiration. The T-Bird only cost me three bucks...

I thought the Tbird/49 was a great looking car - easily the best of the conversions, and I believe the original. I finished mine after a few years of work. I did have to flatten the hood out. Once that was done, the rest of the front end fit went pretty easy. You can see I used the Tbird wheel wells. The rear was a little more work; the Tbird rear window area is pretty flat, the 49 is more round, and the rear of the 49 was narrower. That was all I did for the body work. It's all Tbird, except for a few 49 Ford pieces. This car is a curbside - no engine or driveline.

[Draggon]

On of my buddies had a Pinto Pangra. Dang it was swoopy. I pass by H&H Body in Hayward twice a month, the guys that did his conversion.

[TooOld]

Here's a rebody kit for 1990 - 2005 Miata's . For 13K it looks pretty good , and it's steel !

[DrKerry]

Here's a rebody kit for 1990 - 2005 Miata's . For 13K it looks pretty good , and it's steel !

Makes ya wonder...WHY?? If ya wanted a Mustang why didn't they buy a Mustang??!!

[Aaronw]

I actually like the VW Rolls kits, but mostly because it reminds me of the 70s when I was a kid, not because they are great looking cars.

[Edsel-Dan]

I have the Old Revell Kit of that VW/Rolls

Needs a good restoration though

[zenrat]

And then there is the VW Willys. I remembered these as looking a whole lot better than they actually do. Selective memory obviously editing out the horror...

[cobraman]

Can't find a photo but there was a kit to convert a Z car into a Cobra. I think it was called the Tomahawk.

[Draggon]

And then we have the VW-Camaro, on a shortened pan none the less!

[Skydime]

Looks even 'better' on a truck. And by 'better', I mean not.

Hey now, don't be hatin' on the Truxarossa kits. LOL. I remember the ones for S10s (not Blazers) were the only ones that were made different. Now those were ugly! I always thought the combo of big wide body kit and little tiny wheels of the era were kind of an oxymoron in itself.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Skydime

[Tom Geiger]

This one was sitting outside the shop where I take my cars for repair here in PA. I don't mind the little van concept, but that nose has to go! I remember a van conversion kit back then called the "Vandetta".

[TooOld]

Can't find a photo but there was a kit to convert a Z car into a Cobra. I think it was called the Tomahawk.

This is the only pic I have of the Tomahawk . It really looks a lot worse in person .

And then there was the California Ace built on an MG chassis . It really defeats the purpose of buying a Cobra !

[cobraman]

That Tomahawk in that photo doesn't look all that bad to me. Anyone remember the Brubaker Box I think it was called and built on a VW

[zenrat]

That Tomahawk in that photo doesn't look all that bad to me...

I thought that at first glance.

But then you start really looking at it...

The Wildcat was an E-Type jag shaped kit car based on a Ford Cortina (Ford Europe 3 box sedan - 1600 to 3000cc engine options).

I ran into the owners club years ago at Le Mans. Very sad people. Constantly on the defensive about their choice of car. Some of which made the one shown above look complete and well built.

[Deano]

And then there was the California Ace built on an MG chassis . It really defeats the purpose of buying a Cobra !

But, the California Ace appears to be emulating the AC Ace which was not a Cobra although it BECAME the 289 Cobra.

[Scale-Master]

And then we have the VW-Camaro, on a shortened pan none the less!

At least with this one you could build a reasonably accurate replica with an out-of-the-box Deal's Wheels ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ/28.

[TooOld]

That Tomahawk in that photo doesn't look all that bad to me. Anyone remember the Brubaker Box I think it was called and built on a VW

Sure do , the Brubaker Van or Box was on a VW chassis . It was very difficult to get in and out of with such a low roof and only one door , a sliding door on the passenger side . Everett - Morrison got the molds for this along with several other vehicles when they bought out Allied Industries in 1983 . We never built any and eventually sold the molds back to Dean Morrison .

[TooOld]

But, the California Ace appears to be emulating the AC Ace which was not a Cobra although it BECAME the 289 Cobra.

That's true , but they did an awful job ! Below is an original Ace which was manufactured from 1951 to 1962 .

[mnwildpunk]

Here's a sweetheart...

looks like it has a bad case of hives or got stung by a bee something along those lines

[rasafyff]

I think there was a kit to convert a 240Z to a 63 Ferrari GTO.

[Greg Myers]