spkgibson Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Look what I just found. Terry I already did the conversion for Missing Link and it will be out soon,So save those valuable parts,It will be the body with the 75 hader panel and the grill headlights and correct front bumper,So I saved everyone some work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spkgibson Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Here is the completed body with the bumper taped on,Before I sent it out to be cast,I sent it out in Feburary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Jessee Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Is that molded as one piece (with grill and headlights molded in) or is it the body with separate grill and headlights? T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Funny story about this. At one point, I decided that I didn't need this nearly ONE-OF-A-KIND CONVERSION (!!!!!!!!) so I sold it on eBay. At the time, the Dukes kit was out of production and I got this nasty note from some kit collector who told me I had no business cutting up such a valuable vintage kit, and what did I think I was doing, anyway? In relative terms, if this Plymouth conversion is still out there I'd bet it's worth a lot more than the Dukes kit these days. Terry Valuable Vintage kit? The kit was, what, only out of production for seven or eight years when you wrote that article... IF that, even! Yeah- now those Joker Goon Cars sell for a fair price! And what right does a kit collector have telling a builder what to do? That guy is REALLY going to hate my completed Jo-Han models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spkgibson Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Is that molded as one piece (with grill and headlights molded in) or is it the body with separate grill and headlights? T They will all be seperate parts,the headlights,Grill And the front bumper,Plus they will already be plated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Jessee Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 They will all be seperate parts,the headlights,Grill And the front bumper,Plus they will already be plated! If I didn't need the body, would it be possible to order just the chrome parts--grill, headlights, bumper?? Thanks. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spkgibson Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 If I didn't need the body, would it be possible to order just the chrome parts--grill, headlights, bumper?? Thanks. Terry Contact Kevin At Missing Link,They will Be the one Making the car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toplessfury Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) i love it i love it.here is my 1:1 that i sold in january and my autographed(don pedro colley"sheriff little)) model ive also got a rosco,enos and a finchberg car Edited July 23, 2010 by toplessfury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang67 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) The brown one looks like the REAL DEAL! Edited July 23, 2010 by Stang67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Jamie, what is the black General Lee supposed to be? If I remember correctly, the General was black in the "Birth of the General Lee" episode, but that was before the General was the General, and was just a plain black Charger with no flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toplessfury Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 haha thats one i did as a "what if" meaning what it cooter only had a metallic charcoal paint,wheels etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Are these two kits related? If not, is one "better" than the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 There was a 2-door Monaco kit called "Force 440," but all the various versions of the 4-door Monaco (TJ Hooker, Enos' Cruiser, Joker Goon car, etc.) are the same. They are one and the same other than box art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) *long gone images* Edited September 26, 2018 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks a bunch guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Different boxes, same kit inside. There's an echo in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Actually, didn't the Original issue of Roscoe's car come only with Red lightbar lenses?? The box art definitely shows only red. They were ALWAYS red & Blue on the TV series!!!! Also, Both Roscoe box-art show the Proto-type 4dr sedan still having the 2dr's tail lights ans rear bumper!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) I have one question about this kit-- where are the rear bumper guards that make this car look right? Would it have been to hard for the to tool up 2 seperate parts? and as far as the taillights they are for the 77-78 Fury ,NOT the Monaco as they had ribs running through them like this! These? They dropped the ball on the rear bumper big time. Edited March 9, 2014 by Ayatollah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Two of the biggest beefs I've held with this kit , in all of its incarnations : - Those stupid deep wheels and too-wide tyres - The manual transmission (no big block / manual trans vehicles from Chrysler were produced after the 1974 model year !) The tyre / wheel (and bland , incorrect hub caps !) issue is easily overcome . Back in the 80's , I'd used the plain wheels and ancient Good Year tyres from the AMT Chevy Van-come-GMC A-TEAM model . For that totally incorrect 4-speed manual , I'd cut a piece of sheet styrene in the shape of a 727 TorqueFlite pan , add a couple of strips of sprue to the trans case , glue the hand-rolled pan to the strips , then fill-in the voids with slower-set epoxy . I keep forgetting which year the Monaco / Fury twins had ambre turn signal lenses ; 1977 or 1978 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stock Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I have this kit looked it over a few times, I have to agree on the wheels they just do not suit this model, I will be replacing these with something more suitable. One thing Id like to know is how the chassis is secured when you assemble the kit.?, I have looked over it and the chassis is too narrow and doesn't seem to have any definite location points at all, was this kit always like this ?. It looks like it originally had two screw posts in front of the rear bumper but these are no longer moulded into the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 These: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 One thing Id like to know is how the chassis is secured when you assemble the kit.?, I have looked over it and the chassis is too narrow and doesn't seem to have any definite location points at all, was this kit always like this ?. It looks like it originally had two screw posts in front of the rear bumper but these are no longer moulded into the body. You can see the marks from the screw holes, the whole thing started life as a two door promo. If you really want to build the kit itself, throw everything away except the glass, body and dash. Use resin, Revell and AMT and scratchbuilding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Remember, it's 70's technology but can be built nicely. Edited March 12, 2014 by Ayatollah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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