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Bobby Allison #21 Cyclone


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You can use the body, with a torino taledega chassis.

If I cant find parts I might have to try that out...I have his old model of one but its missing a lot and seen better days. His was the one that had the hood vent and trunk spoiler but Cant remember if it was a GT or Spoiler version car in real life? I remember it ran strong..very strong.

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Did you mean Donnie Allison? Bobby Allison never drove the 21 car that I know of. The Polar Lights Talladega chassis is perfect for a good chassis under the 70-71 Cyclone as is the Boss 429 engine.

LOL... Yep Bill that is the one...LOL... I have always loved the shape of these cars even before my dad owned one. Me I hate to open an old factory sealed kit just to find out what is in the box as far as building versions of it. I have the last reissue of the Cyclone stock car to use but also have my dads old factory stock build up...it needs a few parts to be complete enough to restore it...many not available in the stock car kits. My plan is to find the right parts needed and restore it as his was like...hopefully.

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I do own an original issue of the Allison NASCAR kit and there are no street stock parts. The reissue of this kit has a chassis that was modified for some later stocker race kits by MPC and the chassis is almost unworkable in the Cyclone due to shortening and the rool cage parts are not the same as the original, off on the shape. It can be built but looks much nicer with a Polar Lights Talladega chassis and engine.

I am old enough to recall owning one of the old MPC street 70 and 71 street stock Cyclone kits. There is quite a bit of difference in the street car and the Allison kit. Hood, engine, chassis, front grille and rear bumpers are all different in the street kit. If I was building a street Cyclone today, I would probably use the chassis and engine from a Revell 70 Torino Cobra kit and try to adapt the interior to look like the Mercury. Probably close. You can get a front grille/bumper from Modelhaus and a rear bumper and valance as well. The hood may be harder to source. Good luck.

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Thanks for the information Bill..! No sense in opening an original kit that is still sealed then...I have one of the Nascar ones reissued awhile back to use if I cant find anything in factory stock form. Agreed the Boss 429 would be a great engine for it...I just remember it being a huge engine and had the hood vent in it and it had loads of power.

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Thanks for the information Bill..! No sense in opening an original kit that is still sealed then...I have one of the Nascar ones reissued awhile back to use if I cant find anything in factory stock form. Agreed the Boss 429 would be a great engine for it...I just remember it being a huge engine and had the hood vent in it and it had loads of power.

If anyone is interested in this old sealed kit I might trade it off just send me a PM

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