Ron Hamilton Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 This one started as a builtup I got off of ebay. A very good friend of mine has a one to one red '68 hardtop currently being restored. It took everything for me not to do this one in red, so I decided to do it as if I owned the car instead. I used the MPC '69 442 kit for its chassis and underhood area. The body needed a slight bit of work, where I filled in a sink on the right front fender fron the original firewall, and I added a set of vinyl roof mouldings. The vinyl roof is masking tape, painted with the same paint used to paint the car (Tamiya Dark Blue), with a clear flat lacuer overcoat. The GTO crests and rear fender decals are from the Last Detail GTO sheet, and a set of Keith Mark's GTO set. The wheels are detail painted resin Pontiac Rally II's with a set of Chromed Trim Rings from a set of Parts Box Chevy Rally Wheel Rims and the tires are Resin Firestone Wide Ovals from Replicas and miniatures. The engine and transmission came from the Revell '68 Firebird, which will eventually end up as a Sprint with the OHC6 and Resin Flat Hood From Perry's, but thats a project for the future. I had one of these when I was 11 years old as one of my xmas gifts. It never got built, as it was a "short shot" where half of the front fenders was damaged beyond repair, and I didn't have the skill to fix it. This build more than made up for that one.
Albert Wallace Jr. Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Very Very Nice Ron !!. Now you know I'm going to come after you with my MPC '68 and '69 GTO(s). Stay tuned... Albert
Jeff Johnston Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Nice job on that one....I really like that and the color od sooooo blue ! nicely done.
george 53 Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Beautiful, I couldn't afford the prices for one off evil bay ,so I got a funny car body from AFX resin and was able to trade for a 68 dash (thanks again Greg)And used the interior from the 72 GTO by AMT.BUT,I hod totaly forgotten about the chassis from the 442 kit! hope you don't mind if I cop your idea,But I wanted a Verdero Green one like my freind Loyd Blackburn had when we were in High School. George53.
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