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G,day , not a big fan of the little mirrors . How common where they in their day ?

I think only the early Astros had these, as they don't seem to appear on later models. They were very small and I would imagine not as easy to use for seeing to the rear. I used these because they are rare. I also prefer the larger mirrors. 

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G,day , not a big fan of the little mirrors . How common where they in their day ?

I think only the early Astros had these, as they don't seem to appear on later models. They were very small and I would imagine not as easy to use for seeing to the rear. I used these because they are rare. I also prefer the larger mirrors. 

Ok , i never brought this or the chevy kit back in the 70's because i thought they were the only mirrors in the kit . I only found out later on that there was a choice of mirror .

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G,day , not a big fan of the little mirrors . How common where they in their day ?

I think only the early Astros had these, as they don't seem to appear on later models. They were very small and I would imagine not as easy to use for seeing to the rear. I used these because they are rare. I also prefer the larger mirrors. 

Ok , i never brought this or the chevy kit back in the 70's because i thought they were the only mirrors in the kit . I only found out later on that there was a choice of mirror .

My truck was built from the latest reissue of the Astro kit, but the mirrors came from an original issue Chevy Titan kit. I believe only the original Astro/Titan kits had these mirrors.

Nice Titan, Ken. I love the background, too.

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  • 5 months later...

Here's my 1976 GMC Astro/95 that I finished back in February 2010:

And my 1976 Chevrolet Titan/90 that I finished in April 2012:

And together:

Kieth, GMC & Chevrolet had the engines in their trucks painted OEM colors as far as I can tell.

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Thanks, guys, I appreciate the comments.

The orange & white GMC was painted by a friend of mine for me.  I can't paint that well!  I was going for the factory fresh look for an O/O.  It has steerable front axle; fifth wheel release handle; 1976 New York license plate;, custom GMC mud flaps; KFS P/E stacks; aluminum horns; steel deck screen; and the rear suspension, 1/4 fenders, & wheels from the AMT GMC General.

The Chevrolet is basically box-stock but I did use the horns from the Revell snap KW (or was it the Peterbilt?), door decals are from the AMT International 4300, fifth wheel release handle, mudflap decals from JBot, and a second exhaust stack from the GMC Astro.

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