Gas Ronda Mustang

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One of my all-time favorite kits was AMT's Gas Ronda Long Nose Mustang Funny Car. I hope if the tooling still exists that it could some day be re-issued. The photos I have seen of the real car show it didn't have a stretched nose. The Polar Lights version looks more like the real car to me. The long nose version Ronda raced was earlier and wasn't a flopper. So, my question is for any historians out there-did AMT kind of mix the two versions? 

[Mark]

Back then, most (but not all) funny car kits had stock "promotional model" bodies with molded-in windshield wiper detail, door handles, and emblems.  AMT probably did the longnose version to make it stand out, to let potential buyers know they were getting a non-stock body.  The Polar Lights kit is closer to the 1:1 car, but the AMT version is cool in and of itself.

[Daddyfink]

Yeah, the early cars where not short! Maybe AMT made the kit before they could actually measure it. But then again, most funny car kits where a bit weird at first. Just look at Revell's early stuff. 

 

I would love to have this kit as well

Edited March 2, 2016 by Daddyfink

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I think it also came with a record-something like The Sounds of Drag Racing. It was sounds of Ronda's car and it was made of some kind of coated cardboard. I have seen it on eBay-without the kit, of course.