crowe-t Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Does anyone have pictures of the different box tops from the MPC 1971 - 77 Dodge van kits? I found this one for the 1975 Dodge van online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Geiger Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Yes. I have a Fotki album of what I believe to be all the box tops. Let me know if I'm missing any! https://public.fotki.com/modelcitizen/model_cars/my_model_car_box/dodge_van_kits/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowe-t Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Thanks Tom! This is an awesome collection of pictures. Now I just need to find one of these kits, preferably a 1974 - 77. Edited October 4, 2018 by crowe-t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 9 hours ago, crowe-t said: Thanks Tom! This is an awesome collection of pictures. Now I just need to find one of these kits, preferably a 1974 - 77. I feel your pain Michael..... I have been trying to find some and or parts to those for years myself. I once owned a 75 Dodge factory custom van and my dad had a 72-75 window and cargo van...Id love to be able to make replicas of them for my family owned vehicle collection someday. Hope you find the one you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 love these vans, I have a 75 dodge van sitting in my yard, I was told it was in some 80s rock band video, the passenger side was stock, the drivers side had custom wheels and a big custom emblem/mural on it, I have it forsale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I once had a 1978 Sportsman 300 long wheelbase window van with seats. The neat thing about this series of kits is that MPC faithfully updated changes each and every year. I once was looking for a donor van for a project and pulled out a bunch of old built ups I had and realized that every single body was different. Things like the tail lights, grill and even the roof ribs changed over the years. I built this from one of my junkers. I started off building a cube van and then went off on this tangent instead. The middle section that I chopped out of the pickup bounced around the model room for awhile. It was a paint stand at one point. I saw it one day and said, "Why not?" and built this camper out of it. I still have to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowe-t Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 There were a lot of changes each year. In 1978 the tail lights, marker lights, side/read window length, interior... changed but the nose stayed the same. This was sort of an in-between year. In 1979 the nose was squared off. It seems in the various 1978 issues of this kit I've seen the interior has not been updated. In order to build a correct '78 and interior from a 1979 or later kit needs to be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 6 hours ago, crowe-t said: There were a lot of changes each year. In 1978 the tail lights, marker lights, side/read window length, interior... changed but the nose stayed the same. This was sort of an in-between year. In 1979 the nose was squared off. It seems in the various 1978 issues of this kit I've seen the interior has not been updated. In order to build a correct '78 and interior from a 1979 or later kit needs to be used. True....My problem is I would need to find the older Tradesman or Sportsman vans so the body style is correct. When they first came out I could not get my hands on enough of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 21 hours ago, gray07 said: love these vans, I have a 75 dodge van sitting in my yard, I was told it was in some 80s rock band video, the passenger side was stock, the drivers side had custom wheels and a big custom emblem/mural on it, I have it forsale How about some pictures? Wish I was closer, would be interested in buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I cant get my photo bucket to work any more, send me a message with number and I will send u picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 In my family we owned these Dodge vans.... 71-73 ? Dodge window van..it was my dads. 74/75 Dodge factory custom van....it was mine was beautiful. 73-76 Dodge cargo van..it was my dads. 74 Dodge van cab and chassis 1 ton motorhome. id love to build replicas of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowe-t Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 My father had a '78 shorty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowe-t Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 I just picked this one up on E-Bay. It's the 1977 with the 'NEW' on the box instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 That's what that Chrome tree is From!!! I have one of those chrome trees in my stash. It came in a parts lot I got from eBay years ago. I knew it was Dodge, but never knew what kit it was. Good to know. Thanks for helping me identify it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowe-t Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 I'm glad I was able to help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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