ranma Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) Bought this a few days ago as I wanted one for years. It did need some changes from what MPC put in the box, and those were donated from a AMT '70 Monte Carlo. While the body,chassis,glass, bumper's, wheel's & Tires are MPC. The engine, Heater,Radiator, Master Cylinder and Mirrors all came from the '70 Monte Carlo kit. The engine that MPC put in the kit was shall we say a bit to be desired, and the Fire wall detail along with the radiator were just as bad. Edited May 6, 2020 by ranma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Looks good, nice color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Nice. Love the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm David Green Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Now that's a really good looking car. Wondering if this tooling is still in existence ? Only recently appreciating that were still cool looking autos in the 1970's, but possibly not so many after 1977. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Very nice. It is really hard to believe how big those front bumpers were.  Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianhorses Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Rick, if you have a macro mode on your camera/phone, try to use it so closeup pictures are in focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 That tooling was updated every year up to 1976. That is where it is today. It still has a (not correct) for '76 Big Block motor in the kit. Beautiful Build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 14 hours ago, alexis said: That tooling was updated every year up to 1976. That is where it is today. It still has a (not correct) for '76 Big Block motor in the kit. Beautiful Build. That old kit review that said the 454 wasn't available in '76 was BS. My '76 Caprice Classic Landau came from the factory with a 454 4bbl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 5/7/2020 at 9:06 AM, Wm David Green said: Now that's a really good looking car. Wondering if this tooling still exists? I have wondered this myself since the 1974-76 body is so different. It would be cool if it showed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Steve. Was it a Canadian Car? If so, that might explain the 454. Other than that, I'm stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 hour ago, alexis said: Steve. Was it a Canadian Car? If so, that might explain the 454. Other than that, I'm stumped. I couldn't say about that. But,, the 454 wasn't available in California. That may be the source of the confusion. Here's a page from the American '76 Chevy brochure listing the available engines, it's right there. If you can't see the page, here's a link. http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Chevrolet/1976_Chevrolet/1976_Chevrolet_Brochure/1976 Chevrolet Full Size-10.html  Wiki also says it was available in full size Chevys through the '76 model year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_big-block_engine#454 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Wow! My PT Cruiser turbo HOÂ has more horsepower than all these V8s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Thanks, Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 15 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: Wow! My PT Cruiser turbo HO has more horsepower than all these V8s True ,,, but it will never be as cool as a glass house Caprice. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Can-Con said: True ,,, but it will never be as cool as a glass house Caprice. ? Or sleep six! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Nice Chevy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 NIce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Very nice! I always wanted to build one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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