ChrisR Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Premier Cadillac... looks like the car Stuart Little would have driven. I think Premier kits were made to make Palmers look legit! <in my best Krusty the Klown voice> What the Hell is THAT!?!?! I have these in my collection. I doubt if I will ever build them because of their cartoon looks - 532.89 1955 Pontiac Strato Chief 650.89 1955 Oldsmobile "Holiday" 658.89 1955 Chrysler Newport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I think Premier's name was changed to Palmer so they could get an extra 10 years to fool people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sixties Sam Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 If I recall, I had a Premier model of a Kaiser-Darrin roadster. It was awful! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Pretty cool,looks like the European equivalent to a Chevrolet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 If I recall, I had a Premier model of a Kaiser-Darrin roadster. It was awful! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixx Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Never even heard of this thing before today . Just different enough I like it That would make a cool street rod hauler!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atmobil Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I wish they would do a reissue of the Vauxhal Victor estate, the prices on those are extreme. Here is two that are on Ebay now: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-AIRFIX-VICTOR-2000-ESTATE-1-32-NOS-Unmade-/351330949407?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item51ccf4d91f http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airfix-Victor-2000-Estate-/111618354545?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19fcf8ed71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 O K , here's one , the GM L sabre , made by Palmer plastics in New York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The 60 mPlymouth wagon was Never in that Series I have both issues of it First was USA Oldies WITH Engine, Second was Police Emergency Wagon Same kit with added Police decals the whip (tall/long) antenna, LAPD version 2 pc Siren & NYPD ver 4 beam rotator from the 68 Fury and new Spotlight Mirrors. IF I get a dry, clear day I can take pic's, And IF I can get connection I can upload them to Photobucket and link-post here I traded one of the Police issues, and managed to get another a few years later. I started to restore the USA Oldies I built New Way back then Of the Snap kit series, I have that Rambler, 2 of the Studebaker Lark convert the 74/75 Olds Cutlass & the 79 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. I am missing the Eldorado, Torino & Javelin/AMX to complete the series I loved those Johan snap series kits...too bad there hard to find and usually expensive...their promo kits were good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Janssens Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I would kill for this in 1/24th scale, sadly the new helmsmen at Airfix, keep holding on to the 1/32nd scale for their automotive kits. The Brits and tradition I guess ;^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'd take that Vauxhall estate wagon even in 1/32nd scale. I love those late 60's, early 70's GM products. No matter what part of the world they come from. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 sadly the new helmsmen at Airfix, keep holding on to the 1/32nd scale for their automotive kits. ;^) I lived in Germany in that era and was a consumer of those Airfix 1/32 cars. Many of them had opening hood and full chassis detail, think like a 1/25 scale model shrunk down. As a kid some of them were beyond my skills to finish, like the 1910s Bus and Fire engine. Early in my modeling as an adult, around 1990 I'd find the bagged kits for $5 or $10 at swap meets, but since eBay went International they all bring big money. I guess these are to Europeans what old AMT/MPC original kits are to Americans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodguyinar416 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) I remember My Mother The Car with Jerry Van Dyke and Ann Sothern, as Gladys Crabtree, the voice of the car...My mom watched it which means, us kids did.....lol More More oddball model kits.Oh Yeah, I'm 60, so I do remember it well.....I this one when I was a young boy and painted it with a brush. Here is one I bet you don't remember ! Art Edited March 22, 2015 by goodguyinar416 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I remember My Mother The Car with Jerry Van Dyke and Ann Sothern, as Gladys Crabtree, the voice of the car...My mom watched it which means, us kids did.....lol More More oddball model kits.Oh Yeah, I'm 60, so I do remember it well.....I found this one that I did when I was a young one and painted it with a brush. Here is one I bet you don't remember ! Art Art I had the Chevette kit as a kid...its not bad at all comes with some cool stuff too... Id love to find the Used Cars box for my box collection... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodguyinar416 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) I have the photo of what I placed in here. I cropped it a bit, but if you want it.. E-Mail me.. Art abcart@sbcglobal.net Edited March 22, 2015 by goodguyinar416 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Art I had the Chevette kit as a kid...its not bad at all comes with some cool stuff too... I'll vouch for the Chevette kit! I have ALL the different versions, and the above was built from a promo as a gift to my sister in law. It's a replica of her first car. Round 2 probably has the last version tooling, and the good part is that aside from the grill and hood, the kits are all exactly the same. So if they did release it, some enterprising caster could cover the entire range by casting a hood and two more grills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Nice one Tom... ... Id love to build replicas of the family owned cars/trucks...trouble is finding/affording them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atmobil Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Is that Used Car a real kit? The Chevette will indeed build up nicely, here is one that was built by a friend of mine Kjell Terje Trones (some may know him from others forums as Slabbedask) a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 awesome chevette build, I always liked the chevette that had the big sides on it, and came with the 2 pit crew, I cant remember what they called it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic_Models Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 That 'Used Car' kit is just a way to profit off ruined sprues. Can't imagine the up-roar that would cause if it was issued today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I'd buy a box of mystery parts. It'd be kinda cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I'd buy a box of mystery parts. It'd be kinda cool. Sounds like a few of the Lindberg kits I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Curious thing about the Chevette, yesterday I saw a T1000 driving. I never expected to see a Chevette on the road yet alone a T1000, the Pontiac version of the Chevette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 IIRC, the "Used Cars" kit was given out as a gratuity at the premier of the movie, not something you could actually buy anywhere. They did find their way into the hands of kit collectors after a while though. I read that they actually had an MPC Camaro annual kit in the boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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