THarrison351

I built this kit back in the late '70s or early '80s when it had the camper top. It didn't turn out too well. I think I'll get another one and try again. I'm sure I wasn't the first to notice, but I've never seen a comment about the exhaust ports on the Deora. I have read the Alexander Brothers used a 1960 Ford Station Wagon rear window for the windshield, but I noticed the exhaust ports are early Mustang taillight bezels. I'm still trying to figure out what the chopped up steering wheel came off of. Custom builders were pretty good at re-purposing existing parts back in the day. An update. I did some searching on the net and found the steering wheel is from an Olds. Also, AMT did such a great job on the body of this kit, I can't believe the interior of the kit is compromised from the real car. The seats are different, there is no center console, the steering wheel is wrong, they added an odd looking rear console, control panel sort of behind and between the seats. Even on the original one, which looks like it came from a Ford, it doesn't come close to duplicating. I think it was already covered somewhere else here why the lower panel hinges like a tailgate instead of pivoting in the center. One last comment, The engine, Which can't be seen, has dual carbs on the 1:1. I'm guessing some of the better kit bashers could fix all these anomalies.

I built this kit when AMT was releasing kits a few years back before Round 2 came about. It had the gold car with the black coves on the box top. The metal front springs were included, but the spindles were modified and would no longer work without adding plastic retainers and tabs. Did Round 2 fix the spindles or does everything get glued together solid?. The interior as stated before is incorrect for 1960. It's mostly 1957 with the 1960 dash. Here's how mine turned out.

Looks OK too me, but I just listed over 100 kits on eBay a couple of months ago and sold over 80%. I still have a bunch more to go through and get listed.

Every model I built as a kid, and as a young adult before I had the the skills, the ability to safely store and the good sense to keep every one of them. I can't even remember them all.

My father worked at a large Chrysler Plymouth dealership in the Virginia tidewater area in the late '70s. He sold new tires at the dealership, but the new cars were unloaded next to the garages where he worked. I can remember visiting him and watching dealer mechanics pushing many new cars off the transporters and into the garages because they wouldn't start. There was a lot of prep prior to placing the cars on the lot including removing the door panels to insure nothing was left in the doors by the line workers. Quality seemed to be non-existent at that period of time in the Detroit auto industry. I know people will complain about almost anything, but it seems our cars today, are the most reliable.

Here's my two cents. You can take all the advice that was given because it is good. I finally got my feet wet last year as a seller on eBay after only being a buyer for the last 13 years. My advice is look at the best sellers, use a good title, take lots of pictures, and give a good description of the contents, and make sure you have added enough postage and handling to cover anywhere, plus the 15% eBay will charge. They're going to take about that much from your sale as well. Finally, try to end your auction on the weekend, Friday thru Sunday in east coast prime time (8 pm - 11 pm). Hope this helps.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm pretty sure the builder was blind.

Very Nice. Hope to build a Modelhaus version one day just like it. My dad had that same color scheme car when I was born.

Petty drove an alternate paint scheme Plymouth in 1968 that had white upper body, roof, and hood but the trunk lid was blue. I think your version of the Talladega would fit right in. Looks good.

With the start of the video near a QT, I wonder if this is somewhere in Oz.

Like the sloped front fenders

I have one of these built somewhere from a long time ago, almost 30 years. I remember the molded in luggage in the hatch, and maybe an umbrella?

If you look at the latest Hot Rod magazine there is a mid-engine 1969 Mach 1 Mustang that uses this technique extensively to give a graphic fiber look. Looks really sharp

Not a big fan of the giant toy wheels, but the rest is good.

The In and Out was interesting when I lived in California, but it can't beat North Carolina barbecue.

I think it was short for plastic. Meaning safe for polystyrene.

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My parents had a red 2 door hardtop 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix when I was born, but that was not what brought me home from the hospital. That car was in Germany with my dad and my mom was in North Carolina with her folks, so I came to my grandparents home in Granddaddy's 54 Plymouth. After about six weeks we were flown to Germany and reunited with my dad.

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I built it. As noted AMT RC2 released it several years ago. It is a modified version of MPC's earlier Corvette kits. If you open up the gasser kit and compare, you'll see the common parts. I was able to use the springs as designed after modifying the spindles. Even though the kit is ancient and the molds were poor, it built up well. The engine is the biggest disappointment, Here's a few pics.

Annuals were model cars produced for the same year (hence annual). 50's and sixties were mainly AMT and Johan. Molds were updated or all new with input from domestic manufactures. Most of the kits were like the promos offered by auto manufacturers. Some even shared parts with the 3-n-1s.

Great looking car

I'm happy to say these were fun and easy builds with pleasing results. I'm looking forward to building the Corvette. I hope it comes to HL shelf soon. The only draw back to these kits are the parting lines. It would be nice if they could polish the bodies before painting. the paint is incredibly shiny. Everything fits without fuss. My biggest mistake were the Mustang taillights. They are supposed to be clear in the center then the concave area is black with a ring of red. They will look good in a case on a shelf.

I've been waiting a year and a half to finish my hobby room since moving and still buying and building simple kits.

Your car looks really great. Paint job is really slick. That grill you built from scratch is as good as the one in the AMT Charger 500. One thing to note, the Charger 500 had full stainless A-pillar covers that carried over to the Daytona. You could represent them with a very thin piece of plastic covered in foil.