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What is it? It does nothing when I press the button/arrow that should get it to play.

Thanks Harry. It just scares me how old that song now is. And how I'm becoming.

Just shot me now! What is this person thinking?

I agree with Christian 100% on this. I'd buy them.

This box mistake has been brought up before. It's a pretty nice kit. And will a correct 427 in the box.

Started doing initial subassembly work on my Ventura today. I'm very impressed with what I'm seeing. Everything fits together well. And I am not see any problems down the road. Another home run from Moebius. Thank you Dave Metzner. Your doing a great job.

I like that Richelieu Blue. A lot. Going to try and match that on mine.

31" Disney Nautilus kit?! Who makes that? What more can you us? Can you post some pictures?

I'm thinking Bill has the right idea. I don't know how to download cd-roms in the manner the rest of you are referring to. Nor with the amount on data on these discs do I think it's practical. When I use them on my regular computer, it doesn't actually down load the contents of the disc. It just reads the discs. 108 years of National Geographic magazines is going to take up a lot of space. There are 3 discs for each decade. So I think Bill's idea of the lap top sounds like the best one so far.

Thanks "Santa" Bill!

Still my favorite Christmas movie. "Some people's fathers are Protestants. Some are Catholics. My old man is is Oldsmobile man." "That BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH Oldsmobile would freeze up in the middle summer on the equator." How can you beat lines like that?

Ah yes. Lucas, the Prince of Darkness. Why do Britts drink warm beer? Their refrigerators are all made by Lucas.

A great review, seeing what's in the box. Read the thread, even though I have no interest in this vehicle. The simular vehicle I do have interest in, and can not understand why there is none done like this Heller kit. Is still the VW Thing (I can't remember what they called it in other parts of the world). That's the one I want.

Boy Dave, considering cars of that era were such pieces of you know what, we got a lot of use out of them. My first new car, my '77 Volare had problems. But, it got me were I needed to go. And I too have fond memories of different things I did with that car. And places and events it took me to. I had family and friends who owned other cars that people now look badly upon. You mention Mustang IIs. My dad had a '77 he bought brand new. Other than a broken camshaft. It really wasn't a bad car. I had several friends who owned Chevettes. Including one who own a T-1000. All got very good service from those. I couple friends with Pintos. In general they were not good cars. But, we traveled far and had fun in them. For all the bad things you hear about Vegas. A buddy of mine who was tough on everything. Could not kill his parents '71 for longest time. I can go on with stories of Mavericks and other beaters friends had owned back then. Somehow these cars all gave us pretty good service, over all. So were they really bad cars? I'm not so sure they were really any more unreliable then the cars people were driving ten, twenty, or thirty years before. But, by the 70's the government had stepped in. Try to make the cars cleaner and safer. Making them uglier and poor performers compared to those a few years before. But, I'm not sure the build quality, engineering, or materials were any worst. My folks new '61 Comet rusted almost to junk in the 6 years they owned it. Dad's '71 Toyota Hi-Lux pickup did no better. Yet we thought they both were very good vehicles. They and the '67 Comet served us well. So did my folks '75 Mercury Monarch. And by the late 70's, there were glimmers of hope. My mother bought a new Oldsmobile 88 in 1980. She drove that car for twenty years. It gave her great service and still looked and ran good in 2000 when she got rid of it. Now my 2000 LeSabre is by far the best car I've ever own. At just over 122,000, nothing major has been done to the car since new. And virtually no rust. It's a wonderful car. But, still I miss my '53 Chrysler New Yorker with bad brakes. My six year old slightly rusty, but very trusty '73 LeSabre. My '62 LeSabre that I had to readjust the timing every week or so. And my first new car, my '77 Volare that would stall on certain quick turns. Go figure?

Thank you! That's much better.

A quick web search lead me to Wikipedia, and they confirmed what you guys are saying about 1980 Volares and Diplomats sharing the same front fenders. Just looking at them in Tad Burness' American Car Bible, 1940-1980, they very close. I'm willing to concede that I'm wrong on this one. Unless I see proof the other way. But, knowing you guys, I'm sure your correct one this one. I bow down to the masters. ?

Nothing in the way of model cars from family or friends. But, I got the Moebuis '61 Ventura in the mail yesterday. Hooray!

Maybe on the '80. They do look close. For sure not the '76 - '79s. But, still I'd like to see a MoPar or Hollanders exchange manual to prove it.

An off comment topic, but one that effects your thread Phil. Is the use of script type on this site. For some reason, trying to read this type of type is a pain on my iPad. And it's not just your using it. It's that way with others too. And I've been told I'm not the only one who has problems with this. Script looks nice, but I'd rather read and know what your talking. Just a thought. Back to trying to figure out what you said above, about a subject that interests me.

Ron the stalling on turns was something my '77 six cylinder Volare did too. It's been a long time, but I think it was on left hand turns too. As noted before, I had the "Super Six" with the 2-barrel carburator, rather than the single barrel. Most 318s came with a 2-barrel carbs too. I don't how simular the carburators used between the 2 different engines were. But, in the case of the 2-barrel on the sixes, I believe it turned out to be a float problem that most competent mechanics with a little carburator background could fix. I don't recall any problems with the "Lean Burn" system on federal emission vehicles. I suspect the California emissions package was more of a problem than the "Lean Burn" system. But, don't go to the bank with me on that one. Ah, the fun of owning cars from the late 1970's. Especially Chrysler products. But, it was not just limited to Chrysler products. It was a sad time. Despite what I know and remember, I still like some of the cars and trucks produced back then. And I'm looking forward to Round 2/MPCs reissuing of their '80 Volare. No matter how bad the real car was.

???? I want some proof of that. I think your mistaking Dodge's Diplomat with their Aspen. Diplomat and LeBaron maybe share the same front fenders. Aspen and Volare for sure shared the same front fenders. Sorry John, you need to repeat basic MoPar first grade. ? (Or was that second grade they thought us that?)

Interesting about your lack of speed with the '79 Volare police cars. My '77 Volare had the 225 "Super Six". The one with the 2-barrel carburetor. It had federal emissions and the Torqueflite. And I could bury the 100 mph speedometer in it. Mine wasn't the fastest car in the world by any means. But, I had no major problems entering or keeping up with traffic at the time. Could California emissions have chocked off your cars that bad?

Me too.

The mailman just dropped mine off in the last half an hour. A quick peek in the box looks good to me. A nice early Christmas present! And I like the fact you need to "grok" your's Bill. Grok. A term one doesn't hear too much anymore. If ever. A term from one of my favorite books of all time. Thanks for using it.

I agree 100%. For a car of the time, I thought it was very good looking. Between styling and features, on paper and the show floor it looked like a great car. But, in many ways it was a typical of an American car of the time. (Okay, it was somewhat worst than the other bad American cars of the time.) There is a reason Toyota and Honda took the market by storm at the time. But, still I liked the Volare/Aspen combo. By the way, the first thing I had to do with my new Volare back in 1977, was get out a Phillips screwdriver and titen every screw I could find in the interior of the car. Chrysler's quality control was terrible back then. Much worst then GM or Ford. On par with AMC from what I remember. And no where near Toyota, Honda, or Datsun. But, I liked the car despite that. The slant-six and Torqueflite transmission had a good reputation. And again compared to other cars at the time, I liked the looks. If it wasn't for the rust problems, I wonder how many people would have a better view of the cars today? After all, you never hear people bad mouth the LeBaron, Diplomat, and others based on the same chassis nearly as much.