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MPC's '78 Pacer coupe never came with a V-8. It still retained the straight six. I don't know anything about AMT's wagons. Other than I want one. Scott

The GMC is still the best looking motorhome ever done. Scott

As I've noted before, I'm hoping Revell will do both a sedan delivery and a Ranchero based off of this kit in the future. Hopefully sales will be high enough to justify it. In the meantime, I wish they would come out with a '57 Chev Nomad based on their recent tri-five Chev kits. Out of all the '57 Chevy kits out there, why is this one missing? I'm not one of those big nitpickers, but the Monogram 1/24th scale kit just does not look right. Even at a casual glance. And the old Revell '57 Nomad hasn't been seen in years. Scott

Doing a quick web search, it was Randall AMC in Mesa, Arizona (okay Arizona guys, is this near Phoenix?) that was doing the 401 conversions on the early style Pacers. And they were not the only ones. The conversion was even approved by AMC itself. Plus there is a fun video on YouTube showing two Pacers drag racing. The black one with the later style grille is running with a 401. The other has the earlier styled grille and hood, and is powered by a Chrysler 440. The 440 power Pacer does have one modification to the early style hood. But, I doubt it it has much to do with cooling in the conventional sense. It looks like a hood scoop to feed air into the carburator/intake. Oh, the 440 Pacer beat the 401. Despite this, I'd still want my Pacer to be a '75 "X" model with the 401. A '77 wagon with a V-8 would be cool too (no pun intended). Scott

From what I've read, the Pacers converted to 401 V-8s by the dealer in Phoenix, Arizona had no cooling problems with the earlier style front end. An AMC 304 does not require a bigger radiator than an AMC 401. It's obvious the hood redesign was strictly done to give the car a different look. Going into what would have been its fourth year with exact same styling was something rarely done on American cars in the 1970's. Pacer sales were falling, and looks were part of the reason why. Big "Mercedes" style grilles (and I'm not saying the grille on late Pacer looks like anything from Mercedes) were very popular at the time. It was a quick and easy styling change. And I personally don't like it as much as the earlier styled front end. Make mine a '75 Pacer with the 401. Scott

I'd love to see this book! Scott

I'm begining to think that getting back to the Ford Del Rio is not going happen. I've tired several times now. People don't seem to want to go with it. Maybe I should back to making offending comments about horses. Though I still don't understand what I said that was offensive about horses? Or horse lovers? Or what ever? I was taking a joking shot about the nitpickers of Revell's models. Which I sure is now going to anger the nitpickers, and horse lovers and horse experts. So now I need to go and prepare for harsh comments I'm going to get over this posting. No matter what I say this is not going to end. Is it? Scott

Please reread my question. You answer does not really cover what I'm asking. Scott

Does anybody offer a Chaparral 2E 1/24th or 1/25th scale model kit today? Or any other of the winged Chaparrals for that matter. Scott

Remeber that gorgeous girl you had the hots for high school? This is what she looks like 40 years later. Scott

Camping spots? Is this camping? And would it fit in "normal" camp spots? Scott

Don't feel bad Harry. Most of these Chuck Norris are lame, and not worth getting. Scott

Hears a question I don't know if any body has ever asked or answered. I hear a lot of talk about the cost of tooling as being one of the reasons we don't see this or that kit come out. How is it that they seem to be able to make diecast models of a lot of these cars fairly quickly. And not plastic kits? Scott

Okay I knew it would come up. Mark mentioned Pacer getting the V-8 and that being the reason for the higher hood on the on the 78's. This is a common car myth. It's basically a coincidence that they both came out at the same time. As noted the Pacer's weight really called out for a V-8. There where AMC dealers, particularly one in Phoenix, Arizona who started putting V-8s in Pacers almost right away in 1975. Now people will tell you that the Pacer got the higher hood in '78 to clear the V-8 or its need for a larger radiator to cool the V-8. Let's look at some facts. V-8s tend to be shorter in length and even height compared to most straight sixes. The dealer in Phoenix, a fairly hot part of the country, was putting AMC 401s and the required cooling system in Pacers with no modifications to exterior sheet metal. And the cars were fine. The real reason for the new hood was to give the car a new look. A more conventional look. And by the way Mark, I'm not picking on you personally on this one. The V-8, high hood connection is a common myth you'll hear from a lot of fairly knowledgeable car guys. Once these myths, and not just the Pacer hood one, get started, people tend to run with them. Like with the V-8 and hood change. Until you really think about it and check out the facts, it makes some sense. So your not alone on this one. Scott

$90.00 worth of paint. Mostly Tamiya of course. Scott Toy Zone Tom Daniel Garbage Truck Scott

What's the yellow thing. Greg? It looks like something Starbird would have built. Is it? Scott

Looking at the last few posts, I think we have. I hope. Scott

Yea, most modern A/C units operate in defroster mode to help defogger for windshield. A little different in the old days. At the same time I like your idea John about how the '57/'58 Ford setup would blow cool air into an area where heat should being build up. I too do not know enough about how A/C works to know if this system was effective or not. And did it work well enough to cool the wagons cargo area? In other words would the polar bears and penguins in the back be comfortable? Scott

STOP! Enough already. This is a tread on Revell's '57 Del Rio Ranch Wagon. It's time to drop the political and/or religious stuff here. Scott

I'm sorry, the factory air conditioning system on a '57 Ford I'm thinking of was called SelectAire. Not PolarAire as I thought. There was a factory under dash unit available on the '59 and later Ford called PolarAire. It was a less expensive alternative to the SelectAire version also available. Scott

By the way, it would be cool if Round 2 was able to reissue a stock version of AMT's Pacer wagon kit. I believe that kit was modified into a custom only wagon/van thing after the initial run. And did MPC ever offer a Pacer wagon kit? I'm pretty sure they made a promo of the wagon. But, I don't remember a kit. Scott

The polar bear, penguin thing would be a lot more fun than the politics here in the last 24 hours or so. Which reminds me. I wonder if the factory air conditioning system in a '57 Ford, which I believe they called Polar Aire, would keep either polar bears or penguins comfortable on a 90 degree (Fahrenheit) summer day? The factory installed system on '57 and '58 Fords used a series of vents on the dashboard along the edge of the windshield. I question how effective the system was with the state of art of air conditioners at the time, and the location of those vents. I also wonder how well that setup was for defrosting the windshield in the winter time? I have my doubts. At the same time, I wish Revell would offer the option of building their Ford Del Rio wagon with that setup. Scott

Pretty good documentary. Didn't mind watching it a second time. I had seen it once before. Covers the history of the Pacer and AMC at the time accurately. Makes me wonder, how well MPC/Round 2 did with their Pacer reissue recently? I've always like those weird cars like the Pacer. So I bought one. Painted it with Testor's Aztec Gold One Coat Lacquer. It turned out pretty nice. But, I haven't seen any others built. So it makes me wonder, did it sell? Scott

Amen. Scott

Your right I know nothing about horses. That was not my point. Scott