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No interest in the version they are planning on reissuing. If it could be built as stock Ford van I'd be on top of it. The scale doesn't bother me. But, the 4-wheel drive and the over all look of the kit. I'll be passing on this one. Scott

It really is perfect Tulio. Wrong taillights or not. Scott

Nice. Expect I got dizzy looking at a couple of the pictures. Are they upside down? Or is it plain old dizzy me? Scott

I question whether hearses, ambulances, and sedan deliveries count as station wagons. And Nomad was the top of the line 4-door Chevy wagon from 1958 through 1961. In '68 the name was attached to a low line Chevelle wagon through '72. There were even special versions of Chevy's G series vans in the late 70's using the Nomad name. Scott

Not so much on the road today. But in an alley. On the second Monday of every month our local chapter of the Crosley car club meets. For those who don't know, Crosley was a big appliance and radio maker in the 1920's, 1930's, and beyond. In fact they are still around. In 1939 Powell Crosley decided America needed a small, sub compact, low priced automobile. America didn't necessarily agree with him. But, he kept on try to sell America on the idea right through 1952. Not the nicest looking, or even nicest cars in world. But, some models had their charm. Like their 2-seat sports cars the Hot Shot and Super Sport. And their SUV the Farm-O-Road. Our Crosley club meetings are a lot of fun. We spend many great hours talking about cars. Once in a while the head of our local chapter even gets us to talk about Crosleys. Guys who like Crosleys tend to be a little eccentric and own other odd cars other than Crosleys. Tonight one of our long time members showed up with his 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud. I've seen the car before. But, he had just gotten it back earlier this evening from a body shop that had just re painted the car. Wow! A stunning car. A very dark Maroon on the lower half of the car. Silver on top. We stood there looking over the car, drinking in the details for quite a long time. I asked the present owner if he knew what the car sold for new in 1956? He said about $12,000! The cost of about two Cadillacs at the time. More than my parents paid for their first new house in 1957. Just looking at car. The details. The way it was put together. You can tell this car was worth the price. In pictures, most Rolls Royces do little for me. In person, they tend to always impress. This one sure did. I was amazed by how undated this car looked. It looks both old and modern at the same time. Nothing I would be embarrassed to be seen in today. It reeks of class. By the way the guy who owns the Rolls, also has a Crosley, a 1954 Buick Skylark, a Jaguar XKE, and drives a beat up Jeep Grand Cherokee as daily driver. In the recent past he's had a 1969 Satco replica Cord. And a post war Lincoln Continental "Mark I" from the late 40's. Like I say, Crosley owners tend to be a little eccentric. You never know what may show up. But, it's almost always interesting. Scott

As we all know by now, this is no hoax. Robin Williams is gone. Very, very sad. I don't know what more to say. Scott

No! I hope this is a hoax. If not, it's a very, very sad day. One of the greats. Scott

Shhhh. Your not suppose to tell! Build a snap kit?! Not a great advanced modeler like I! Scott

Do we know if it will even come with Yenko Stinger decals? Scott

Always helps to hear more. The story is sometimes more interesting than the car itself. And, yes I did notice dash and was wondering about that too. Scott

Very nice. But, what's the color? Scott

Very nice. But, I expect only perfect from you Tulio. And this one is not perfect. The taillights for a sedan delivery are all wrong. You built your kit correctly, for AMT box stock. But, Ford did not use those taillights on the sedan deliveries. AMT has always had this feature wrong in their kit. Those taillights are correct for non-commercial, passenger car models of Fords for 1940. I've wondered many times, how many people over the years knew about the taillight difference on the sedan delivery, and AMT's mistake. Despite the taillights being wrong, I still plan on using them on my Three Stooges build of the same kit. They look better than the stock taillights supplied by Ford. Scott

Greg what is that engine? It almost looks like half a flathead. Now if Mr. Geiger did that, we'd have to let him know that's not okay. But, since you did it, we'll look the other way. Scott

Here a photo of a Model Builder Club of America model I picked up and built a year or two ago. Scott

Yea that would be cool. But, that would require the Ranch Wagon kit version to be a plain Ranch Wagon. Scott

I remember read about that in model magazines back in the early 70's. I thought I really needing one to do all the cool things they were doing with it in the magazines. Like Harry said, "They should have called it the Auto World Auto Melter!" Never really found it too useful. I still have very fond memories of buying several useless, and many more usefull items, from the Auto World Catalog. By the way, I still have a lot fun looking at my old Auto World catalogs. Again, a lot of $2.00 kit in them. And again that was a lot of money at the time. So I spent more time dreaming through the Auto World catalogs than buying. Scott

I'm with Jaguar Man 21, above. I don't remember anything too exciting in our high school parking lot either. I was in high school from the fall of 1973 through the spring of '75 (before I was asked to leave). The only student vehicle I really remember is one kid a year a head of me had a fairly new Chevy Blazer. Popular and common at the time were mid 60's Chevy Impalas, first generation Mustangs, etc. The Impalas rarely had more than a 327. Mustangs, 289s. Maybe 302s on later models. Neighbor next door had a '68 Torino fastback. Across the street a '68 Merc Park Lane 4-door sedan. A buddy up the street first had a '70 4-door Valiant. Later he owned '72 Capri and MG-GT. My first car was after high school. And that was a '53 Chrysler New Yorker 2-door club sedan. Then I had a buddy with a '69 Mustang Mach I that was fairly fast. Another had a nice '69 Charger. A guy I still hang around with, had a nice '67 Firebird convertible, 326, automatic. His girl friend at the time drove a nice '69 Cougar. Local cars that influenced me as a yout. A cool shop teacher in junior high drove a '66 Riviera. A buddy's folks had a very fast '70 Buick Electra 225 we cruised around in. With a factory 8-track tape player no less. Had one cool teacher in high school that drove a junker early 60's Rambler. He'd park the car behind the drafting classroom, so he could get several of us to help push start the car from time to time. In general the area in grew up in was basically pretty blue collar. Not well off. But, not poor either. Chevy Impala was the best selling car in America at the time. And that, along with Ford Galaxies and Plymouth Fury IIIs were the type of cars people drove in our area. Scott

My gosh your right Jesse! That's it! I'm never buying another Revell kit ever again as long as I live! To quote a line from the original Planet of the Apes, "BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH you! BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH you all to hell!" Scott

Sorry to tell you this Glenn, you can go to Round 2s web site and see the instructions. No optional parts to back date it to a '69. I personally like the '69 AMX better than the '70. But back in the day, like most model car kit tools it was updated to the next year, until the real car got a total redesign. Then the tooling would be stuck there for any reissues. Even though I like the '69 better, I'm still glad to see the '70. And plan on buying one. Scott

Here's the other Corvair kit that's coming. At least now we know. I don't need one. But, I'll be buying at least one. It's a sickness with me. Scott

Oh you guys are bad! Almost as bad as me! You've heard of multiplying like rabbits. I'd love to practice the principle with the young lady next to the Rabbit. Don't need need any rabbit like results, though. Scott

The heck with the Z/28. We have enough Z/28 kits out there as far as I'm concerned. I'm hoping for a '67 SS/RS convertible down the road. Scott

Very nice. Scott

Looks great. I like it. Scott

Another one with no info! Revell kit? Is that big block engine, with a small block hood? Tell us more! Scott