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Guess what the mailman just dropped off? Scott

Ah... The conspiracy deepens.

Is it? After all the Kombi is a box. Scott

Thanks Sven. But it's too late. The Decals I planed on using from both decal sets are ruined. The main regret is losing the engine displacement decals. Sponsorship decals I can and may get from other decals I have laying around. On a side note, I find it interesting that AMT chose all those years ago to do a Ford Thunderbird with an Allison engine. Allison was a General Motors division. But, I do like the naming pun of Allison Thunderland. Allison Rivieraland doesn't quite work as well. Scott

Interesting. I love thinking outside of the box. Scott

Art, a wonderful bit of history. Thank you. Scott

Very nice. Scott

Larry Tate drove Corvettes in a lot of episodes. Scott

Did Dave ever finish this kit? Scott

Here's my first use of them. AMT's old boat kit came with no taillights for its trailer. No problem now. I think they work perfectly in this application. Scott

Very cool. One of these days I've got to build mine. Scott

Wow! Is that nice. You guys did a great job on that. Scott

I went over to Dave Fletcher's build you put a link to. Very cool. But, it doesn't answer my question. Will the T parts pack body work with parts pack chassis? Since I already have a chassis I guess I can wait. But, it would be fun to know ahead of time. Or do I go out and buy another Double Dragster kit? Scott

Styrene Chaparral 2J? Who makes that? And can you show us photos? Scott

"A couple hundred thousand built"? Total production for 1969 Dodge Chargers, base, SE, 500, was about 69,100. On to that you can another 21,100 Charger R/Ts. They were not as common as you seem to think. The 2nd generation Chargers had a following from day one. They were becoming collectible by the time Dukes of Hazzard was on the air. There were many car guys like me, unhappy watching them wreck these Chargers on a regular basis. By the way, it was the 1st generation Charger that was slow take off in the collector market. The '66 and '67 Chargers were not big sellers when new. Dodge built right around 37,300 66's. And only 15,788 67's. '68 was the year Charger was redesigned and sales took off. That year they built approximately 96,100 Chargers. 3rd gen also did fairly well. But, it replaced both the Coronet 2 doors and previous Chargers. Scott

Very nice job. I like the complete package. With the matching bicycle and wagon. Scott

Thanks for the kind words guys. I too think it's cool. (Other than the decals, of course.) Scott

OK. Want see me get lots of hate comments here? Like I said in my above post, a lot of people did a lot of bad things under the Confederate flag. Look at all the '69 Chargers wrecked in making that show. I find that offensive. For that reason alone I will never build a model of the Dukes of Hazzard Charger. Scott

You know what George Carlin use to say? "Anybody driving faster than me is a maniac. Anyone slower is an idiot." I live by that. I know I'm the only perfect driver out there. The rest of you are all maniacs. Or idiots. Scott

Looking at the instructions linked above, it looks good for what it is. I'm guessing the aftermarket will have to take care of missing Confederate flag. Political correctness is my reason for recently buying the last issue of Rommel's Rod. I'm willing to bet the next time we see that kit, the swastika decal on the spare tire will be altered or gone. I'm not sure if this the right thing to do or not. I can't say that the sides that used those symbols in the past were in the right. The symbols themselves do not offend me. The acts the people who used those two symbols in the past does offend me. So I can kind of see the point of losing the flag. Scott

There was a reason for them being the number stolen car at one time. And this has happened to cars like the Honda Accord also. If there are a lot of a certain model out there, there is big demand for parts for that model. In the 1970's through the late 80's Cutlass was a big seller. At times the Cutlass was the number one selling car in America. That made it very desirable to thieves and chop shops. And it's part of the reason Rolls Royce has such a low theft rate by percentage. Scott

Your model looks great Bernard, but it seems to me that parts pack chassis has a torsion bar suspension. So can not be the same as Walt's Puffer. But, that gives another option for that body. And maybe an excuse to buy another Double Dragster set. Scott

By the way, I found religious items in Micheals when I was in there today. I didn't burst into flames! But, it was close. Scott

You know Lee, it takes a while for the news to reach us by dogsled here in Minnesnowta. You bet ya. Scott

Looks great. Tell us about the grille? Scott