Claes Ericsson

A find from a couple of weeks ago; found it at a thrift shop. I believe it is an International and assuming it is close to 1/25, wheelbase scales out to 158”. Lights, sound, batteries and friction drive. Couldn’t pass it up at less than $5. Coronet for size. Went to the IPMS show Saturday and vending was mostly air/military but it is always a good place for tools and supplies. But Juha Airio was over from Finland with a few of his resin kits. The 67 Polara is the one he mastered for All American some 25+ years ago but now w p-e emblems. I've been looking on eBay for a long time, but even sub-par illicit copies tend to bring silly money. But now I have one! The Olds was new last year and is a heavy conversion of the 67 Impala.

Arrived in Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday 26th. Fastest ever!😁

Resolved! Thanks for your help, Rich!

I have two, which is one more than I actually "need". But I'm in Sweden, so shipping might be prohibitive....

Long shot; looking for og instructions or scans of same for the Record kit (which is pretty rare). Got the kit a week ago but the instructions were missing (listed as such in the auction).

You can find him on Facebook under his name. O/w I have his e-mail from an old list as chevaliergerry at gmail.

Replacement copy of #224 arrived yesterday. Thanks!

#225 arrived in Stockholm, Sweden today and it looks to have lots of great reading. But where #224 is, is anybodys guess....

I might be wrong but I think the vendor "Basement Resin" had one available at Shapeways. Now inaccesible but it might resurface. FWIW

As of today, Sept 18, I have yet to receive my copy of #224. On Sept. 2 I sent this to the "contact us" form on 1st page of the website: I have yet to receive any kind of reaction to this as well..... and had the same result when I requested a replacement copy of #222....

Would've understood it, if the contents were left on the table and only the box gone, which is pretty nice BTW.?

Thanks for the idea looking at the "Switchers" kits. Judging from the instructions for the AMT reissue of the 25T, both grille shells seems to be in that kit. And I have 2, somewhere... Time to go digging. Incidentally, reason for asking was that I have all body parts from the 1913 ICM kit apart from just the grille shell.

Tognotti's T; grille shell. Same might be in other MPC T's that used chassis parts from #606. From the Palmer, I need the entire chrome tree but most need the grille and front/rear bumpers. Chrome condition not important. I have a US shipping address and parts to trade.

Yes, they are! Thanks! Now that I know in which box to look.....?

Found them in a box and have no idea where they go.

Ditto for copper in that era as well.

It happened!!?? The replacement #222 showed up in my mailbox yesterday!

Since #222 was a no-show, I sent a message through the ”Contact us” form on the top domain site w all the info that's on the shipping label, requesting a replacement copy. That was on April 10th or thereabouts and I have yet to receive an acknowledgement that the meassage was received or a simple e-mail stating replacement copy sent. No #222 as of this writing but #223 showed up on April 30!

Thanks for the prompt reply. I have about three dozen Pyro kits from the same era, but this was new to me. No decals in the kit but I have no idea what has been lost in the 55+ years it has been on the road....

Have anyone seen other Pyro kits in this type of packaging? Same type as Revell tried to sell us years ago, but it works way better for a small box.

Yet another month w/o #222.?

Any vendor(s) out there that carries (part of) Reps product line? When Norm dropped the VISA/MC payment option, only allowing domestic MO's, it became a bit more difficult to order, living in Sweden. Any help appreciated. Claes Ericsson

A couple on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/186294463422?hash=item2b6003ebbe:g:jlUAAOSweQFlx8Zq https://www.ebay.com/itm/225989461071?hash=item349e05844f:g:B3YAAOSwSDBlv8L1

Pretty sure it is a promo. '62 Novas, Impalas and Fairlanes came with opening hoods....

Ditto.