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I built the Gunze kit several years ago more or less out of the box. The kit was designed as a battery operated toy so the chassis is useless. However the body looks accurate to my eye Steven. I have seen it kit-bashed with the IMSA chassis and it will work. The issue for me is I haven't found the correct BBS wheels. Here are some other build examples:

Thanks Shay. I have been doing some much cutting and grinding on my last few builds my workbench is a mess! Need to get it cleaned up before I can pull out the MkII again. I modified the IMSA kit transmission/drive shaft tunnel, reducing it's size and shifting it to the right. Not much left of the Monza kit interior.

From Wikipedia: The 1978 Monza line expanded to include rebadged holdovers from the Vega line, which ended production after the 1977 model year. Chevy grafted a new Monza front end onto the previous Vega hatchback and wagon body-styles. The Monza "S", marketed as the Monza price leader, used the Vega hatchback body. With production of only 2,000 units, it was speculated that this was simply an effort to use up a stock of leftover 1977 Vega bodies. The Monza wagon was also offered in an estate wood-trimmed version, using the Vega wagon body. The 1978 Monza line gained a new base coupe and 2+2 hatchback with round headlights in an upright front end with a crossbar grille. The sport 2+2 hatchback and sport notchback used a modified version of the previous quad rectangular headlamps, now above a full-width open-slot grill. The 151 CID (2.5 liter) inline-four "Iron Duke" was standard for 1978, replacing the Vega's inline-four engine. Engine options were a Buick-designed 3.2 liter (196 cid) V6 engine with a two-barrel carburetor that produced 90 horsepower (67 kW) at 3600 rpm. Replacing the 3.2 liter V6 in California and high-altitude areas was Buick's 3.8 liter (231 cid) 105-hp V6 engine. Four-cylinder engines and the 3.2 liter V6 were not available in high-altitude areas. The 145-horsepower 305 cubic-inch V8 remained optional in all but the "S" hatchback and wagon models. Discontinued at the end of the 1978 model year were the S hatchback, Towne Coupe sport option and the estate version of the wagon. I stand corrected Mike, never know they rebadged Vegas and called them Monzas.

Good job, but just to clarify the Chevy Vega and the Chevy Monza are two different cars.

Thanks Art. Slow steady progress fitting and modifying the Revell IMSA chassis. The kit chassis properly depicts the slight engine offset to the right.

Turned out great Dennis.

Glad you decided to build the kit Kerry. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Your linkage is amazing Randy. I think you will like the HRM Webers.

Nice. I have a few of these but haven't built one yet. What is your impression of how they build up?

Looks great Ken. Nice job reshaping the wheel openings.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) Official IMSA logo GTO GTU IMSA GT Groups The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is an American road racing organization and sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. It was started by John Bishop, a formerly of SCCA, and his wife Peggy in 1969 with help from Bill France, Sr. of NASCAR. Camel cigarettes was the title sponsor for the IMSA racing series known as, "Camel GT Challenge Series," from about 1975 -1984. Glossary of Abbreviations AAGT All American Grand Touring - IMSA class ASSC Australian Sports Sedan Championship CAT.I Category 1, SCCA Trans-Am class CAT.II Category 2, SCCA Trans-Am class c/n Chassis number, or chassis name GT-1 Grand Touring 1 - SCCA Club Racing GTO Grand Touring Over 2.5 Liters - IMSA class GTU Grand Touring Under 2.5 Liters - IMSA class IMSA International Motor Sports Association HSR Historic Sportscar Racing SCCA Sports Car Club of America TA Trans-Am, SCCA pro series

Very nice Ken. Look like you are going for the latter Phase 5 version. My plan is for a Phase 3 car. Racing Monza Body Style PhasesPhase 1 1974 Season - prototype/concept body was similar to the 1977 Chevrolet Monza Mirage special edition. Mild Coke bottle shaped body flares with wrap-around rear spoiler. Non-scooped front air dam. Half-length hood bulge to clear downdraft carbs or fuel injection.Phase 2 1975 Season and early 1976 - Wider body flares with scooped door extensions. Phase 3 1976 Season - Most of '76 IMSA season, and 1980-on for SCCA Trans-Am. Wider body flares. Slightly taller wrap-around rear spoiler. Non-scooped front air dam with rubber skirting. Scooped door extensions. Full-length hood bulge. Phase 4 1977 Season: Widest available body flares. Wrap-around rear spoiler with new large banana style rear wing. Scooped front air dam. Several different style door extensions seen; scooped, non-scooped, NACA duct or slotted. Brad Frisselle and Tom Frank utilized flat ramp style front air dam. Hood bulge was full-length about 2" high or more. Phase 5 No wrap-around rear spoiler, only banana style rear wing in various forms. Larger front cow catcher air dam, several variations. Different styled door extensions. Hood bulge was 3" high or more .

Very nice.

Any version of the Mustang kit Jesse. I believe the Camaro kits include the same chassis.

Please start a thread on your build Ken or have you already and I missed it?

Thanks again gentlemen for the comments and interest.

Thanks Shaun, I like to build the cars as they raced or as close as I can. Thanks Brian.

Pleasantly surprised with how well the GTO chassis fits so far. Only had to cut down the width of the belly pan and reduce the roll cage height about 3mm.

Very nice Lloyd.

This should work. I used this on my Dragonsnake build to replicate Viking (Princess) Blue as well.

Nice to have you on the forum Alan.

Very cruel result for Toyota, but congratulation to Ford!!

Thank you gentleman for the comments. Fitting the AMT panels was no picnic but that may have been the easy part. The cars ran a full tubular chassis so lots of scratch building will be required.

Very nice. What is the color?