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  1. Bob Ellis
    I believe this is a 1965 corvette. I use many parts from this street rods 1963 corvette to restore it
  2. Bob Ellis
    casting is a messy business, I tried, but maybe somebody will take over
  3. Bob Ellis
    I knew about the grille but not about the b post vent
  4. Bob Ellis
    the only difference that I se on the 65/66 is 65 had fuel injection on the fender . 66 just had flags
  5. Bob Ellis
    I just got a 66annual Corvette ht kit. This is where the big block originated but AMT called it a 396. This engine survived the Street Rods version but the small block was shut off the plastic. ERTL returned the small block in the 80s
  6. Bob Ellis
    From what I understsnd, the F&F Charger is a made -up car or cars. They take 68,69,70 chargers and make them all a 1970. Nothing is real . Even the blower is a dummy.
  7. Bob Ellis
    I like the 65 Merc better than the 66. But the 65 was ruined to create the 66 which has been re-issued tons of times.
  8. Bob Ellis
    Get an ERTL 1974 Barracuda snap kit and remove the bumperettes.
  9. Bob Ellis
    I bought this 1975 kit at Woolworths but never built . Last one that I built was the 1973. First one was the 1968. Yeah the springs worked okay.
  10. Bob Ellis
    Interesting thought: In the 1970-1980s Woolworths was selling AHM model trains to the customer for less money than hobby shop dealers were paying with their discount. needless to say, it killed their business.
  11. Bob Ellis
    I am not sure about those cast wheels. This is Jim Morrison's The Blue lady , a 1967 Shelby. It was bought new by Morrison
  12. Bob Ellis
    I had heard CHrysler was selling HEMIs in a crate in 1972 if you wanted to stick it in the car. THe six pack 440 was listed as needing Premium gas high compression. Unlike the other engines
  13. Bob Ellis
    I could make a statement; most of the MPC cars seemed narrow undersized. That becomes a problem if you are using the MPC Charger as the standard.
  14. Bob Ellis
    I saved a Johan body for this procject; marrying Johan and Revell. Any fit problems ? I find mixing kit manufacturers is a challenge
  15. Bob Ellis
    If showbiz helps pay to produce the kit, so be it
  16. Bob Ellis
    From other pictures that I saw, it has a 1969 tail light bezel. Maybe better than the original MPC the grill,It is very nice.
  17. Bob Ellis
    You were lucky to get 2 1968 GTOS. I didn't get the kit until 1971.I recently picked up a 1968.
  18. Bob Ellis
    I got 50 cents a week for allowance in 1966 ; that takes 4 weeks to buy most kits.
  19. Bob Ellis
    Dealer net for these kits is about $15 to 18. Pretty hard to get a new kit cheaper unless the store is going out of business.It's not just inflation, economy of scale isn't there like it was back in 1964 -1974
  20. Bob Ellis
    I fixed my 65 Corveette using the latest Round2 63 Vette kit.
  21. Bob Ellis
    I would rather see the Roadhog 225 reissued. Seriously , the plastic is the least cost. The packaging , advertizing, distribution costs are the same no matter what you make.
  22. Bob Ellis
    T.M.Resin on eBay had the 65/66 big block hood
  23. Bob Ellis
    do people want to build a stock 1970 mach 1 or the funny car?
  24. Bob Ellis
    This is an AMT. The MPC had a different grille and no funny ridge line in the door
  25. Bob Ellis
    The promo model was brown
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