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Bob Ellis

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  1. I believe this is a 1965 corvette. I use many parts from this street rods 1963 corvette to restore it
  2. casting is a messy business, I tried, but maybe somebody will take over
  3. I knew about the grille but not about the b post vent
  4. the only difference that I se on the 65/66 is 65 had fuel injection on the fender . 66 just had flags
  5. 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. 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. 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. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. I saved a Johan body for this procject; marrying Johan and Revell. Any fit problems ? I find mixing kit manufacturers is a challenge
  14. 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.
  15. You were lucky to get 2 1968 GTOS. I didn't get the kit until 1971.I recently picked up a 1968.
  16. I got 50 cents a week for allowance in 1966 ; that takes 4 weeks to buy most kits.
  17. 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
  18. I fixed my 65 Corveette using the latest Round2 63 Vette kit.
  19. 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.
  20. T.M.Resin on eBay had the 65/66 big block hood
  21. do people want to build a stock 1970 mach 1 or the funny car?
  22. This is an AMT. The MPC had a different grille and no funny ridge line in the door
  23. The promo model was brown
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