Motor City

What a bummer.

Steve, Are you aware of the AMT '53 Ford 4-door promo? Some of these are quite straight, but have no interior and have a metal chassis. Combine that with the Lindberg '53 Ford hardtop and you have something to start with.

Joe, Does your computer have an SD card port? If it's a laptop, it probably has one. Then you can load the card from the camera into the laptop's SD port. You can also buy a flash drive with a built-in SD port that allows you to load the SD card into the flash drive and then plug it into one of your computer's USB ports.

I think we all lost a year due to the pandemic.

I got one from Kevin Lutz a few years ago.

On some of the older kits, the bottom of the body had to be spread out slightly to allow the interior bucket to fit in. Most interior buckets could be slid in from the back of the car, but if you weren't careful doing this, the steering wheel rim could end up breaking.

The '71 Mach 1 should be decent. I expect the 1970s chassis won't have the level of detail of the forthcoming Revell version, but the body should be quite accurate.

yes, I've noticed that, Joe; I guess with the list prices of some recent releases, it isn't that much more money to pay

I missed this when it came out in 2005? or so.

What actually did happen to Franklin and Danbury? One was obsessed with Princess Di and others in the British royal family, as I recall. It boils down to corporate greed in many industries. All they care about is using cheaper labor. The microchip and pandemic medical supply shortages are prime examples of this attitude.

It doesn't look like the '37 Cheyy can be built stock. The Model A roadster pickup will be nice to build.

the same thing happened to me, Mark, and Ertl replaced the GP body

I bought the '75 Ventura kit at the Detroit Auto Show and was sorry since I found out it couldn't be built stock. The graphics WERE horrible, and so was the rendition on the box with the fender skirts and other junk.

That's interesting since the Ventura wasn't stock, either, with the '74 GTO-type ram air hood and scoop. I read that the '75 GTO was canceled at the last minute, but can't verify that. A '73-'74 GTO/Ventura or Nova kit would be nice, too.

Mark, Wasn't the '69 Mustang kit a combination hardtop and convertible then modified into the '70?

I agree; I would prefer a convertible

GM and Chrysler found the cost to produce turbine cars would have been prohibitive. The technology was decades ahead of its time, and would probably be a viable option today. Thanks for the photos, Ed!

It sure would have been neat to have those in our old Ford pickups when I worked for the City of Dearborn in the mid-seventies!

it's the '73 - '77 body with a '72 front end!

only the kits were 40% off; the Corvettes weren't on sale ($19.99 each), and I got the last 2 Maisto seems to have better quality than Motor Max, which also makes the diecast 2020 Corvette

No mention was made of a new body to replace the incorrect window and roof opening on the driver's side ever since it first came out, so that's disappointing. I understand the Catalina 2+2 was an even worse kit. I wonder how difficult it would be to do a convertible version? The 427 Fairlane should be nice, and so will the 442. The packer is something to look forward to.

I think the intent of the closed hood and trunk are so another version can be made as a kit like some of the other Maisto cars and trucks. I just picked up both of these colors today at Hobby Lobby, in addition to the Atlantis B-24J Liberator, MPC Schwinn Continental and AMT '70 Impala.

sadly, they probably do own them now;

thanks, Steve; I never thought of that! for those who want to know, the April '64 Motor Trend has a 442 test drive and also a mini GTO brochure

thanks, Bruce!