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  1. Motor City
    I own a '77 Biarritz, so it's a bummer that the model car wasn't made. I had mentioned it to Don Holthaus, and he said he would need my car for a couple of months. It would have made an awesome Modelhaus kit, but it wasn't practical for me to get it to him. Thanks for the chassis clarification, Tim. I didn't want to dig through my Toronado kits.
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    The kits start at 13:45 of the video.
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    agreed; I think the resin manufacturers will be the only ones we can count on for new U.S. full kits or curbside
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    Yes, it's hard to believe, but few real ones have survived either. Same goes for the '32-'40 Plymouths, which would make great kits. But realistically, outside of the 1930s Fords and 1937 Chevy coupe, nothing else from that decade is really popular stock AND as hot rod material. I've bought several Brooklin diecast models of 1930s GM cars since the model kit industry isn't interested.
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    Craig, That looks really interesting. Is that the AMT promo? Mine has no warp, but the body needs some work.
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    The best hope for seeing old models such as the AMT 1958 kits again is to take original, unbuilt kits and 3D scan the parts. Round 2 has a lot of kits in their archive, but I don't know how far back it goes. The Nova and '64 Cutlass are a good start to partially restoring or creating missing tooling for kits. 3D printers may eventually be commonplace in our homes, and maybe we can then buy 3D files to print our own parts directly from the model manufacturer.
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    thanks for the info, Rob
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    Has the Fruehauf Sunoco tanker trailer ever been reissued? My Dad bought it for some reason and never built it. Even the box art looks neat. These truck kits saved AMT for a while.
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    thanks, Mark; I looked at some photos and see what you are saying about the trim piece only applying to the '63 coupe; my brother and I would point to or comment on any Corvette we saw since they weren't a common sight around the Detroit area until the '68 model came out
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    What's unique about the '63 windshield trim?
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    I'd be embarrassed to be seen next to or in an El Camino as awful looking as that one! I guess that's Monogram's version (El Macho) of the Macho T/A! ? It's another great review, Adam. As an original owner of this generation EC, I bought it as a second vehicle for occasional hauling, but mostly as a good looking and handling toy, at a substantially lower cost than a Grand National, Monte Carlo SS, 442 or Corvette.
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    I bought the kit decades ago and recall the Nomad's passenger front fender had some issue on top. Hopefully it has been corrected, but if not, it's something I guess could be fixed with bondo.
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    or you could buy the MPC '82 El Camino kit, but it's not an easy kit to find
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    Blame it on the custom Chevy van kit with the quad rectangular headlights. Apparently most of us found the headlight history lesson more interesting than the releases! ?
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    that's true: Note the Cutlass has the optional wheels used on the '65 Dynamic 88 kit. Both the '64 Wildcat and '64 Cutlass were GM concept cars.
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    Here in the U.S., it was a big deal to get lighting laws changed, just as it was to go from 2 headlights to 4 in the 1957-1958 time period. My comment should have mentioned that it pertained to the U.S., but everyone seemed to know that was what I was referring to. So it looks like the early 1970s rectangular lights started in Europe. I wonder when it started in Japan? I also forgot about the '75 Monza 2+2, Sunbird, Firenza and Skyhawk, which were new and had rectangular headlights.
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    thanks for posting that, Chris; it's pretty cool!
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    The 1974 calendar year (1975 model year) was the first use of rectangular headlights. They were standard on the full-size Cadillacs and Eldorado, Electra and Riviera, 98, Grand Ville and Bonneville. They were eventually used on the 1980 Chevy and GMC trucks, but were only single units at that time.
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    Danno, No, they actually all look quite presentable and yes, they are acetate. The ''54 and '55 convertibles are quite straight. The '54 has a slight distortion where the front fenders warped upward slightly. The '56 Roadmaster has a slightly "dented" roof, and is the worst of the bunch (except for my '60 Invicta hardtop). The '57 is another convertible and is quite straight. My '58 hardtop has a slight buckle in the cowl area, while other '58s tend to buckle between the rear window and trunk lid. What AMT made prior to the '58 were: '54 Skylark, Roadmaster 4-door '55 Century convertible, Roadmaster 4-door '56 Century convertible, Roadmaster 4-door hardtop '57 Roadmaster convertible, 2-door hardtop
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    AMT did make a '54-57 Buick promos. It's too bad most (or all) of their tooling from the 1950s was probably recycled decades ago.
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    no, a '57! ?
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    d'oh! A few blocks over from me is a purple and white '56 Sport Sedan, the first year Chevy offered a 4-door hardtop. I wouldn't mind having it.
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    kind of expensive though ... https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Chevrolet-Cheyenne-Fleetside-Pickup-Truck-Promo-in-Medium-Blue-MIB/324300931945?hash=item4b81d78369:g:TysAAOSwbp9fVVmf https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Chevrolet-Fleetside-Pu-Promo-graded-9-10-out-of-10-28047/174460580483?hash=item289ea93283:g:g0oAAOSwOqhfdnPO
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    just buy the truck promo and you won't have to agonize over the small details ...?
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    "I'm not fond of the '56 car's looks. Chevy never should have "Improved" the '55, IMHO." I like the '55 better overall than the '56, but think the radiused quarter panel wheelhouse opening on the '56 & '57 looks way better than the ones on the '55, though it was done right on the Nomad. My folks had a '57 Bel Air hardtop, so that's my favorite Tri-Five since I remember it well.
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