Ragtop Man

Gonna pile on the bandwagon, of "give me a Moby quality Maverick / Comet and I got the rest." Versions will come, Moby is exceptionally smart at this game. I'll throw a log on the fire and say, there wouldn't BE a newly tooled Maverick/Comet without race versions in the plan. The JoHans were common as dirt until one afternoon... they weren't and prices went from $15 a pop to $150 and more. I mean, it was a good kit, with incredible bash potential, but c'mon. Maybe this will take some of the air out of those sails and bring them back to relative earth. FWIW, I had an out-of-body moment at the Ford Racing Centennial back in '01. Was walking to a concession stand when I recognized Dyno Don walking about 10 paces ahead. I already had his autograph, and even the best of them get 'peopled out' so I just let him go without a fanboy moment. Then, an ear-splitting rumble came from around the corner: Dyno's Maverick SOHC Pro Stock, rolling into the show under its own awesome power. The driver sees Dyno; Dyno sees car. Both looked as surprised as you could be and remain standing. Neither knew the other was heading their way... total cosmic convergence. I don't know how long it had been since Dyno saw the car, but it appeared to have been a long time, and he seemed very impressed by the condition and the sound, and a small crowd gathered immediately. What I didn't know - noboby knew - was that Don was in the early stages of his Alzheimer's journey. Never glib, but always approachable, he struck me very reserved in the autograph sessions. But he looked as excited by the reunion as anyone in the crowd.

That was one of the toughest to get before this re-release. With care and modern paints/foil, etc, they are really nice looking. Pity they were not 1/25. Hoping they add the glass to the 1/32 Connie Mk. II - that is my favorite of the bunch.

To the early hemi fans: would the 2X4 intake from this kit interchange with the 'bonus' engine in the Nova Wagon or the Double Dragster kit?

Ha! I deserved tha edit. And yes, I think quote is attributed to Abe Lincoln or Teddy Roosevelt .

I love it! Straight out of the 70s', like being at the '79 CC Street Machine Nationals, without the cops and tear gas. Loving these builds of the Monogram 1/24s great shelf presence!

That rocks.... or shall I say, Rockets. Superb build on an uncommon subject. The one-piece "Ninety Eight" logo came about when a bored and slightly ticked off Olds worker shuffled the individual letters ('58?) to re-branded the luxury car as the "Nighty Night." As my father often said, "Detroit never solves a problem they just trample them to death."

Dang! You had me on the Hawk - reading the AJ Foyt bio now.

Is this the 1/12? I'm not recalling a Revell Gullwing in 1/24...

Rocketfin showed the cover illustration - a street stock Grabber, illustration style looked familiar as if it were the box art main image rendering. Should be a very cool little whip! Hoping that the moby scanner got a picture of the JoHan I-6 200-250, which is hands down the best ever of this subject. I'd take a dozen of them if I could get them for a good price.

Stop it. You are using up all the cool. Fantastic build - simple and perfect.

Agree - looking at the custom interior and chrome reverse from the AMT '62 for the Moby Catalina. Gotta love that transitive property!

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the colors! The Monogram 'flatbox' series were long overlooked due to their scale and simplified assembly, but these really do justice to the subject. Wondering if anyone has reverse engineered a standard A pickup with parts from a stock version of the A (the Coupe/Cabrio come to mind) cos they are such elegant little subjects.

Currently available?

And it isn't really rocket surgery to adjust as needed for an Advance Design / modern chassis swap. Only thing stopping me on one of those would be the inability to swap in a GMC 270-302, which is as much of the character of the truck as the grille.

My brother in law was a Sonoma brand manager for a while on GMC (when that was a thing) so very tuned into S-Truck. GM needed fuel economy credits, so they would strongly incentivize base powertrains by adding 'eyeball' percieved value with packages that had low variable cost and could be installed in the plant (the key to managing accessory cost.) Then the field team would go out and load up the dealers with as many as they could stand, with the implied promise that going heavy on S-Truck to get them more Sierras and Yukons ... "Bob, I've only got a few left for this week... do you want them or should I call Randy across town?"