Mark

No. The Classic Cruiser is based on the old Monogram Little Deuce, which didn't have a separate frame (it was molded as a unit with the fenders). So that kit can't be built as a fenderless car without a bunch of work. It's also 1/24 scale while the newer highway kit is 1/25.

Wood stain won't work on plastic. There are techniques for simulating a wood finish on plastic, none of those I'm aware of use wood stain as part of the process.

I wonder if a '69 Cougar windshield might work. I already need a windshield for a Mach Won body that I want to use for a pro stock conversion, but hadn't thought about the Cougar until now.

If anyone goes this year, could you please post the results (was there a show; if so, how many vendors). I never got table info or paperwork, and didn't get a response to an e-mail regarding that...

AMT '69 and '70 interior buckets are the same, detail-wise. The mounting setup at the back was changed but the part from one will fit the other. The '70 body was indeed updated from the AMT '69 annual, with the interior left alone except for the change in how it attaches to the body at the back. I get to eat crow on this one...pass the ketchup. So the '69 body and interior carried over to '70, body being updated of course. That makes the (status unknown as of now) '69 longnose body unique tooling, but made to accept the AMT '69 exterior trim pieces. '69 and '70 stock chassis are different, with the '70 piece carried over to '71-'73 with some alterations. Since the longnose and Mach Won used the same funny car chassis (with different length side pieces), both had the same plated trees for the most part. Neither Mach Won kit that I have is mint in box, but it is likely that both could have had some '69 exterior trim items on a chrome tree. Those wanting to convert the Mach Won body to '69 spec can probably get there by piecing in sections from the front and rear of the ex-MPC '69, so the grille and bumpers from it will fit.

Well, not having received any paperwork for show tables, and not having gotten a reply to an e-mail sent to someone listed on the flier for the spring show, the contingent of three from my area won't be making the trek this year. If things change, one or more of us might pick up where we left off next year.

AMT '69 and '70 Mustangs were entirely different kits; body, chassis, everything. The '69 body probably got reworked into the longnose as that body uses the '69 stock trim pieces. Both it and the Mach Won were both available at the same time for at least one year, so each would have had its own body.

Mach Won body has all stock Mach 1 trim, same as the annual kit, and also came with stock bumpers. The grille filler shown on the box was an option.

Only the GT included photoetch trim pieces.

He hasn't got a finger to pull, which makes it more difficult to deal with.

I've got one of those Petty Plymouth kits in yellow also. That little streak in the lower right corner of the artwork (under the front bumper) read "molded in Petty Blue" on the earliest examples but was soon blanked out. Does that one have two-piece tires and plastic rod axles? Again, only the earliest ones (that issue first appeared in 1972) had hollow, one-piece tires and wire axles. The $1.73 price tag would seem to point to an early one.

Shaking isn't enough in cases where the paint has been sitting for very long. Stirring is better, and you want a stirring utensil that gets into everywhere within the bottle or jar. After breaking up the clumps and maybe adding a touch of thinner, you can then give it a shake to finish things off.

There is only one body for both kits. The previous issue of the Cobra used the GT body, the instructions mentioned having to remove the trim.

Hobby shops specializing in radio control should also have micro balloons, should you have any locally and want them ASAP.

Most pinstriping tape is on the thick side. For masking, you want thin tape. When thick tape is used, the second color builds up against the thickness of the tape itself, causing the rough edges you see after it is removed.

Any word on this year's fall show?

AMT. They pretty much had a stranglehold on Ford promos through 1972. Jo-Han landed some Ford promo business but produced only three ('70 Maverick, '71 Mercury Comet, '72 Gran Torino). MPC did even less business with Ford, only doing Mustang II promos for '74 and '75.

Not too many Trophy Series kits had these items, they were mainly in the annual kits 1961-63. There is a tape recorder in the 3-in-1 version of the newly tooled AMT '63 Nova station wagon. The AMT '63 Impala hardtop has a record player.

The text and links from the earlier post usually have to be cleared out before posting something new.

Might be hub caps for a (coming) police version.

The model car specific events and IPMS shows are usually good, in my recent experience better than toy shows and flea markets. The model car guys usually have realistic expectations of what they can get for something, especially if they want to thin the herd. Flea markets and toy shows always seem to have vendors who saw what those "screw-bottom cars" sell for on eBay, and in their minds their busted-up piece should fetch the same money as the best price they ever saw on the best possible example of that item.

I haven't tried it myself, but I have heard that the El Camino hood is a loose fit on the wagon body.

See above...

The '22 Ford V8 engine is basically a crib of the Lincoln engine from the AMT '25 Ford double kit, with Corvette valve covers copied from the Double Dragster kit. The '34 coupe engine looks like a Pontiac, probably copied from AMT's '36 Ford kit.

The AMT 3W coupe is definitely in the running for "worst AMT car kit ever"...