Mark

No, they wrinkle the same way so they are wrong on one side.

These auctioneers have a habit of leaving huge gaps, hoping potential bidders will draw their own conclusions. "Said to be" (by who?), "reputed to be", and so on...

I have heard/read that Clark did have the car since '65 (maybe '66). Probably not a lot of info on it from back then...how often did he bring it out, and where did he race it? He always was busy as an entertainer, even back then.

The AMT kit has the suspension detail molded as part of the chassis. It's based on the '63-'67 annual convertible kits. The Revell fender flares are a near-perfect fit on an AMT Gremlin body, if you switch them side for side (put the left side flare on the right side, and vice versa). A lot of 1:1 builders adapted Corvette flares to other cars because several suppliers made them. Get the cheapest ones (you're going to have to cut them up to some extent anyway) and have at it!

The AMT parts pack also has the in/out box you'll need to replace the transmission.

Separate rear flares...you sure that's not the Revell kit?

Mine arrived today, something I hadn't thought about was that Atlantis had to tinker with the Chevy engine a bit. The parts pack engine originally had street rod headers, they had to stub in the headers from the other small-block Chevy parts pack, most of which is now in the '57 Chevy kit. The original double kit with the Mooneyes dragster must have included both engine packs, with a bit of parts swapping between the two.

One part on the roadster chassis tree is needed for the dragster.

The Accelerator was issued immediately after the '68, and was largely based on it. The Greenwood GT came later and incorporated some alterations. A new issue would include alterations made for the Greenwood kit.

The 'Vette was not a "for 1968" kit. Those (non-stock) "for 1968" kits included the Camaro (essentially a detrimmed '67), Firebird (an alteration of the Camaro), Corvair (basically a '67 minus stock wheels), and "Chevrolet SS 427" ('67 Impala minus stock bumpers and wheels, and with a detrimmed body with no rear window opening). A weird one for sure, but try finding one now...

The original annual was not labeled "for 1968"! Though it probably should have been....

I never thought about it, but the ACcellerator paint scheme is similar to that of the Fireball 500 Barracuda. Last winter, I finally got the gumption to shoot that body (with spray cans yet!) and it came out great. Still have to clear coat it, it should be thoroughly gassed out by now...

Minilite wheels and hood scoop point to the mid-Seventies issue Greenwood GT, which was based on the 1968 only annual kit. AMT tooled an entirely new Corvette kit for 1969.

The AMT display drums came in most early Sixties annual kits, but few of the reissues. I found most of mine loose, or as leftovers on parts trees from built kits. There aren't many early Sixties AMT kits that were reissued intact in recent years, I'll see if any of them ('61 Galaxie, '62 Electra) still have (or ever had) that part.

The Scenes Unlimited drums look like modified versions of the "display brake drum" that came in a lot of early Sixties AMT annual kits. I picked up a bag of those at a show some time back, between those and the ones I already had I've probably got a dozen or so matched sets (as well as a couple of pairs of disc brakes). I've wanted to try those on something, just need to pick out some backing plates that match up with them. The display drums look a bit wide, but narrowing them a bit on the back side should make them workable. They're about the same diameter as the Revell Model A rod pieces.

They do seem to try to mix things up, so as to not send a large quantity of only one item to a particular store.

I would fit the floor first, doing whatever is needed to put both the inner rear wheel houses and the firewall in the correct places. After that, stretching the frame behind the transmission crossmember but ahead of any rear suspension attachment points should be simple.

Fitting the kit parts into a '70 GP body... -'67 Impala frame is too wide, would require spreading the rocker panels. A minute amount to be sure, but still should not be necessary. Rear of frame hangs out way too far, rear frame rails (between rear wheels) are on the wide side and could make fitting rear wheels problematic. '70 Monte frame is closer, wheelbase is short however. I would make the stretch somewhere in the side rails, but would fit the Monte floor to the body and then fit the frame.

You sure that's the Grand Prix frame? One of the measurements is labeled as being different for the convertible, but there was no GP convertible after '68.

I wonder where the 2" difference is on the 1:1 cars. Maybe the rear control arms are different, moving the rear axle back? Or is the frame just 2" longer in the middle?

I'd still go with the Monte Carlo, and stretch as needed, in an area where the frame is the widest.

They may have received items produced specifically for them, perhaps to use up already booked production capacity. On the other hand, those cannon and stagecoach kits are definitely old production. I'd bet that if we see them get any Round 2 stuff in the closing months of 2021, it will be leftovers from the previously received stuff. With all those ships waiting to be unloaded, I doubt we'll see anything heavily discounted anytime soon.

eBay doesn't want you doing searches, they want you to look at everything they are dumping into the category, like all the military kits I'm seeing in the automotive section. They seem to be modeling themselves on supermarkets, where the main effort is directed at keeping you in the store longer (thinking, the longer you are in there, the more you will see, and the more you will spend on impulse purchases).

The smaller resin casters not really making money is true too. I did it myself for several years and can vouch for this. By doing it, I did go to more shows that I normally wouldn't have gone to, and met a number of people I wouldn't have run into in my travels otherwise. But the profit was minimal or not there at all, and you do burn out on the whole thing. I pulled the plug before getting to a point where I thought I was doing everybody a favor (sadly, not everyone does that, and continuing under those circumstances wipes out any good will built up in the "good" years). I did know one guy who did builds to order, he was fast and good, and was happy with what he was getting for his work. But even he burned out on it after a few years. I bought his stuff when he quit building altogether, for good.

Paul Hettick does well, but then again he has had to build a reputation over a number of years to reach that point. Some of his builds are based on resin kits that are costly to start with, so sometimes he isn't doing as well on a build as it seems at first glance. Making money at it would require being both good and fast. I built two '60 Fords for Round 2 some years back (quite possibly the least seen two builtups they ever had at any trade show!). I learned a lesson...I can do good work but cannot do it fast. I won't attempt such a thing again.