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Billy Gooche made copies of those decals. I understand his daughter sold them after he passed away. I did buy some decals from her on e-bay years ago but they stopped selling on e-bay. IIRC, some of the members have bought decals from them more recently, maybe someone can tell you how to get in touch.

Yup. not a great look. Picked this up at a community "yard sale" several years ago for 5 bucks. But stuff like that can always be fixed.

I have an MPC '68. I don't have an MPC '69 or '70 but I do have a full run from '71 to '76. The '68 chassis and engine are carried over from the '68 up to the '76. No, MPC didn't do a '67. BTW, I believe the '73 body did not carry over to the '74 up "colonnade" cars. Besides the obvious changes like the roof, front and rear bumpers/ grill etc, stuff that didn't need to be changed was such as windshield trim and even the shape of the wheel openings is slightly different. Even tooling marks inside the body are different. I think the '74-up was a new body

%100 sure. It was run as the Ventura for a short time and then converted to the Nova. It wasn't uncommon for MPC to do that back then. The '71 GTX was converted to the '71 Road Runner mid year. Also the '71 Demon was changed to the '71 Duster.

They have reissued the early 911s. I picked up a '67 911r last week and have one of the '69 911s kits waiting for me at the hobby shop right now.

Can I get a "Harrumph" for the honorable member from Atlanta! ?

There's one on e-bay in that box right now showing the contents. Looks like the same Carrera body and wheels. ,, As does all the pics on the side of the box of the actual kit. Looks like the only way to get a correct R is to bash this one with the '69 911 as you said.

Picked up one of these last week. Really disappointed in this one. Instead of the slim body and all the wheels of the same size, it has the flared fendered body and wider rear wheels same as in the '73 Carrera kit. Also, the tree with the headlight bezels and door handles, etc. is plated in my older kit, not in this one though.

I didn't know what I'd started when I sent that tip in to Scale Auto all those years ago, did I tom. ? I should be getting kickbacks from the plastic spoon companies. ???

I got some florist's wire from Michael's. I think it was 16 gauge but I'm not sure.

They were available in 1964. Have never been reissued but there's a few on E-bay right now. Expect to pay over $110 for an unbuilt one but I just picked up a lot of built ones and pieces for what you'd pay for a couple current kits. Looks like you're from Calgary?

OK, how about this ,,, To this,,

Thanks for the offer Les but I'm pretty sure when I get around to the third one it'll be a full custom with rolled pans so no need for the stock parts. I do appreciate the offer though. ?

I like to build Customs so I'm always on the lookout for pre-built kits. IF I get a kit that still has intact emblems and scripts, I'll tend do leave it alone and stick to nice paint with lowering and a wheel/tire swap. But if I have multiples or the scripts are already removed or damaged, then I go as far as I like.

Funny how you wait forever to get a certain model and after you finally got one they seem to start dropping from the trees. I was lucky to get a '64 Pontiac from Steven Guthmiller about this time last year. I had planned to build a mild custom from it but when I got it, it was too nice to mess with much. Well, I think I have a custom '64 or two ,, and another stock. The white one has some glue damage on the roof so it's going to get a roof, chassis and engine swap from an AMT '64 Impala to become a mild custom Parisienne. The black one will probably be stock leaving the customized one for later consideration, although I only have stock rear bumpers for two cars.

Sweet. That paint is beautiful.

Very sharp ! ?

Gareth, here's a tip for you not many may know about. Those raised lines down the body of the car are not meant to be chrome trim. MPC actually molded them into the body so after paint, they could be scraped down to bare plastic to represent the dual pinstripe that was very common on this car. Looks like the body was molded in blue so if you sand down to reveal the strips before clearing or polishing it would go well with the blue interior. , , and people will be asking how you did those tiny pinstripes down the body. ?

Turned out great but I always know I'm gonna be seeing an excellent model when I open your posts Roger.

I could tell you Scott but then ,, well,, you know. ?

Scott, could you maybe post a pic of it beside an Impala or something like that to give us an idea of the size of the car?

AMT '69 Rivera's are easy to find and cheap ,, and the A pillars are the same.

Thanks Scott. ?

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the compliments.

I just don't drive it that much. No AC and it's been a hot and muggy summer here. I have managed to get most of the things I need for the interior over the summer though. New upholstery kit, headliner material, carpet kit for the plastic around the hatch area, etc.