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Ernst Stavros Blofeld had several debonders, none of them were effective.

Looks great. Excellent job detailing, especially the wheels.

I'm really not a fan of rat rods but I got to admit, this is really cool ! ???

Using the AMT '65 annual custom rear pan and tail light bezels. The bumper was dremmeled down from the kit part. I also started flaring the rear wheel openings to match the front custom parts.

Headlights replaced grille replaced with one cut from an AMT '72 Blazer part and detail painted. I'm gonna run some Tamiya smoke around the headlight lenses later to highlight them.

Little Motor Kar Company still does. The rumor that Dale quit was only that, a rumor. Last time I contacted him, he was still plating.

Yup. $120 cdn for the exhaust from my Saturn from the cat back ,,, over $450 for shipping !! and that's just to the east coast of Canada.

Looks like you got a good start on it Phil. And the diecast looks cool too.

The interiors were updated when the 1/1 cars were updated too. The '82 has the correct '82 seats, dash, console and steering wheel as the 1/1 I had, like wise the '85 has those things updated updated in the kit so it all matches my 1/1, including the very slight change in the steering wheel. I have the last issue of the KR kit, it does not have the early style dash or steering wheel in it, I just checked. The back bumper is different then any other issue as it has the "KNIGHT" license plate molded to it. It does have the early PMD seats but with the '91 interior bucket and KITT dash, steering yolk [not wheel] with the computer terminal add-ons same the original KITT kit. Basically, it's a hodgepodge of old KITT parts and '92 parts , , and oddly the cross-fire injection and duel turbos from the original kit along with the whole original chrome shot. Kind of an odd kit really but a great chassis/engine parts donor plus 2 glass shots, one clear and one dark grey tinted for restoring 3rd gen cars.

Yes, it does. And the open holes in the bumper make it an earlier release, IIRC, the holes were closed up and the park lights added in there sometime in the "90s.

No. The GTA is a stock '89. KITT is a very not stock '82 But, they were based on the same kit originally so a lot of the chassis and engine parts are the same.

Sounds like you have everything you need then Phil? Your friend must have been looking for a regular '90 Firebird or a Formula ? Yea, no one made that nose. Monogram did do a '91Formula and AMT did the T/As but they use the "Banshee" style nose. Closest I'd suggest is get one of those and swap the nose with one from a '82-'84. fill in the grille openings and add the rub strips.

Just so you know, MPC and then AMT after they merged made annual kits of every year 3rd gen. But if you're building a Player's Challenge car you need a hardtop, not a T-top. Only the first issue of the MPC T/As was a hardtop, all following years were T-tops. These were all 1/25 BUT, Casey's '85 suggestion is on the right track but I'd suggest the Monogram '97 GTA. It's the closest to the "as raced" Firebirds. BTW, I like my '85's in blue and silver myself.

The Gremlin is the same one that's been issued a couple times as stock '75 and '76 cars with street machine parts over the last couple years and the Mustang II was last issued around 2005 in stock form. I have one of those Matador customs. All the custom parts were add-ons with none of the stock parts, including the body, being modified in any way. The stock hood, grille and bumpers were not included in the kit but I bet the runners for them were just blocked off. Now, IF it was irreversibly made into the stock car kit , I don't know. Maybe they just used the body and whatever was needed with an existing stock car chassis? I do have a copy of the race kit too so maybe I'll compare them sometime.

Something like this,,

That's actually kinda close to French Canadian slang for a certain part of the female anatomy. ?

Haven't seen Snake on the board in a week or so. Not normal for him. He's usually on here all the time. I hope he's OK. Not got the Covid or anything. ?

There's a built one on e-bay right now with w BIN of $7.66. Very toylike looking https://www.ebay.ca/itm/VINTAGE-GREEN-SEDAN-MODEL-KIT-PROMO-BUILT-1-24-SCALE/164340742193?hash=item264378b831:g:xL4AAOSw~A5e-nUk

Actually, it's 3 inches off. But with those big rear tires, it could be easily fudged. I used a Revell '67 chassis under an AMT '69 Elky many years ago because the AMT coupe chassis was too short and it was very noticeable.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the comments.

Wow, almost a hole day and only one comment? I guess either I pissed off a lot of people or I posted this in the wrong section. Maybe it's time for a Rod & Custom section??

IIRC, the wheels in those kits are the stock wheel covers. and for the roof ,, I'd just cut down a section from a '69 - '72 Chevelle roof to fil that gapping hole in.

Revell "rat rod" kit with a 5.0 and wheels from a Revell '32 sedan. Valve covers from the "Hay's" pro street Thunderbird. Paint is custom mix Tamiya acrylic "pistachio" grey-green. Testors Mopar "Green Go" on wheels and engine. and their flat green on seat and door panels.

Isn't the only difference between the Kotter version and the SF version the roof? I'm asking because I haven't seen either one in person, not to be an ass.

Also a set in this kit that's big and little. They have lug nut holes that could be filled and the cooling holes could be made slightly larger and you'd have the exact wheels you need after painting.