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    It was a promotion for the movie. Don't know how many were made but it's pretty rare.
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    Thanks Jack You can never have too many of those trucks.
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    AMT did a '67 and MPC did a '68. The kits were almost identical. Happy hunting.
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    Looks about right for a stock build in the last mockup pic to me. Tires are too large though. But that's what comes in the kit. They do sit quite high with the stock suspension. I'd like to get new springs for mine with about 2" lowering but don't want to compromise ride quality at this time.
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    They were probably in those too but I think they were tooled up for the 1/20 Indy Turbine.
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    Pretty sure no '73 T/As. The MPC annual was a Formula that year. I agree that the easiest route would be to get one of the Monogram/Revell '70 T/As and a set of decals from Keith Marks in the color you need. You'll also need seats. The '70 has the "one year only" lo-back buckets. A set from the Monogram '78 should be pretty close except for the sew pattern. As for the SD455, The 400 in the kit could easily be painted up to look the part. They were basically the same on the outside. Possibly different exhaust manifolds ??
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    My local hobby shop has the Baha kit listed $2.75 CHEAPER than the original. Maybe you should shop around because it looks to me as the Baha being twice the price of the original is BS and that shop is taking advantage of thier customers.
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    I think you're both right. I't looks to me to be the Monogram SD roof and tail gate on a R/M '60 hardtop. I'd say the "top chop" is so you can use the windshield that came in the donor kit as the roof on a sedan or S/D is quite a bit higher than a hardtop or cvt.
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    Very nice. I like that you did the black paint on the grille that the 1/1 '72 trucks had. Most people don't do that.
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    IIRC, that is correct.
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    Yea, I thought that was pretty well common knowledge by now. ,, Al least in our circle.
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    The MPC kit was made back in the '60s. The MPC kit was made in the late '90s and is a lot newer tooling. They are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KITS.
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    That's exactly what I was thinking too. 20 or 30 years from now ,, a "one and done" kit from a "one hit wonder" company = Ka CHINGGGGGG $$$$$$
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    I should have said it more clearly ,, what I should have said was although the kit was originally released in the early '60s, the decals would indicate the '80s release, definitly if it was molded in black. That poor old Chevy kit's been in release in one version or another pretty well constantly since it was first issued.
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    Yes, that kit was first released in the early '60s.
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    Tried to post this as a response to my last update but it wouldn't go. Maybe the old post was too old but anyway,, It's coming along well. Mostly back together and the paint's mostly buffed out. Still have to go over it with the haze & swirl remover in a couple places.
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    Great build. Looks like you did your homework too. Most people would have just put that heater hose on the front of the engine and not known the difference.
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    Just beautiful all around.
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    I think the last tool cut by Jo-Han would have been the '79 Coupe deVille. A promo but they also released that generation Caddy as a snap kit. Not sure if the kit was a '77, '78 or '79.
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    It could also be from the JoHan Superbird.
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    Looks good Daniel. And again, glad to help.
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    I won't be buying one as I'm just not into nascar but has anyone mentioned the top corners of the windshield? We've had a lot of mid-size GM cars in my family over the years so I'm pretty familiar with them. The windshield is the first thing that I noticed, stuck out like a sore thumb to me.
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    , , , Unless its metallic paint with no clearcoat that has blush from sanding and/or polishing exposing the metallic flakes.
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    Speaking of Indy Pace Cars, I got to see an original '81 regal turbo replica. One of the ones sold to the general public at the Atlantic Nationals car show last weekend. Not restored, weathered paint and decals and all. Pretty cool. Not this one but the same.
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