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  1. Give that man a Harrumph!
  2. Is this the same one discussed a few years ago? On that one, it was discovered that the $53 engine was only a simpler one cylinder engine and the 8 cylinder engine shown in the ad was considerably more expensive. The old "bait and switch" ploy.
  3. I wouldn't have noticed them myself but I remember them being in there from the Mach 1 kit. There's a few parts still in there from that issue.
  4. I agree about the front end of that kit. looks like an old hound dog. ? I did love the kit when I was a kid though, all those working parts !! ?
  5. I like the color too. "stripe delete" car. BTW, any reason for the 428 valve covers on the engine instead of the 302 covers?
  6. I used to live in Courtney when I was a kid and remember there were always cool cars on the Island. Was back for a visit twice in the '80s and couldn't believe how many old Thunderbirds there were there.
  7. It's not that hard. Just cut 12MM from between the front of the bed and wheel wells and 6MM from between the rear of the wheel wells and back of the bed. If you just cut the length off the front, it makes it harder to mount the front wall of the bed. Here's where I cut mine, I cut the lip from the back of the bed floor and added it back to the end of the floor. IF you want to use the chassis plate that comes in the kit, it's easy to shorten up too. Just cut along in front of the axle, down the inside of the trailing arms and across right at the front of the mufflers. Cut a 12mm section from the V formed by the front of trailing arms as shown and from the back of the arms and glue the rear part of the chassis to the top of the front. Pretty easy really. Here's a link to the album for the truck I did a few years ago. https://public.fotki.com/SteveMilberry/projects/68-chevy-shortbed-pickup/
  8. I also just completed a trade with Kevin. great guy. Gave me a real good deal. ???
  9. John, Those "SS" wheels were indeed Magnum 500 wheels, same as used by Ford Mopar and AMC at the time. All were made by Motor Wheel in Lansing to the customers specs. They even sold them as an aftermarket wheel. All the same wheel made by the same company just with the details [diameter, width, bolt pattern, plating or paint, trim ring or no ring, center cap] changed around by whoever ordered them.
  10. Yes and no. It's the Metalcast stuff , which is more of a die then paint, I think. I know it wrinkles up bad like enamel when you use it strait from the can and shoot lacquer clearcoat over it but I've had good luck mixing it into clear lacquer wit lacquer clear over it several times. Never has a reaction like this before. It did the same thing but to a lesser amount with my blue '64 Pontiac.
  11. That looks great. It's one kit I don't have yet that I want to pick up some day after seeing how well you did yours.
  12. BTW, that's really odd that yours had 5 lug. The kit definitely has 4 lug wheels. At least all the ones I've seen including the reissues had them. Maybe someone swapped out the original wheels in your kit?
  13. You can buy those wheels separate from a kit. They have several styles of 4 bolt wheels, you might want to try googling "Aoshima wheels" to see if any of their other styles look good to you.
  14. The old Revell "Monroe Handlar" Mustang II kit had them. Might be hard to find though Also there's Aoshima "Mark 1" 14 inch.
  15. Perfect vehicle for all the SJWs out there.
  16. I think you're right about that Monty. Also, I think the Pace Car would serve as the '79 Annual. It came out later in '78 , around the time or just prior to when the '89 annual would. And most of the noticeable differences between the Pace Car and a regular '78 were adopted for the '79 Corvette such as the Pace Car seats, spoilers and glass T-roof panels, although the spoilers and roof panels were options.
  17. GM F-bodies, Firebirds and Camaros. 1st gen- '67-'69 , , 2nd gen- '70-81, , 3rd gen-'82-'92, , 4th gen-'93-'02 and a couple more for the Camaro. VW Rabbit/Golf Mk1, Mk2, etc.
  18. I seen one in pink today, is that a factory color, Dan?
  19. Rob, AMT did indeed issue '75,'76 and '77 Vettes. Also, they were each reboxed part way through the year only marked as "new" instead of having the year on the box to keep the stock moving. And, don't put much stock in Scalemates. At best their lists are incomplete and sometimes just incorrect.
  20. Actually, Rob, AMT did do '73 and '74 Vettes and the 454 was available in '74 but that was the last year for it.
  21. Sweet !! ???
  22. Same as above but I start sanding with the 3200 or 4000 grit and use each of the next grits through 12000 and then polish with the Tamiya polish.
  23. Remember, if you get a newer grille, you should have the newer style bumpers to go with it.
  24. Well, if you want to part with it Roger, message me and maybe we can work a deal.?
  25. Yea, exactly the same parts as in the original issue and all the non-pro street issues since.
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