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Looking through back issues of The Rodder's Journal, makes me think that this little wagon would make an Awesome push car for an early dragster. Borrow the wood push bar from the '65 Chevelle wagon, or scratch build your own. Use some small sponsor decals on the back or side glass, and throw a tool box in the back. Easy-Peasy Nifty Project.

Thanks, Scott. That helps me place him.

IIIRC, Mr. Koveleski also owned a Stutz Bearcat. I remember reading an article about it in an issue of Mechanix Illustrated, dated September 1951. (price 15 cents!!) Oops; just checked the actual magazine. Owner of the Stutz is listed as "Tony" Koveleski. Tony is also listed as the owner of "Scranton Hobby Center" maker of antique model car kits! Not sure if Tony Koveleski is Oscars Father, or another name for Oscar.

I figured this would be coming out. As soon as they did the '23 Roadster, I knew this couldn't be far behind.

I got nothing. No Cards, no books, nothing. But, I've got next months mortgage in the bank, we had a wonderful Christmas Dinner, cooked by my daughter, and I got to see my grandsons. I have nothing to complain about.

Good to see that Atlantis wound up with the '26 Mack Truck tooling. Now, maybe we'll get some of the others back. The dump truck has been getting hard to find. Too many of the 1/32 for my tastes, but maybe the snappers will attract new builders to the hobby.

I remember reading a review of this kit in SAE several years ago, that dinged it for stiff decals that cracked and fell apart, and bad mold parting lines, and general carelessness in tooling. I hope that it gets released this time with Round2's usual eye on improved quality. The too small rear axle is an Odd choice for the car.

John, respectfully. What are you talking about?

Thanks for those Weights and Dims, Craig. I never knew that a 6 footer could be cramped in a Post 57 T-bird.

Nick, funny you should say that. I distinctly remember my grandfather having this exact same comment about Automatic Transmissions, Power Steering, Air Conditioners, and Cruise Control, back about 1972. The more Things Change, ect, ect........

Casey, is this a "Teaser" , or just reference pics? Either way, Good Show!

It's sad what happened to High Road to China. It was a great book. I've read it.Then they made a movie from it. About the only things that remained once the were done, were a few names, the Title, and some stuff with airplanes. Worse than being a poor clone of Indiana Jones, it was a CHEAP poor copy. I've seen it.

Makes you wonder if the new re-issue will have 4 drag slicks, doesn't it?

I sure hope it is not a Freightliner or Western Star. They are mediocre trucks, sold mostly to fleets, on Price only. After having them in our fleet, I saw just how much downtime they accumulated for Warranty Repairs. It was a constant drip-drip-drip, of lost time and money due to both major and minor issues. The company actually saved money by swapping out more expensive Kenworth's and Peterbilt's for the Freightliners, just because they stayed on the road so much longer between repair visits. A true case of spending money to save money.

Yeah, Dave, I'm with you on that one! I'd love to see that one and the '34 Ford kit returned to their original roots.

So about 5-6 mm longer in 1/25 scale.

Mark, is a 1964 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Wagon that much bigger? I thought the the huge Battleship sized GM Wagons were a product of the later 1960's.

Tommy, the 1970's are now 50 years in the past. The business climate was totally different back then. If you'll remember, AMT was bought at by Lensey/Matchbox in 1978, after a bad decade, including a strike which proved to be a major blow, a slowing down of the Promo business, and a Close Call with actual Bankruptcy. The Mod Stocker Race Car kits, were a desperate AMT trying to squeeze more life out of pre-existing tooling, without having to spend major dollars on new tools. Notice too, that this was the era when many older kits from the 1960's, lost their separate Red Plastic taillights, and the tooling was changed to all chrome pieces. Note also, that many 1970's reissues of older tooling, had many parts blocked off in order to reduce costs. Did AMT Tool up new kits? of course they did. But, the 1970's were decidedly NOT the 1960's, and business-wise, were much more challenging for the company. We are indeed lucky they survived.

I'm all in for that Cessna 180 on Floats, as well! What a cool kit!

Wow! Any updates on this build? A great Idea for Sure.

So, who'll be the first to combine the Racer's Wedge with the up coming '64 Olds Cutlass, built in it's Drag Racing version?

Casey is correct. Round2 is using Coke Collectors, to subsidize kits for the rest of us. I have no doubt that the beloved '63 Chevy wagon and the '64 Olds Cutlass kits are coming (in part) the profit derived from those Coke Kits that some people are so negative about. No Coke kits=fewer profits. Fewer profits=less money to restore old tooling. It is really just that simple, to just some degree. Tim Boyd, Dave Van, and many others on the board, who have been involved to both big business, and with the manufacturers of kits, have explained many times that TODAY"S corporate structure for Round2, Moebuis, Atlantis, and Salvino's Jr. is a small team of dedicated people, with tight budgets, limited time, and more subject matter, than they have time and resources to produce. This explains (at least to me) why it has taken Round2 several years to translate Customer intertest in the '64 Olds Hanger Shot, into a real kit. It may have taken only a few months, to recognize that the extreme interest in this kit, would make it a potential Sales winner. It would take years, to coordinate all of the things on the "To Do List" to make it happen. If the next old tool that gets chosen to be brought back to life, has to plastered with Coke logos to fund it, sign me up for more Coke!

Is that Photo Etch in the lower right corner?

Yeah, and who is buying the stolen decorations? Your neighbors. (and mine too, I have no doubt). Property Theft is far more serious than our current Justice System believes it to be. Very Sad.

Ace is correct. The Idiocracy is here. Delayed Maintenance, Arguments about who-pays-for-what, and other Office Shenanigans. All of it by folks who most likely could not spell "Radio Telescope" much less understand what it did. BUT, they did get to be in charge of all those Pointy Headed, Double Domes, and get them to to grovel at their feet so Midwits could feel better. Thus does Civilization die. The Poet T.S. Eliot was right. "Not with a Bang, but a Whimper"