Greg Myers

What are you looking for? Being a little more specific my help.

The Small Block Chevy's were actually Ford Y blocks from the Lindberg 1/8th dragster kit. An other interesting point , look at the HEMI, it has two different injector systems,a "bug Catcher " style and a barrel type. I don't think you'd use them both at once.

Should have told you to glue the front clip together first. Then think about it will come off the rest of the body.

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The cutting away the front clip from the body is the trick. Think about how it will clear what's left. Next, think about what is left, sometimes there is something left and sometimes you have to add material to fill in gaps.

Have a look at the Old AMT Willies Gasser. The hinges are easy to copy.

OK, where can I get one ?

Aaaah clear hoods and the ubiquitous AMT '37 Chevy. Then there was the AMT '53 Stude with the double blower sticking out of the clear hood.

Hold on, I believe the blue one they are referring to isn't a Charger funny car but a Richard Petty NASCAR and the trick was there were a few in Petty Blue insted of the normal white.I have some of these, they are not clear or transparent.

Got that one after it sat on the LHS shelf for more than three years, marked half price.Then had to argue with cashier and she called the owner at home. Still, $49.00. Funny thing, they had two new ones on the shelf at the full $100 price.

MR> Gasket Gasser on E-Bay

GTO plastic model listing An informational listing of plastic models of the Pontiac GTO. The first column is the year of the car. The second column is the year the kit was released. Often, the kit maker coded the price in the kit number eg. T286-200 was kit number T286 with a suggested list price of $2.00. Car Year / Kit Year Kit maker Kit number Box information Scale 1964 1964 AMT 5624 - 150 3 in 1 Red Hardtop 1/25 1964 1985 Monogram 2714 - 0100 Red hardtop facing left 1/24 1964 1990 Monogram 6241 Pontiac Muscle Cars Kay-Bee 1/24 1964 1991 Monogram 2714 Red GTO facing right 1/24 1964 1996 Monogram 2461- M0100 Customized (2x4 thru hood) 1/24 1964 1995 Williams Bros 56200 -545 Black and white hardtop 1/87 1965 AMT 3205 - 300 Street Sleeper 1/25 1965 AMT T286 - 200 Show and go 1/25 1965 AMT T187 - 225 Mod Stocker 1/25 1965 1965 AMT 2600 - 150 Red custom (Tiger stripe box) 1/25 1965 1965 AMT 5615 - 150 3 in 1 White convertible 1/25 1965 1965 AMT 2600 - 200 Red custom (Tiger stripe box) 1/25 1965 1965 AMT 2600 - 170 Red custom (Tiger stripe box) 1/25 1965 AMT/ERTL 6593 - 10EO 3 in 1 Red Hardtop (IN-DANS) 1/25 1965 1986 AMT/ERTL 6593 - 11EO 3 in 1 Red Hardtop (IN) 1/25 1965 1992 AMT/ERTL 8123 - 10DO 3 kits w/68 Ply & 66 Ford 1/25 1965 1998 AMT/ERTL 8201 - 10DO Brown convertible facing left 1/25 1965 1965 Aurora 3252 - 795 Slot car 1/32 1965 1965 Aurora 664 - 130 Yellow hardtop #6 on side 1/32 1965 1965 Aurora 664 - 100 Yellow hardtop #6 on side 1/32 1965 1965 Aurora 664 - 79 Yellow hardtop #6 on side 1/32 1965 1965 Aurora –Canada 664 - 130 Yellow hardtop #6 on side 1/32 1965 1965 K & B 1826 - 600 Slot car 1/32 1965 1980 Model Builders 6954 - 0200 Red hardtop (Parents Magazine) 1/32 1965 1979 Monogram 2002 - 0100 Red hardtop 1/32 1965 1995 Road Apples 2010 Approx 1/174 see thru pack 1/174 1966 1997 M.E.V. MV-8 Approx 1/87 slotcar 1/87 1966 1966 MPC 711 - B1295 DYNO slot car (Ready to Run) 1/25 1966 1966 MPC 11 - 200 Pontiac GeeTO Tiger 1/25 1966 1966 MPC 12 - 149 Convertible 1/25 1966 1966 MPC 711 - 1295 DYN-O Sidewinder slot car kit 1/25 1966 1998 Revell/Monogram 85-2537 Blue hardtop 1/25 1966 2000 Testors 460002 Platinum Series red hardtop 1/24 1966 2000 Testors 223 Platinum Series black hardtop 1/24 1967 1967 AIRFIX 831 Monkeemobile 1/24 1967 AMT 3510 - 79 Customized hardtop 1/43 1967 1989 AMT/ERTL 6058 - PO Monkeemobile (Blueprinter) 1/25 1967 2000 AMT/ERTL 30259 - 1HD Monkees mobile Barris Kustom 1/25 1967 1983 IMAI B-1398 - 800 SuperDriving GTO Monkeemobile 1/24 1967 1995 IMAI B-2510 - 1500 Monkeemobile (error 1966 GTO) 1/24 1967 2000 IMAI 530787 - 2200 Mooneyes Monkeemobile 1/24 1967 MPC 701 - 200 Dick Jesse Mr. Unswitchable 1/25 1967 1967 MPC 605 - 200 Monkeemobile 1/25 1967 1967 MPC 1267 - 150 Convertible 1/25 1967 1967 MPC 1167 - 200 Blue Hardtop funny car 1/25 1967 1976 MPC 1-0635 - 202 Fonz' Rod 1/25 1967 1984 MPC 1-0730 - 202 Blue hardtop 1/25 1967 MPC/ERTL 6318 - 11EO Blue hardtop (No Pont trdmark) 1/25 1967 1989 MPC/ERTL 6318 - 12EO Blue hardtop (Pontiac 1/25 1967 Otaki 3001 - Blue hardtop 1/30 1967 1969 Paramount 107 - 300 Blue hardtop (Canadian issue) 1/30 1968 1968 Cox 11100 Super .020 Gas-powered 1/25 1968 1981 Monogram 1029 - 0100 Snap-Tite 'Old Goat' 1/32 1968 1984 Monogram 2208 - 0100 Red street machine (Hardtop) 1/24 1968 1968 MPC 708 - 200 Bob Cat GTO Funny Car 1/25 1968 1968 MPC 1268 - 200 Convertible 1/25 1968 1968 MPC 1168 - 200 Red hardtop w/clear hood 1/25 1968 2000 Revell 85-2986 GTO Street Machine 1/24 1969 1971 Aurora 1411 - 3.00 Convertible slot car (colors) 1/87 1969 1969 Eldon 9450 - 200 'Invader' W/2 GTO engines 1/25 1969 1982 Monogram 2294 - 0101 White Judge hardtop 1/24 1969 1991 Monogram 1076 Red Judge hardtop 1/32 1969 1994 Monogram 2443 - M0100 Red Judge 1/24 1969 1969 MPC 622 - 300 Raiders coach 1/25 1969 1969 MPC 719 - 200 Arnie Beswick's The Judge 1/25 1969 1969 MPC 1269 - 200 Convertible 1/25 1969 1969 MPC 1169 - 200 Blue hardtop 'Breakaway' 1/25 1969 1998 Revell/Monogram 85 - 6670 Red Judge 1/24 1969 1999 Testors 7120 Lincoln Mint Judge 1/24 1970 MPC 737 GTO Goat 1/25 1970 1970 MPC 1170 Red hardtop 'N. Woodward Special' 1/25 1970 1970 MPC 4070 - 150 Red hardtop 'Fast Pack' 1/25 1970 1972 MPC 1-2750 Super stock short oval car 1/25 1970 1987 MPC/ERTL 6281 - 10EO Red hardtop 1/25 1971 Doyusha NH-7 - 1200 White Judge (Box error 1964) 1/24 1971 Doyusha A-3 - 800 White hardtop 1/24 1971 1971 MPC 1-0453 - 225 Street Funny Car 1/25 1971 1971 MPC 1-1706 - 225 David Pearson's NASCAR #33 1/25 1971 1971 MPC 1-7111 - 200 Blue hdtp 'Woodys Woodchopper' 1/25 1972 1972 MPC 1-1753 - 225 Bill Nelson 'Screamin Eagle' 1/25 1972 1972 MPC 1-7211 - 250 Barris 'pre-fogged' paint 1/25 1972 1980 MPC 1-0748 - 202 Red Hardtop 1/25 1972 1980 MPC Q1-0748 Canadian issue (French) 1/25 1975 1975 MPC 1-7503 - 202 Sprint G.T.O. 1/25 1976 1976 MPC 1-7603 Ventura GTO 1/25

"The box art for the Earhardt kit shows that the entire kit is made of clear plastic except for the tires." That is true,and the tires are really nice tampo yellow Goodyears with a raised number,?, not being familiar with these NASCAR things.

There are a few on E-Bay as we speak at reasonable prices.

From a seller on e-bay: "How are you doing? Thanks for asking about my listing. The kit you referenced from my store is the clear plastic Cuda body. I actually have both this later clear body version and the earlier original white plastic kit body version of the Mazmanian Cuda in my store (Items: 190437280053, and 190437281128). You mentioned ?tinted? body in your note. I am not sure what you meant so I will tell you a little story about Polar Lights. When they produced kits of the Richard Petty and Buddy Baker NASCAR Dodge Chargers, as a marketing tactic they molded a limited number of these kits in Petty Blue Plastic and red plastic for the Baker kit. They then put one of these colored plastic kits into a case of 12 kits I guess to induce dealers to order these kits by the whole case to get a colored plastic parts kit. The bottom of the kit boxes had a little window in them so you could quickly see the color of the plastic parts inside the box. Those colored plastic kits are now very hard to find. I do not think that they did this for the original Funny Car kit Series. I could be wrong about this but I believe that all the kits in that series were molded in white plastic. The clear body Mazmanian Cuda was released a year or so later along with one of the Dodge Charger funny cars, again as a marketing tactic. I have never seen these kits with colored plastic parts, only white plastic. Thanks for asking! Mike (modelcarkits)"

California Kid

"Also what type of builds do any of you do with these?" Obviously build them with the clear body showing your detail work, but maybe doing half clear and half painted, or maybe all painted with just a few sections left clear?

I've been hording clear body kits. I don't have the GTO funny car or the bigger 1/16th scale Charger But I do have all the "Ghost" funny cars from Polar Lights and a bunch of ESCI sports car kits along with a few others through the years, i.e. The IMC Ford J car, a Honda F-1 car and a #3 NASCAR. I was just wondering if I've missed any. Also what type of builds do any of you do with these? I ran across an article of the web talking about various builds,but along the way I've lost it.

Norm Garbowski's Tee Bucket from 77 Sunset Strip and Tommy Ivos' Nailhead Tee Bucket.

So what model company did Grabowski's Kookie T- bucket from 77Sunset Strip? Why hasn't any one kitted Tommy Ivo's Tee Bucket ?

I started off with airplanes ( My Dad was the club officer at Edwards AFB,during the first run of "X" planes 1-15) so airplanes it was for awhile untill our move to a bomber base in England in the late fiftys. First car from Monogram and I remember seeing those first AMT hot rods on the shelf but the Long John was more flashy.

DUH! Reading is fundamental. Thank you for pointing that little bit of information out.

1930-1931 Model A Ford Coupe 1932 Ford anything 1940 Ford Coupe 1955 Chevy two door anything 1957 Chevy two door anything 1960 Chevy El Camino (because I had one) 1963 Cobra roadster 1963 Corvette Split window 1965 Shelby Mustang 1965 Cheetah GT 1965 Corvette Grand Sport 1965 Cobra Daytona 1965 The year I graduated from High School 1969 Dodge Charger (because I have one) 1990's Ford V-8 Thunderbird's ( I love my '97)

They've been diversifying for awhile