Dave Darby

Yes. That's correct. There was a reissue of that fire truck in the 1970s as well. It'd be neat to see it come back. The more recent AMT/Ertl kit from the mid 80s also has most of those parts (wheels, Frontenac engine parts and dropped axle).

As Mark said, other than the Frontenac Engine parts, and the rear mag wheels, nothing else carried over. Most of what's in there is what's left of the 1967 issue (including dropped front axle and front mag wheels) and hopefully some of the parts that were specific to the 1967 issue they sourced the new box art from.

As a lover of survivors, I think they are all pretty cool as they are! Cool collection.

Speaking of Harb's. I found this business card in a kit I bought off of eBay a bunch of years ago... I went on Google maps street view of the location shown on the card. Google maps has different dates you can select. I don't recall the exact year, but the building Harb's once was in was demo'ed several years ago, and replaced with a different building.

The side trim is composed of separate chrome pieces that glue on. Either the door is ajar, or that piece isnt positioned properly.

If you've got 'em, run 'em. I think it's been a while since the 69 Cougar was out last, and if that's what it takes to get Hobby Lobby to carry it, so be it. Unless you want to loan Round a quarter million plus to cut a new tool.

He meant Photoshopped. That's a 66 Nova Wagon on his box art. Neat idea.

Has RoG killed off the Monogram label?

Pretty cool Pyro grab. The red and green ones might look nice with polished plastic and the necessary detail painting, such as chrome details, and black tires with whitewalls when appropriate. I built a bunch of the old Chevy and Ford Pyro kits as a kid. Pyro really shined with their brass era kits. I had a Pyro Renault Town Car when I was around 9 or 10, back in 70-71 when they were still in stores. Mine was molded in blue, and I recall it being a really nice kit. Someday, I'd like to take another stab at one.

At one time, Revell made a seriously understatement 34 Ford Coupe (with a rare roadster variant) based off of the John Buttera T sedan chassis. I seem to recall someone sitting building one with the Fiat body on it. While the fenders aren't prototypically correct, it did fit pretty well. If I had more convenient access to my stash, I'd pull my parts out, and grab a pic of the combination for you.

Other than a dual 4 barrel carb intake from the 57 300C, I don't think there's ever been a stock intake kitted for that engine. You might try modifying that one, or the AlaKart/Mod Rod Manifold to a single 4 barrel version.

Depending on how close to stock it is, the 66 Fairlane chassis would be more correct. The Revell 70 Torino would be even better, as it's more accurately done. The 60-65 Falcon/Comet architecture wasn't designed to accommodate a big block.

Are you sure that 260 was the original engine?

But I think there is a big difference between sales at a locally owned hobby shop and big box stores such as Hobby Lobby. Locally owned hobby shops cannot compete price-wise with big box stores, due to their volume discount pricing, and the fact that they also don't depend solely on model kits to keep their lights on. The crowd that buys those clone tools isn't going to the locally owned hobby shop, when they can buy the same kit at Hobby Lobby with the 40 percent discount, The guys chasing Tamiya kits can't find them at Hobby Lobby, so they buy local. So quite honestly, you may well be comparing apples to oranges. It's kind of like saying such and such rare kit is going for 300 dollars on eBay, so it's sure to be a big seller if you reissue or retool it. Most of the time, those kits were rare because nobody was buying them. I'm pretty sure both Hobby Lobby and Round 2 know who their customer base is. You know what sells at your shop, but the big box stores and kit companies know what sells on the overall level. I'll finish with a reminder that the model car industry isn't what it used to be, and tools with a high parts count are expensive. That's why, when the the 71 Demon finally came out, it was a clone, instead of a new high detailed tool. It was the only way it could financially happen. It sure beats going without. The same applies to those old Johan kits.

Very cool pair of "Revivors".