Honesty, I'd still be running around in my Jeep in that situation.........it might be quite a bit quicker than now and restified some, but it wouldn't be going away.
Wish I could.......but that would require two 4 eye Daytona turbo kits and maybe a 4 eye Mustang kit or two........and loys of fabbing that is beyond my skill level.
That's how it is with my Dad's first two cars too I'd love for him to have them back (even more that the six pack Charger he and mom had), but those two Plymouths were in even worse shape than my Lebaron was in at they time they were all scrapped.
I've come close, only time I have was once whem my sister mad me mad in HS and I destroyed a messed up AMT ZR1 with a maglight. That is the nice part about my R/C stuff or lifting weights, I can go out and thrash one of my R/C's or just go and lift to get rid of that aggrevation via trying to move weights around!
I'd expect the frames to be identical, IIRC the only difference in the 1/1's had been that aweful looking square nose on the commando. Sould even be able to put a true CJ or YJ nose on the 1/1 trucks too!
I've got one of the Revell 1/12 '57 Chevy's here that would probably be a starting point......either that, or that early 60's AMT '57 Chevy that had all the cool period speed and kustom parts left out of it on the most recent reissue.........still kinda hacked off about that one!
I've got a good idea what the van would need (just unwilling to cut up my last remaining A-Team van for it), but I've got no clue where to start on something that unrelated to a stock model body. That thing could end up like Chezoom, the vin number would be the only part left untouched!
It does Ed, as well as the old style grill/front bumper, mirrors, side trim (that probably hadn't been used since the early 80's), the cut marks for the raised roof, original wheels and hub caps, ect.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind if they left the newer parts from the A-Team van as well as the post '77 dash and wheel(s) and the grills that were never offered in styrene.