Dandy Dan

"Funny thing about those wheels is they wern't actually available from the factory until sometime in '75 or '76." What's REALLY funny is when certain people keep trying to revise history. 8-slot Cast Aluminum Wheels were released as a factory option for the 1973 Corvette model year under Regular Production Option YJ8 for a list price of $175 per set. The wheels were pictured in print media, installed on 1973 Corvettes. Several hundred buyers ordered the wheels but ultimately only 4 1973 Corvettes were sold with these wheels. The wheels were an RPO for 1973. The factory installed them and the cars were sold to end buyers with these wheels. Those are the facts. It make no difference if 100 sets, 4 sets, or even just 1 set was factory installed and sold because no matter how many were sold, NOBODY can truthfully say "they wern't actually available from the factory until sometime in '75 or '76'

As they say.......

The vestigial Fuel Injection badges would seem to make it a 1965

That shade of blue works very well with the chrome and other brightwork, doesn't it?

"Can you be certain that the original pic is original?" Yep

I just found the coolest thing: Pic 1 is a 1970 Monte Carlo SS454. We know it is a 1970 by the lack of: a. standup hood ornament as used in 1971 and 1972 b. trunk lock bezel as used in 1971 and 1972 c. upper chrome strip, taillight panel as used on 1971 Monte SS454 d. blackout tail panel as found on 1971 Monte SS454 e. tail panel SS emblem as found on 1971 Monte SS454 Pic 2 is the same pic retouched into a 1971 Monte Carlo SS454 with Rally Wheels as found in the 1971 dealer brochure (courtesy oldcarbrochures.org) Well, the 1970-1971 Monte Carlo SS454 was never available with either Polycast wheels OR Raised White Letter tires !

Very Nice ! Definitely the Golden Years for styling by the Big Three

How come racers back in the day hated green cars, anyway?

That's the thing: they used to be called 'Big Tank' cars but a dealer who shall be unnamed pushed 'Tanker' into the venacular. The big tank cover is in one of the old AMT Corvette annuals, i forget what year. '65 or '66 maybe

Did you have to pinch the Bel Air C-pillars together to make them fit the Invicta? I tried the same roof swap onto a 1961 Bonneville convt. that had a wasted windshield frame. After pinching the C-pillars together the trailing end of the roof sat up so high that i ended up throwing the whole mess back into the dead-end box. The AMT 1962 Electra reissue will have the closest engine to what the AMT 1961 Buick originally had

Dupli-Color T155 Light Blue will get you fairly close, especially if you put it on over grey primer. Be advised that it's lacquer and you'll need some kind of barrier if you're gonna paint a plastic model Your auto parts chain stores will carry Dupli-Color but you'll have to call & see if they stock that part number

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I picked up an original 1968 promo car that is wounded. I want to fix it with some good old styrene. What kinda adhesive will bond well to both materials? I've tried some 2-part 24hr epoxy before - didn't work very well. Someone with first-hand experience, please. Thank You

Thank You Men ! I will be putting them in the 'To Use' envelope !

Found these in an old AMT kit. None of the numbers on the decal match any of the numbers on the box. Plus, the box is a 1970 kit and these seems to be 1971 decals. I'm guessing that it would be Kit T918. Can anyone give a hint what kit they came out of? Thanks !

Eh, i didn't figure it out until the 3rd pic. So i reckon you done good !

On the real cars, the leading edge of the trunklid is higher on the 2-door fixed roof cars vs the convertible and that's where a lot of your issues are coming from. Good Luck !

For those of us who are not fortunate enough to live there it's always a little breathtaking to look under the hood of a Cali car

Cost for Tower Hobbies is right around 50% of what they are selling it for. So if you buy $25.02 worth of product and get it shipped free, Tower Hobbies is not making much money. They are depending on you to splurge a little and spend $50 or more so they can pay their employees and the utility bill. Obviously, they are getting enough of those $50+ sales on the Free Shipping offer to make it worth their while. They call themselves an Employee-Owned company and that's a good enough excuse to get me to buy there.

That's probably the best rendition i have seen of this kit, yet. Only big-block Camaro SS's had the black taillight panel and that is a detail that is usually missed. For future reference you may want to remember that 375-horse 396's all came with a factory-installed aluminum intake manifold that was mostly unpainted except for overspray around the edges. That 396/375 was a high-strung engine that was rated at 425HP in the very same configuration for 1965. With solid lifters, 11:1 compression and a big Holley carburetor it more than likely made 425 horses.

Are those ancient MPC Goodyear Power Cushions on the front?

Con-Con : There was no need to 'repair wheel openings' from having run the 1971 GTO Street Funny nor the 1970 GTO Super Stocker. All that needed to be done to enlarge the wheelhouses for those issues was to build up the core to seal off to the outer body mold section in a different place. Then, as in the case of the 1971 Street Funny, buzz the extra weld off the core to run the 1972 promos and annuals. The outer quarter panels did not need to be altered to enlarge the rear wheelhouse openings. As far as the Fast Pack GTO and Grand Prix goes: those bodies were made when the mold was still set up to run promo bodies and before the core was changed to run kit bodies. The promo, the Fast Pack bodies and the kit bodies all came from the same mold.

The 1972 GTO annual body ended up here VVV. And i already said that a new body was cut for the current 1972 GTO reissue.

i'll buy that..............Thank You !

This little gem is mingling with some other vintage junk and it looks important. Anyone recognize it? Thanks