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The reason they call for body color is that from the factory these Mopars had some amount of body color overspray on the underside. Quality Pro Street cars were as nice on the underside as the top side. I remember the welded joints on pro street roll bars/cages being "smoothed" in quite a few examples. I also remember many having aluminum floors and interior panels. They also were built in many different ways. Some had all stock floor/chassis components from the tubs forward, some were complete fabricated floors/chassis and others were built just like a pro stock as far as floors/chassis/cage. These days 12" tires on an otherwise stock vehicle get called a Pro Street. Just don't be afraid of color, I know a lot of restorations on 1:1 cars have the underside painted body color. Some cars came from the factory with body color floors, My 80 Olds Cutlass has body color floors, my 02 F-250 Super Duty has body color floors, both came that way from the factory and neither was undercoated.

69 Hurst Olds, not sure if the 69 442 version was ever offered in pre painted form.

Chrome and stainless trim. I miss the exuberant use of chrome and stainless. I understand why cars are what they are today, I love the safety, reliability and performance of modern cars but I really miss the styling and character of the older cars. My Favorite cars are the 78-88 GM A/G Body. Growing up at the time those cars were OUR "muscle cars" we had no emissions testing in our area and we did whatever we wanted with them for engines. My all-time favorite is a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, the Cutlass also happened to be the top selling car for 1980 selling 484,994 units.

I'm going to have to hit my local Ollies and see if they have dropped the price. It was mid July when I saw the L700 truck only for the same price as the truck/trailer kits. I always leave Ollies with a kit, even if it's one I already have multiples of. You just can't beat the price.

I use a Paasche Talon TG3F almost exclusively, I prefer the gravity feed, dual action and cleanup is faster. But at times I will use my Paasche H. Parts are easy to get for both, both are reliable and both work great. I don't really have a story behind why I use these other than brand reputation and availability.

I plan to get as many as possible, I think Revell did a great job with these and the 83 Hurst Olds. GM G body cars are my thing. Especially the Oldsmobiles. I still hold out hope for a 78-80 Cutlass, 442 or Hurst Olds. I just hope that when I build the FE3-X that I do it justice, the real car is a thing of beauty.

Most pictures that I have found have the disc wheels on the L600 and the spoke style on the L700. I know at some point I saw a Dodge sales brochure that mentioned the wheels but I can't locate it now but I seem to remember them using Gunite spokes.

Yep, Ollies routinely has the Lindberg Dodge L700 kits for $26. No matter which version, tanker, flatbed and just the truck. I've never come across the box trailer version there, yet.. My local hobby shop sells the newest releases of these for $44. A while back they had nearly all of the Revell "trucks" line for $8.99, Lindberg snap police cars for $5.99 and the Lindberg 97 Ford F-150's for $7.99. I even got a Lindberg 06 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee for $6.99

I can't picture the latest box art, but I do remember some of the older box art and it may be why I never had the kit or gave it much thought. And the Monogram kit I am referring to is not a 37 but is the 39 Chevy.

That's a kit that I've never had. A re-issue of this would be great. The Monogram 1/24 37 Chevy is ok but it always seemed a little too big to my eye. G.C. Murphy Co. was always a great place to get kits back in the day.

The movie version looks good to me, The Barris version looks like it has 10" tires on a 6" wheel. I bet that handled like a bad dream.

It seemed odd that an American got Canadian Government funding to build a car in Canada that would be sold in the US, what I read never mentioned Canadian sales. I think they proposed a $3500 car and when all was said and done the retail was closer to $7800. A base 74 Corvette coupe started at $5700.

Yep, I thought they were. But from what I have read their crash impact tests were some of the best of the times. Their downfall was due to lots of reject bodies and their reliance on engines from AMC and Ford which caused delays. I used the search term "ugly 80's supercars" Jay Leno has said that cars of this very style produced in the 80's were really designed in the 70's but were too far ahead of their times. It seems that my thinking it was from the 80's means that there is some merit to that.

If the clear is oil based enamel the wd 40 or mineral spirits thinner may or may not haze it. If it has fully cured it should be ok. I would try Windex first.

The AMT Louisville LN8000 Delivery truck has a 19' 9" bed length. It would be a viable kit for this and that's exactly what I'm using for the same type build, Although I'm using an F-350 cab with the LN8000 hood I needed a longer frame so I think I used the optional long frame from the AMT Mack DM 800.

I was worried that I may never get this one. I asked my local shop if they had one and I was disappointed to hear that there was one on the shelf this morning but it sold, after looking in the system it still showed they had one. The shop owners daughter said oh yeah it in the back, that young lady made my week! And they had ALL plastic kits 15% off.

Measurements would be great. It wouldn't be too hard to lengthen and/or widen it if need be. The truck I want to copy didn't have a very high capacity packer if I remember correctly it was only a 10 to 12 cubic yard capacity.

I've never had the garbage truck kit in hand and I've always wondered how involved it would be to do this with it. I'll be keeping an eye on this build for sure. As a teen I used to work for my cousins' uncle, he had a trash hauling business and his workhorse was an early 70's International Loadstar 1600 single axle with a packer body. I've often wondered if this packer body would work to recreate that truck.

I love everything about this build. Even the Universal Construction decals fit perfectly. I've been thinking for a while now that Universal must be a shady operation, they have their hands in everything. As a truck fan, this build is #1 for me and would have my vote. From concept to build quality, I love it!

If it helps any, The L700 cab is 3 5/8" wide at the fenders. Top of frame to top of cab is roughly 2 5/16" .

The L700 could be used for a smaller version of a concrete pumper. Single axle pumpers with and without a boom.

Did the 79 Cutlass ever get made? I would love to have one or three. I really want to turn one into a replica of my 80 Cutlass. It would only need the header, front bumper and tail lights modified. And mone of that would be too difficult.

You aren't supposed to give the answer away...

It looked familiar to me and was the quickest search I've ever done for one of these quizzes, but I'm sure my search terms would offend many enthusiasts of this type of car.

Looks great. It's not uncommon for heavy trucks to be kept in absolutely clean condition.