If i remember correctly the pretty lady driving the vette was 'nancy wilson 'of the band' heart ',probably got the part as she is married to cameron crowe who wrote the story.
I like the 71' mpc annuals as well,using real pics (71t/a)and i liked the monogram kits in the late 90's when they used pics of real cars as the box art(93'camaro pace car,94'mustang cobra pace car).
Wow! an amazing build, i've seen a couple other ones you've built on the forum and they were just as amazing, maybe next one you build could be a wip so you could share your techniques with the rest of us.