Daddy Mack

That turned out pretty nice, didn't it!

It's junk. Been there and tried to fix them. Too much going on as the previous poster described.

Real Nice Work! Back when men carried their junk in a Radio Flyer Wagon with Stake Rack

Man, that V-block in Pic 1 has lived a less than ideal life hasn't it? I'm interested in the blue bending fixture in the same pic. Looks boughten. Do you mind sharing where that come from?

Yep, AMT 1965 Coupe Annual. You want to find a hood whose Corvette script matches the script above the RR taillight.

i can't speak to a comparison between the original Jo-Han promos and the original flat box kits but will totally agree that many of the Jo-Han reissues had wrong interiors robbed from other molds.

The molds were designed with sections that were changed as needed to run promo bodies then kit bodies. If they wanted to run one-piece F/C bodies then the body mold was configured as it was to run promo bodies. The mold core would have been altered to remove the posts for the promo interior and the screws for F/C bodies. Just plug the holes in the core. The same mold sections ran both promo and kit interiors and window units. When they were done running interiors and windows for promos they just sealed off the parts of the mold where the front tabs were and kept plastic from flowing there. Also, almost always, the same body mold ran convertibles and hardtops with a change of inserts.

The promo molds and the kit molds are one and the same.

I'm not fond of being the bad guy but I WILL DO IT! You CAN make then 1966 Buick Mod Stocker into a stock bodied 1966 Gran Sport. Is it worth 300 man-hours to do it? Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I'll pass.............................................

That is some Most Excellent Detailing Work!

I have the 1966 Gran Sport Annual, the Craftsman Kit, and the butchered 1966 Mod Stocker. If you have a fantasy about making a Mod Stocker into a stock 1966 Skylark Gran Sport, by all means, dig your heels in and show them how to do it. I'll lean back in the lawn chair with a bucket of popcorn and cheer you on

Okay, here is a 1968 Chevelle you will never see again. Ordered by my grandfather prior to the introduction date of the 1968 Chevies. This is a 1968 Concours Sport Coupe, built in the first 2 weeks of production. Almost immediately, the Concours option was canceled on the Sport Coupe but allowed to continue on the Station Wagon and 4-door Hardtop. Officially, this car never existed: Concours Sport Coupe, but it did, right here. This one was Ash Gold, Black Vinyl Top, Black Bench Seat interior, 307, and 3-Speed manual ON THE COLUMN. A Unicorn if there ever was one. I drove this car several times and know it's history since it was brand new. Drove it around San Jose, Cali several times while my parents owned it, took my kids to the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater in it a few years after that. I have the VIN somewhere. Should look to see if it was built in Canada because the Canadian build records still exist.

The entire sides of the 1966 Buick Mod Stocker were recontoured when they ground away the mold steel to eliminate the engraved pinstripes, front fender ornaments, etc.

I looked at the linked page. The author is obviously an unending fountain of negativity. And that begs the question: Why did the author need to unleash such an attack?

The blackout treatment below the lower side moldings was standard on SS396. There was no blackout delete option. Could you persuade a dealer to paint body color over the factory black? Sure.

The first US passenger car tires with RWL were the Firestone Nylon 500, Super Sports 500 and Super Sports Wide Oval introduced in 1965, 1966 and 1967 respectively, as i recall. The 1968 Shelby Mustang was available with RWL tires from the factory. The other manufacturers got on board with RWL tires for the 1969 model year. But ya, a 1968 Chevelle SS396 with RWL tires looks right.

That's kinda plausible but who would ever dip a woodgrain and stainless steering wheel in blue paint ? NM. I already know the answer.

But that 3-spoke steering wheel is the optional Sports Steering Wheel which had an imitation wood rim and brushed stainless steel spokes on the driver's side with a chromed center horn cap with predominantly glossy gray center cap Ah, 1967 Pontiac firewalls are semi-gloss black, not body color.

Yep! Sure is!

The MPC 1969 Bonneville comes with the Tri-Power carburetion which was carried over from the MPC 1966 Bonneville but was actually discontinued after 1966 on the real thing. The rear bumper is a tight fit and unless you adjust for that, one end of the rear lower valance panel will break off from the interference fit. Has a 4-speed transmission that was discontinued after the 1968 model year on the Big Pontiacs. Bench front seat. Buckets were available on the real thing but console WAS NOT. Other than that, it's a pretty accurate interior and body since it was derived from the 1969 Bonneville Dealer Promotional Cars. http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Pontiac/1969 Pontiac/album_001/dirindex.html

Looks like the front engine spit out its camshaft.

I'm bangin' gears in mine. The steering wheel is from an 80's Skyhawk S. Same wheel as a Turbo Regal but with black spokes.

Okay, Doc. I have all of those things. I would prefer to melt the pieces together so i'll try MEK first. Thank You

I bought an MPC 1968 Promo car with a few missing parts and an area of body gone. I can fix it with parts of a currently-available model kit. Is there a glue that will adhere to both materials: promo & kit styrene? I did search for previous threads on the subject but what i found only dealt with acetate promos.

The 1969 396 was a 396. The 402-inch 396 didn't happen until the 1970 model year. A 1969 396 will have the alternator on the passenger side. The 2nd instruction sheet you pictured is from the AMT 1966 Impala Super Sport. The alternator is on the wrong side for 1969. A Lakewood scattershield will NOT have ribs like a cast bellhousing. Probably any Funny Car or Fuel Dragster kit will have a smooth, round scattershield that will pass for a Lakewood if painted red. A Hurst Super Shifter has a short chrome stick that stands straight up when in the neutral gate. The shifter mechanism was mounted high on the tailhousing to allow for straight, reinforced shift rods. Most installs used a Hurst Super Boot. 'Sway bar' on a drag car? Did he mean Traction Bars? A popular choice in the period was Lakewood again. Lakewood traction bars were safety yellow. Their scattershields were darker red.