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Yes I see they are suspending selling of any castings until further notice.

Yes I watched the ebay auction of the open door one, & it went for way more money than I can afford.

Does anybody resin caster do the 67-68 mustang coupe body, or were any model kits ever produced of the 67-68 mustang coupe body ?

Already did a few years ago. Replicas of my 67 & 69 Firebird I owned during the late 70's to the end of the 80's

I always wondered if a Firebird with an overhead cam 6-cylinder engine would be competitive in the trans am series & the real answer would be no. I once owned a 69 bird with the high performance OHC six in it & it was pretty peppy. I decided to build a fantasy trans am 68 Firebird. I think it turned out kind of cool.

Here is another recent build of mine. 1966 Chevy Nova that ran in 2 races during the 1970 Trans Am series. I used the AMT 66 Chevy Nova SS for the build with parts from my spare parts box & since no decals exist for the build & scrounged them up from spare sheets.

Just finished this last week. 67 resin body with 69 donor kit & Pattos decals. Not bad for a 67 year of with bad eyes, shaky hands, & a bad back. Yes I know it didn't have rear dish brakes back in the day.

Have you found any tubing yet ? I'm pretty sure I have some leftover from my model dirt bike building days. Send me your address & I'll send it to you no charge.

Update I found it thanks

Jokar124 thanks for the info. I have looked at the site, but so far I can't find the body kit. Too bad that it's 1/24 scale, as I do mostly 1/25. Not really concerned about the decals because I will be doing a different car than the Penske car. If I can't find a 1/25 body the 1/24 will have to do.

I'm looking for a resin cast body of the 1969 Camaro Trams Am. I think they were cast by Randy Derr (spelling). I bought one off ebay last year & am looking for more to do some 69 trans am Camaro's. The kit I bought came with the body, minilites, spoilers, & some other parts. The person who was selling them also sold the decal sheet for the Penske cars.

No slot car track in Rockford anymore. What Dwight is referring to is a group of us who race HO slot cars (not the kind you buy at hobby stores), We have 10 different tracks in members houses & run a race schedule usually from November to March. We are all retired & we race 5 different classes of HO cars.

Ok so I finally got some pics of what I'm trying to do. The engine does not fit in the tubbed AMT chassis. The engine does fit in the un tubbed Revell chassis. As I said before I have already ruined 2 AMT bodies trying to cut the engine compartment parts off. I really don't want to have to buy the Revell 67 kit & the ebay tubbed chassis (expensive) with how much I already have in this build. The can of correct color marina blue spray paint for the body was $18.00 plus shipping from MCW. I don't have a paint booth so I painted about 8 different car bodies outside this summer so I could build this winter & this body was one of them. I may have enough spray paint to do the Camaro Revell body so that is still an option. Anyway look over the pics & let me know what you think. One other thing, it looks like I might be able to cut some of the frame rails to get the motor to fit in the AMT tubbed chassis. I'm not making a concourse kit here, but I would like it to represent his car to the best of my ability.

Someone has the vintage 67 AMT Camaro SS 350 parts kit on ebay right now. That's the one that doesn't have the molded in stuff in the engine compartment.

I already have a resin cast 1967 SS grille for this project. I have read your tutorial & your skill set is way above mine. I'm 66 with shaky hands and bad eyesight LOL !!

Casey as far as posting pics it may take me a bit to get them up. I don't own a cell phone, so I have to take pics with my digital camera & download them to my computer. I'll get them posted but it might not be yet today. The motor I built is a combination of 3 different resin caters products & also some 3d printed parts. The tubbed pro street chassis for the AMT kit I bought from ebay seller Jerome6970. He also sells one for the 67 Revell Camaro kit.

I think I just solved the side marker dilemma. I was just digging thru some unused decal sheet & found the sheet for the 70 1/2 full front bumper kit which I built into the Jim Hall Camaro Trans am. Anyway the decal sheet has side markers on it. They are not exactly right but close enough for me. Not to find a reasonably priced Revell 67 Camaro kit.

Casey, I already have close to $200.00 in the build. I have built the Revell 67 Camaro as a Smokey Yunick Trans Am car. I also have a tubbed frame for the AMT 68 & it was a nightmare fitting the interior to the tubbed frame. I ended up using some interior panels from a 69 Revell kit that I had for parts. I have tried to fit the 69 Revell subframe to the 68 AMT body. That's how I ruined 2 AMT bodies trying to cutout the existing stuff in the engine compartment.

Did any manufacture ever make a kit of the 1/25 scale 1968 Camaro besides AMT ? I am trying to custom build a model of my brother in laws 1967 pro street Camaro. It is a 67 but has 68 fenders with the side marker lights. Any 1968 AMT kit I have seen has the fender wells & firewall molded in already( and the firewall is only half there). I have already wasted 2 AMT bodies trying to cut the fender wells & firewall out. Also the 572 cubic inch big block I built doesn't fit in the frame. I built the big block from 3 different resin casters motor parts. Plus being a 68 the AMT kit doesn't have the vent windows. My other thought is to use the Revell 67 kit, but they seem to go for about $70.00 on ebay, and it doesn't have the side marker lights. I already have way to much money into this project, with buying all the different resin parts to make it accurate, so I'm looking for options. Pics are of the actual car and I am using them for reference.

Didn't Aardvark also make some 1/43 resin trans am cars ? I think I have in my collection a Sunoco Penske Camaro by Aardvark. I would like to know if others were made & if any are still available.

Nice work on the Cuda I am starting this build & have a few questions. Where did you get the single 4 barrel manifold & the headers ? How about detail parts for the engine bay ? I ordered Gurney blue in a spray can from MCW & they told me it would be a custom mix & would cost more. I also see that Fireball is now making 1/25 scale minilites, so I picked up a couple of sets. Do you have the dimensions on the front spoiler ? Thanks, Mark

I found some Marina Blue spray paint at Model Car World Finishes. Also ordered a can of Gurney Blue for my next Cuda Trans Am build.

Thanks Mike, but I don't have an airbrush.

The Hobby Town in my are got rid of all their models car kits (except for a very small area of car kits) & replaced the car kits with a whole wall of gundum kits.

Yea I have been trying to find a can of the Nassau Blue. but haven't had any luck yet. I could get a can mixed at an auto paint store, but I don't want to pay $30.00 & only use 1/4 of the can. Also been looking for Duplicoler with no luck either.