Casey

What's included and different from what's shown on the box art?

It took a long time and some effort by Dave B. from Model King to get the '59 back up and running, so who knows. There's a really nice unbuilt SMP '60 Imperial on some auction site with a reasonable asking price, so originals are still out there:

http://modelkitreviews.proboards.com/thread/853/revell-1274-road-agent http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/amt-instructions/show-rods/amt-the-munsters-ko/

You don't frequent the Kit News & Reviews sections much, do you? Lots of info there, most of which hit the interwebz months before a print magazine published it as 'news'.

Yes, and no, but Robert's comment is accurate. http://forums.h-body.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20847

From the AMT Valiant Styline kit, a monkey.

You got your wish.

Looks like the decal sheet was changed slightly from the '80 "Mount'n Goat" issue:

Here's the decal sheet from the AMT T-219 custom Pacer Wagon. I don't think the same sheet was included with the stock version, though:

Good to hear. They seem to be one of the few Revell 'rubber' tires from that era which fare better than the others.

How are the BFG tires in your kit?

Nothing like a gloss pink brush-painted paint job.

I did notice the Tom Daniel Drag'n Fly built up was no longer present yesterday, but did see the Aurora Meat Wagon at the end of the shelf. I picked up a bunch of parts bags, one of which contained AMT '63 Riviera and '58 Edsel (annual) built ups, as well as 1/16 Shelby Cobra and '63 Vette kits, a built 1/1 Shaker trike, an Opel Blitz truck, an AMT '40 Ford Coupe (they must've had seven or eight of these) and Revell '57 Ranchero original issue boxes, a handful of large scale decal sheets, and unbuilt but damaged Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910 earlier at Serb Hall.

To make sure the image remains...

Beautiful.

I painted the body on this one, and repaired a broken axle or two--a big issue on these kits, given the torsional forces acting upon the rear axle due to the unsupported front end.

Is the the one?:

Sold items on eBay show they aren't selling for much more than a reissue probably will, and even the last handful of original, unbuilt kits went for much less than I expected. Small sample size? Maybe, but it seems there are still plenty available for the few who want to buy one.

Did that original glass insert(?) which was found include both the stock and 'chopped' top glass?

http://www.tamiya.com/english/howto/bike1/tip1.htm