Junkman

The grille and bonnet - errr...hood are the main external distinguishing feature and you have them. The rest is pretty much trim level. Yes, you could use the '72 parts to fill in the blanks, albeit with slight modifications. The model would deserve to be built fairly stock IMO, just to show off that it is a rare 68 annual and not a common 72. The six years of production, from 1967 to 1972, can be divided up into three groups of two years. The '67-'68, the '69-'70s and the '71-72s. 1967 and 1968 they shared the body introduced in 1967. The only real difference between the two is that the '68s had side marker lights. The '67 pickups were the only ones of the bunch which could be had with a small back window. 1969 and 1970s have a more upright leading edge of the bonnett - errr....hood and thus different grilles. The bonnetts and wings - errr...fenders are interchangeable on 1969 through 1972 trucks, apart from the mounting holes for the bowtie emblem on the '69 and '70 hoods. The badge was moved to the grille on 71-72 models. 1971 all Chevy light trucks got front disc brakes and hence different wheels for the half-tonners (and suburbans). The 1971 and 1972 trucks have yet another different grille without the center bar used '69 and '70.

Is there anything worth speaking of in terms of interior parts included?

Yeah but... Which car shall I buy for my other foot?

I have never seen a pre-assembled plastic 1/18 or 1/16 scale model. Tis metal or DIY afaik.

Contact Etzel Speed Classics out there in Costa Mesa by the left sea. I trust he can sort you out.

Cream:

Au contraire indeed. It was planned, but never released. Which means, it was in the catalog, but not a single example ever hit the shelves of the retail market.

There is, or has been, a resin kit based on the Monogram 59. Albeit being a 2-door hardtop, it is lightyears more authentic than the ancient Jo-Han. All you'd need to do is re-scribe the doors, add the six-window roof courtesy of the modelhaus, and hey presto.

That's quite interesting, since they were never sold officially. Only a pre-series leaked out via Corgi employees, so it would be nice to learn how you got yours. Any pics?

How is it possible to get the body off? It looks like the down tubes protrude through perfectly closed openings.

It's quite nicely explained here: http://ozmopars.50megs.com/flatheads.htm

Wahey: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Batmobile-Corgi-267-scarce-version-1972-/250768951784?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item3a62fe89e8 Staying with kits, this is going to be interesting to watch: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-8-Entex-Edai-Porsche-Carrera-RSR-Turbo-935-REDUCED-/150571006721?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item230ebb3b01

Which ones specifically? I'm looking for wheels I can use on 1/20 scale builds.

You are absolutely right. There are too may people out there being rather removed from reality when it comes to values. Or they have the optimism of the man thinking his wife gave up smoking cigarettes, when he starts finding cigar butts around the house. There is a value, and there is a sale price. The value is for the insurance company. The sale price is the final bid on Ebay on an auction which started at 1 Dollar with no reserve.

A Grand for that Aurora funnycar is not expensive. This is expensive: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CORGI-349-POP-ART-MINI-MOSTEST-N-MINT-ORIGINAL-BOX-/140518057835?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item20b787676b

I second Tamiya.

Yeah, that's gonna be difficult. Especially when one considers that a track for car racing must be this shape:

For you maybe. I haven't got a clue, apart from that it is Farina bodied.

Double whammy! You can reuse it next week for the Auto ID quiz.

Right... ...and the complementing mourning car: I'll WALK to my grave, if those become compulsory.

Found a mailorder business specializing in police car models: http://www.policecarmodels.com/ Thought it might be of interest for our more law abiding modellers.

There is an article with many pictures here: http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Chenot.htm

I'd buy a casepack! And I want this and this and this and this and this

By then I won't give a flying monkey.

My guess is also Hispano-Suiza. But I think it's later, 1938 or thereabouts. Possibly a J12?