"... and doubtless a lot of old fossils (like me) who know what the kits are and would want the stuff have fallen off their perches in the intervening time."
I like that one, Ace.
I have a handful of Parts Packs that I picked up at Nassau hobby back in the mid-sixties. Paid a quarter each for 'em. The Fiat is in the pile. And no, they ain't for sale.
As Ace said, before the Permian Extinction everything was loose in the box and the box was taped shut. Tire marks would happen after the kit sat forgotten in the back of the shelf for a few years.
Criminey! The brain in my head hurts!. I admit that sort of frame was before my time, so whatever knowledge I have of them is second hand.
I have one or two of those Revell frames buried away in the basement. Think I paid a quarter apiece for them back in the day when the local hobby shop (Nassau Hobby in Freeport, i.e. Ralph's) was clearing stuff out
Buying the kit? Depends on the engine options (if any) and what equipment pack come with it.
I have a '70 GTX that I started some sort of project with back in '70 (probably killing time while waiting to go into the Navy). And what year did the AMT '40 Ford panel come out?
I'm sure there's one or two others that I started back then packed away in boxes.