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How about a sticky at top. People can add, peruse, and no clutter/multiple threads. New thread started, merge or delete early. Dump irrelevant stuff other than wishes. Just sayin'

Scott, regs didn't really start for 67 year, it was 68 production, so if it was a 68 built in June 67, it had to have side markers, belts, uncovered HL, and lame smog. JCNA concours are knowledgeable, but E restoration is so stupid expensive, lots of klugeing happens. Series 1.5's with S1 signals often were converted to covered lights, as uncovered is nasty. I recently saw an awesome S3 converted to covered lights, dechromed, 5-speed, and Minilites with k/o's and a built 12. If it was roadster I'd own it. Now that S1's bring stupid $, lots of rust buckets will get bondo'ed and flipped. And more S2's will get cheap conversions to S1's Caveat Emptor. My E63S wagon has LED's everywhere, and beams follow road and adjust pattern on the fly. Not a single bulb in the car. Xenons awesome too, but ballasts can be heavy. Adaptive lights great for running rural and mountain roads.

Series 1 E's have covered HL, thin taillights above rear bumper. Both 61-64 3.8's and 65-67s 4.2's PS external latches only on early cars 61 ~500 built Series 1.5 E's have open headlights but essentially same as a 1. Late 67 production early 68 Series 2 E's have open HL, more chrome, taillights rectangular, under bumper. huge turn signals and side marker lights. Knock-off's replaced by center lock nut. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_E-Type "Less widely known, right at the end of Series 1 production and prior to the transitional "Series 1½" referred to below, a very small number 10 to 20 Series 1 cars were produced, with open headlights in the uk, these series one cars that had their head lights modified by removing the covers and altering the scoops they sit in, the headlights differ in several respects from the "production" Series 1½, the main being they are shorter at 143mm from the production Series 1½ at 160mm .[17][18]Production dates on these machines vary but in right hand drive form production has been verified as late as March 1968.[19] The low number of these cars produced make them amongst the rarest of all production E Types. Following the Series 1 there was a transitional series of cars built in 1967–68, unofficially called "Series 1½", which are externally similar to Series 1 cars. Due to American pressure the new features were open headlights, different switches, and some de-tuning (using two Zenith-Stromberg carburetters instead of the original three SUs) for US models. Some Series 1½ cars also have twin cooling fans and adjustable seat backs. Series 2 features were gradually introduced into the Series 1, creating the unofficial Series 1½ cars, but always with the Series 1 body style. A United States federal safety law affecting 1968 model year cars sold in the US was the reason for the lack of headlight covers and change in switch design in the "Series 1.5" of 1968. An often overlooked change, one that is often "modified back" to the older style, is the wheel knock-off "nut." US safety law for 1968 models also forbid the winged-spinner knockoff, and any 1968 model year sold in the US should have a hexagonal knockoff nut, to be hammered on and off with the assistance of a special "socket" included with the car from the factory. This hexagonal nut carried on into the later Series 2 and 3." Series 1 Series 1.5 Series 2 I'd give you more pics but S2 is just too ugly to look at. Still have a 67 in family since new. Had 61, 64, 67, 67 1.5, and 69 2 seater. Open headlights killed it, all the trim got clunky. Sad.

No prob. Long lived from '61 to '04 in series production, 43 years, still produced now in small quantities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine I don't have m4D tYp1n6 5k1L2.

215 V8 was aluminum. Shares nothing with V6 Jeep AFAIK. That was steel V6, was in Jeeps in US in late 60's Alloy V8 sold/shiped to Rover/Rootes Group/British Leyland whatever in about 63-64. 3.5 L displacement still (215ci). Had SU carbs on it. Went into Rover sedans P5, P6, SD-1. Also crammed into MGB GT V8, TR-8, Defenders, Discoveries, Original Range Rover, P38 Range Rover 1997-2002 (have 27k mile '02 Rhino in garage with 4.6L version), some TVR's, Morgan +8's, IIRC Marcos V8, other Brit bitsas. Land Rover used longest I believe, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.6L displacements with SU carbs, Lucas/GEMS injection, and Bosch Injection. We owned a new Calloway tuned 4.6 Range Rover in '00, had ~ 40 more BHP. TVR and Overfinch punched them to 5.0 but it was pushing it. Nobody probably cares, but I always liked this motor in our Rangies. Run great, light, just use good oil and run pizz out of them and they're great. Good luck with kit, they make neat stuff. PS: Full detail ZZR will be hysterical. I like idea. Kewl on the Coffin Corner. Dual SU's in kit look nice.

Awesome post here: http://econolines.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=6132 Kit was originally this:

I like this kit, builds up nicely, looks good. Stance needs some fiddling, but considering it was tooled nearly 50 years ago, it's great. Never liked the 65 kit, 66 chassis is fine unless you want to go nuts. I like the SOHC parts too, sick for that motor, someone I'm sure doesn't like it but it looks good compared to period pics. 66 original issue convertible is nice as well, I've got uptop I think came with it, 65 had one too. There was a late Restomod issue with turquoise car on cover that had correct upholstery on late model buckets, couple other things that were nice. Tool has held up well.

Tower has it listed, no pic. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXERVE&P=K

The Futureliner is great. However, you're dealing with a very small audience. I've got a closet full of $3-400 resin Ferraris and very limited production kits, I'd love a Futureliner, but it's not a "must-have". If you sell any, you're amortizing your costs. If not, you've already built the one you wanted. Yes your time isn't free, but nobody would cast/sell if development costs passed on directly in price of kit. Perhaps a simplified kit with limited detail, a "Craftsman" kit at lower price point, and a nutso detail kit/upgrade would be worthwhile. Badges at high price point are expected, photo-etch at minimum. The Futureliner lettering, lenses, etc. are completely necessary even in simplified kit. The Rampside is neat, but again, super-niche. Genuine sickos will already have Premier kit, the usual suspects will want one, but not for $125. Curbside for 60-75 may do volume, as would an Econoline. The Caprice has most volume potential, done as a later car. Simplified promo style chassis, etc. with similar price point as Modelhaus, or less until rep proven and product delivered. Built-up Futureliners could recoup costs. I've got a couple limited resin builts, e.g. Spirit of America, etc. that are curbsides but great on shelf. These comments based solely on someone that: pops high-end resin often; doesn't worry much about cost; and value, "got-to-have-it" factor heavily. Success with your efforts.

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Some would say it's a great CJ-7 kit with bad boxart pchop. Others may say it's the worst kit of a CJ-5 everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... and we should be glad we got it. I always found it curious that it is quite different from the snap kit of the CJ-7 beach patrol kit. It also virtually falls together with great ride height and other than sl. fiddly doors/ht fit, not much else to complain about. The safari stuff from the 70 Jeepster kit fits pretty well too. That is higher in project stack than my warped 57 convert.

Thanks John, nice pictorial. Easy fix, molding fix pretty easy. I really wanted an accurate 57 cvt, and agree greenhouse/DLO is crucial. Broke down and bought one after cancelling long back-ordered kit. Body has 10-15 degree warp. Too annoyed to bother straightening body first for symmetry then fixing door sills. Bottom of the pile it goes. Didn't even start engine block.

Great kit, have a few, agree with Tim. However, box art for Mork and Mindy looks unlike a CJ-7. Just noticed it looking at boxart posted. Door square and short? CJ-7 has longer doors with rounded edge IIRC. Kit great. I'm old, so maybe I'm wrong. RIP RW.

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0-60 mid 3's. 1/4mi in mid 11's. Dynos 541bhp/579tq at 4 wheels.

One of 2 prototypes. No production, but awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteverdi_Hai_450

Hiya Art: I hope that manufacturers care. You've bumped around 'em all, through multiple owners. I know you care about end product, and other guys here do too. The thing that baffles me is the issues that consistently slip through with body details. I'm not a wiper motor or horn mount counter, but when I ordered anything from you, Don, Norm, Brad, etc. I never even considered anything would be off. Used to be that way with annuals, lots of stuff from manufacturers, even subjects they never tried before. Now, errors that really shouldn't make it to production do so. What changed fundamentally? Moebius gets it, and this board is the lunatic fringe, but stuff that would have IPMS howling blows right thru. Someplace this issue gets approved I'd expect. No single person is responsible, but errors compound. Customers deserve better. I've not seen anything like this in all my years in the hobby, nor do I know anyone that'd tolerate that.

69,71 Impala HT Likely converted to 70 and 72-73 respectively 70,71 Vega Likely converted to 74 64 Buick Wildcat 66 Buick Skylark GS Detail converted to Mod Stocker. Craftsman may be around 63 Buick Electra 66-69 Falcons Converted for each model year, then 69 converted to Mod Stocker 64,67,68,69,70 Bonneville HTs 67 converted to 68. 69 converted to 70 69-72 Grand Prix Early years converted to later years. 72 used for Fonzie thing. 71 Pontiac Sprint II 74,75 Firebird or TA Converted to 77-79 65 Mercury Parklane Converted to 66 60-63 Ford pickups Would kill for these, perhaps converted to later promo? 71-76 Dodge vans Yearly conversions, windows dumped p 71

I think they can wallow in their own excrement, and call it caviar. Revelation came today. The "Why" is same as the "why" people don't use spell-check, develop irrational beliefs about Ebola, immigration, perfection vs. adequate, and how a responsible business should work. Back to my styrene Chaparral 2J that arrived today. It's doors and roof are just fine.

Please fix kit so people don't discuss for 20+ pages? What kind of idiotic logic is that? Do your job at making a miniature so people stop complaining when it's WRONG? Chassis looks good, original had 400 SBF IIRC, huge engine room, so looked lost a bit. But getting sills wrong, DLO, roof, whatever is not what is appropriate. Yes, nothing is perfect. But basic stuff should be close enough for most builders to ignore. Easy to fix or not, I don't want to fix something unless I have to. I have to if every time I look at a kit/built on shelf I see the flaw. It overpowers everything else. Happy for you, but for those of us that have the issue, it's like a 2" mole on Kate Beckinsale's cheek. Try to ignore it and you can't. Make kit accurate in BASIC things like DLO (daylight opening, winders), headlight doors (see 69-70 Mustangs), roof (KTMNBN, anything chopped, 36 5W, Trmp Nova), yada-yada. Gerry, Chuck, others here can fix lots of things/scratchbuild/transform a kit. I can fix some stuff, tweak things, but unless I'm dying for it, it gets partially completed, and sits in project pile, probably 50-60 deep. I'm to the point if it isn't right, I pass, as I'll be dead before I get to it. It's offensive that this is a recurrent issue, when guys did pretty good job with slide rule, pantograph, and photos back in 50-60-70's. If you think it's nitpicking, go visit a real rivet-counter board, or tell me a P-51D is close enough to a P-51B (it's only 2 letters). Keep new stuff coming, but dear lord please get the big stuff right. Or don't bother.

http://s150.photobucket.com/user/exotics_builder/library/Revell%20Test%20Shots%2008-2014 From Revell 4th quarter thread per Exotics Builder Coyote used most suspension parts from Ford GT40 Mk IV kit, lame tub/body. Better to have 427 and nice chassis gearbox than a fiberglass lump true to 1:1 in that case.

Gerry, thanks for pics. '14 Vette looks good too. Your albums are nice. Good Ferrari stuff too, we could talk a long time about those things. S&H chassis looks nice.

The last re-issue of the stock Corvair had the promo boot for the convertible, and it had the full turbo setup too. IIRC it was not mentioned in instructions, but there are copies on web of the assembly step. Not intuitive, but fairly simple. Pretty easy to knock roof off and do a convert. I don't remember what year interior we're left with in the kit, either 68 or 69. Don Holthaus has several years of 4-door series 2, and I believe he has convert body itself under bodies only, $26 last time I looked.

355 engine and gearbox in one.

4th quarter sales results cover Oct/Nov/Dec. All have merchandising holidays. Weak 3rd quarter has July/Aug/Sept. Not a lot of merchandiising save for "back to school". So, creeping into Q3 gets running start for Q4, puffs up end of year. Isn't about Hanukwanzamas. It's about corporate and economic indicators. Not a moral issue. Bidness. Made a lot of money on cyclic stocks like OTC AMT corp. back in 60's.