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The mounting of the motor is a head-scratcher as the parts have been re-purposed. They were originally designed to enable the motor to move and swivel on the boat. I improvised when I built the display boat; I simply trapped the motor between pieces #10; but I flipped the mounts around to mount it at a more realistic angle. The pic isn't very clear but you might see what I did. The three leftover parts are just that...leftovers. The flat piece appears to have mounted ahead of the motor somehow, and the U-shaped parts were used in the boat's previous battery-powered days. Also note....the instructions tell you to insert the boat's interior platform into the boat after attaching the hull to the deck. This was originally to enable battery installation/removal. It's mush easier to install the interior first.

There are very few kits left on my bucket list. The top five: (Yes, I'll still want that '68 Chevelle regardless of how good or bad the Revell kit turns out)

The Cat's body was molded with a smooth lower pan minus the turn signals as pictured on the box.

#6 looks like a '63 Falcon promo or Craftsman kit Edit...just took a closer look....looks like it's the Pinto

It was built with the new issue. No pics of the parts, and no problems in assembly as the kit has a low parts count and is a very easy build. I agree that the 1/20 AMX might look cool with this boat, but unfortunately I had no 1/18 or 1/20 vehicles in my collection to compare it to.

It fits like a glove....with the tailgate raised

I owe you an apology. I should have dug out my Lindberg/Pyro boats and tried it out, but stupid me didn't think of it before sending the kit to South Bend!

Here's some built-up pics. Very simple kit, but it has some possibilities as a companion to a 1/18 diecast or 1/20 kit. I'm envisioning this one behind a Big Bad Blue 1/20 '70 AMX

Looks like an AMT 65 Corvair custom wheel......but that kit had the 13 inch compact wheels/tires, and the tire in your pic doesn't look like a compact tire.

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That's a cool box of beaters! I'm sure a lot of you guys can relate to this...you see a box of dusty old built-ups, and right away you do a quick scan to size them up....junk....junk....junk....whoa!...what's that?? Like these beaters I picked up long ago. I didn't mind adding the junkers/parts kits to the pile to get that one rare oldie

Here's one I picked up years ago and tried to turn into something worthy of display. It was a fun slump-buster if nothing else. I think I paid 25 cents for it....about what it's worth

4 1/4 inches wide between the fenders, 5 1/4 including the fenders.

I would search for underhood pics of Boyd Coddington's Smoothster. The van kit is a re-bodied version of the Testors Smoothster kit.

Just got my first look at one. The "CHRYSLER" lettering is still on the engine cover

It's the Dodge Lancer. The Metalflake Valiant is a sedan molded in green.

The "1971 Demon 340 MPC Annual promise" is a misnomer based on speculation back when the announcment was made. The kit wasn't envisioned (or announced) as a reissue of the old MPC annual, nor did it involve any parts of it.

Here's a '69 Vette Dyno Racer

AMT '70 Monte Carlo?

Posting pics of an MPC oldie you don't see built up too often (there's probably a reason for that). I picked it up as an old built-up in a collection years ago. I finally decided to do a quickie resto on it just for fun a few weeks ago (you need a sense of humor to work on this thing). Mostly box-stock except for '65 Riviera wires and an over-the-top hood ornament from a Monogram '39 Chev. Paint is Testors Electric Pink (what else?). I don't know what MPC was thinking....I guess they were really reaching to get more mileage out of that Grand Prix tooling.

No, they're not the same kit. The top pic is the original AMT annual that has never been re-issued. The bottom pic is a re-issue of the MPC annual. It's been released in several different AMT/MPC boxes over the years. Without getting into too much detail, it's not the best replica of a '69 Mustang, and generally considered to be undersized. Given a choice, the AMT is the kit you want. Here's the original MPC box.

Thanks for the info, Jim. Here's the one that has me confused. The '71-'72 rear quarter trim is missing, otherwise it's a '72-looking body.

Yes...the box shown should contain a '71 or '72 kit. That's why it's a bummer to open one and find a '72 with a '73 body....or an entire '75-'78-style kit

Or you might get a mutt like mine; a smooth roof panel with '72 chrome. I also have a '72 Eldorado with a '73-style body without the chrome gills on the rear quarters (pretty sure it came in this box; I've also seen one that contained a '76-style Eldo)

Heckle looks like it's from a 69/70 Johan Road Runner/GTX