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If you have an original annual, it will have a standard, flat hood and no fuel cap engraving on the LH quarter panel. The Super Charger had a Rallye hood, and a fuel cap engraved on the quarter panel to cover the hole that was there on the Petty Nascar kit. If you look closely at a SC you might see where the windshield hold-down clips were removed as well. Some, but not all SC's had dark-tinted glass. It would be nice to see this kit reissued with some cleaned-up body engraving, stock wheels (from the Daisy Duke kit), pad-printed tires, retro box art and a full graphics package to duplicate the Rallye.....if they can find it.

I remember Gary. I'm not sure if he drove any other cars, but I know he piloted the '64 Bonneville convertible stock car (!?). In fact, John Greczula and I had a little laugh about Chuck a couple of years ago.

Casey; those are the caps from the AMT trophy series '57 T-Bird, easy to identify due to the missing F-O-R-D lettering. I've seen them on a few 1:1 '58 Fords, but I don't know if they were ever installed on '58's when new. A more commonly-used '58 hubcap was found in the original AMT annual. Below...pics of the '58 hubcap, the AMT '58 annual hubcap, and more accurate versions of your '58 cap (with the lettering) from the Monogram '58 T-Bird and the AMT Craftsman '57 Bird. Like Mark said, some have stated that the '57-style cap is inaccurate on the Monogram '58.

It's not a promo; looks like a Revell Wheels of Fire snap kit with wheels substituted from a different kit.

Well stated, Tom. I might also add....managers/hobbyists would be a more fitting term than "executives". Some people seem to forget that they're talking about Round2, not General Motors.

Round2 had nothing to do with that....it was RC2 at that time

They were in the 65 Impala annuals too

Those are Terra-Thrust wheels designed and marketed by Gene Winfield in the 60's. Apparently very rare in 1:1, but AMT produced a bunch; not only in the "T", but they were found in some annuals as well

Getting things back on track......a Revell '62 Lancer

Yea, I know, it hardly qualifies as a model, but I DID build it. Here's a pic of an "unbuilt".

OK...this is not the sort of subject Steve had in mind when he started this thread......but it IS a car, in kit form, made by AMT, and it's rare with a capital R. A 1968 Camaro Kar-Plak. Probably rare due to the fact that nobody bought them when new, and I doubt anyone is currently looking for one either. Funny thing is; this is technically a more accurate '68 Camaro than the AMT annual. Sorry for the poor pic. Note that the frame isn't the original.

Maybe not the rarest, but these qualify. The Derby ElCamino and the Demon were purchased new, I bought the Coronet about 20 years ago. All three have been rebuilt/refurbished at least once.

Correct, Casey. It's an AMT '62 Chevy II six (possibly in the '63 too-I don't have one of those). The AMT '64 Chevelle wagon and ElCamino contain similar, but not identical engines. The ElCamino has a chrome-plated air cleaner and valve cover, the wagon has no chrome pieces.

Having recently studied the box art Casey posted, I compliment you on a job well done, Art. For this reissue, Round2 is planning to re-create the Lesney-era box, which is to include a model built to resemble yours (although I believe the gold striping may differ).

The bottle is there, on the clear parts tree.

Yes, there should be another piece that completes the top shell

From the '63 T-Bird hardtop

The mags are the same ones that were newly-tooled for the Lawman Plymouth as shown in these two pics. I'm not sure which optional rear tires are in the re-issued Impala. I believe the original plan was to use the Lawman slicks, but they were found to be a tight fit on the Impala, so I'm not sure what the production kits contain. Note the the Impala also has added parts to raise the rear suspension height as well.

Agreed. In stock form the bug-eyed Matadors can look a little clumsy, but the basic shape is there, all it takes is a little imagination. If I ever get around to building the '77 I have in my stash.....

The Pacer was unusual, oddly-proportioned maybe, but ugly? I don't think I could have walked into an AMC showroom back then, looked at this car, and called the Pacer ugly.

You're really tempting me to pull the trigger on that can, Snake. I never used Oriental Blue back in the day, but looking over the chart Bill posted I can visualize about a dozen kits I painted using various colors on there, and I soooo wish I could go back in time and stock up. Here's an AMT-lacquered survivor, the tow car from my Chevelle Drag Team resplendent in Peacock Metalflake.

Maybe these pics can help. The '58 Impala is painted #1605 Candy Apple Red (known as Beatnik Bandit Red in the early days) and the Fiat is #1607 Hot Rod Red (formerly Road Agent Red)

Going from memory, I would say it definitely isn't AMT Royal Blue. Any time I used it (including over bare white plastic) I recall it being much, much darker than the paint on your Maverick. I'm wondering if it could be Oriental Blue?........I'm sooo tempted to press this button! And many thanks to Bill for posting that color chart!

The face mask should be there on the runner of clear parts. It was present on the Model King issue. I don't think the flippers were ever included in the '70 Bonneville kit. The original '69 annual had the scuba parts, and it also contained a few custom interior parts molded in soft white vinyl, along with flippers molded in the same material. I believe the soft vinyl parts were all missing from the '70 annual, even though the flippers were included on the box art.

I also recall a lot of Lindberg stuff ending up at Big Lots maybe 10(?) years ago. Chances are hobby wholesalers and buyers might remember that too, making the Lindberg label a tough sell. Applying the AMT label to Lindberg kits was initiated with the Lawman Plymouth which came after the SS396 and the 442.