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Wow. My original issue 69 RR is also green. Bummer is that mine has paint flaking off. One of the interesting details of the original issue is the "PLYMOUTH" trim on the trunk above the Road Runner trim. The PLYMOUTH is incorrect (not on the 1:1 car), and later issues did not have it. Tim Boyd documented this detail in his wonderful Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits book.

This is a great build so far!! What did you use for the door cove decals?

I agree with Tim that is probably TT-1 green. My convertible is FF-1, and it is much more of a silver frost green than TT-1. The picture of the underside of my trunk is the original FF-1 paint.

I will try to set aside my personal wants for clone kits and discuss the ones mentioned on this post so far. * We know Round2 is watching the various groups and e-bay to gauge sales demand. I know almost every vintage kit has a group of people that are very passionate about it, I am talking widespread demand (almost everybody wants one). * We also know Round2 is generally conservative with the cost of their tooling (craftsman kits and/or simplified chassis). Since we are talking about cloning, I will look at the least complicated original kit/promo design. Also note Round2 has stated they PERFER their clone kits to be all new (not a few parts from this kit and a few parts from that kit plus some new tooling) so I am assuming new clone kits will be from scratch (I know there are exceptions). Let's look at the demand and cost of the projects: Demand Cost Charger III Medium Medium 70 Cougar Medium Medium 66 Skylark High Low 71 Cyclone High Medium (stock only) 66 Barracuda Medium Low Based on this quick review I would say the 66 Skylark would be the best bet of this group. You can argue with my demand and cost ranking, but I suspect Round2 uses a process similar to this (albeit more detailed) when choosing projects.

Thanks Jim! I took her to prom in the 80's (yes, we were all idiots and sat on the car). The green top is original and was one year only. She is currently getting some poorly repaired accident damage repaired. I hope to have her done by 2025.

When the B-body lineup was updated in 1968 the 2drs and 4drs got all new exterior styling with a lowered windshield and new side and rear glass. The lower volume convertible and wagon bodies got the new exterior styling but retained their 66-67 B-body glass and roof design along with all of the convertible and wagon unique interior pieces. If you think about the 66-67 B-Bodies they were a quite square edged design. This picture below is my 68 Coronet convertible (in-process restoration), and you can see how squared off the side glass is compared to a hard hop.

She sent digital images to Wal-Mart, and they printed/bound the calendar.

My wife makes me a Box Art calendar every year. This is the 2024 edition. She knows my tastes pretty well

Strange thought. If you shorten the chassis 5/32" it should fit nicely under the newly released 70 Mach Won body.

Those old Monogram deep and deeper slot mags are always the right choice! Looking great so far!

Other than the Chassis it looks like you have a nice clean rebuilder there. You are lucky those rear wheel openings look stock, they often get hacked. Is your plan bone stock or some level of custom/hot rod?

Found some very cool survivor builds from the mid 60's. Two of the builds are custom built AWB cars. The 67 Charger is the MPC Color Me Gone.

Original Issue MPC 69 Charger built with the custom tail panel and the C pilar fillers like the rendering.

Mark, You are correct!! I have never noticed it before (it took a magnifying glass to read it ).

I have a 61 Sunliner from 67. Got it from the original builder.

A few of the kits were re-issued as different body styles: The 59 Buick HT (mine is a convertible), the 63 Impala HT (mine is a convertible), the 61 Ford Victoria HT (mine is a Starliner) and the 63 Galaxie HT (mine is a convertible).

I vote 67 Galaxie

I had a 67 500 2drHT years ago. I actually prefer the 500 side trim and grille over the R/T.

I have seen the same thing. The JoHan and Monogram "Classics" kits just don't have any demand.

This is a collection I recently pulled from a local attic. 25 annuals, 2 Monogram dragsters and a craftsman Jr. Of the annuals only the 62 Fury was ever re-issued. To echo what Steven Guthmiller has been saying, more often than not annuals were one and done kits.

I totally get it Robert. When I started collecting in the late 70’s a vintage kit could be a recent as an early 70’s annual and a really vintage kit was just 20 years old. Now I look at kits from the mid 80’s and 90’s as “modern” even though they are 30 ish years old.

It was re-issued recently but you didn't recognize it. The tooling was changed from the sedan to a pick-up/woody back in the 60's. If there was demand this could be a "low lift" clone kit as all that is needed are the sedan specific parts.

Just thinking out loud here: Round2 has two new curbside GTO kits (the 65 and 68) Combine either new GTO with the trailer and the AWB 63 Tempest to create a Pontiac drag combo.

It's really a bummer when the windshield frame is welded to an up-top. At least you have the cool early issue vinyl texture top and correct headlight front bumper from the early issue of this kit.

Is the missing part of the GTO windshield welded to the top?