Carmak

Something originally molded in yellow would be wonderful!

Does anyone know if the 65 El Camino will have taillight bezels? The original issue had a bezel the taillight lens sat in. Without a bezel the lens is lost in the hole in the body. I have a couple original issues with bezels. Not sure if the bezels just got blocked off or were cut up to add another feature to the chrome tree.

I picked up a can of the Rustoleum 2X paint at our Menards (like Lowes or Home Depot) that has the mid 60's GM aqua interior look and it has a little metallic which looks right to my eye.

Very cool kit and tough to find in any form. Congrats!

Very cool concept. Really nails the factory stock look. Nice!

Thanks! The first issue Big T was the one I needed to complete my collection of the first four rods (plus a first issue Vette and a later issue Big T).

First issue Monogram Big T. Found locally in Iowa City, IA

I just went to their website. Some cool 1/25 scale drag racing stuff. Slot car site but looks like good stuff for kit builders. Cool.

Nailed it! The Timing belt replacement cost, frequency and down time was the nail in the coffin for his 308.

My wife's uncle had a 308. The service and maintenance issues with the engine kinda made the car suck. The Honda is a major improvement.

Even more fun. Dajiban look.

Just a guess . The prices for lots of vintage cars have gone crazy. I could not afford to buy the vintage cars I have owned for many years. The same is true for a lot of my models also.

I see your profile picture is a 68 Shelby Mustang. Do you want the kit to display with a 1:1 car you have? I have a few friends in the 1:1 car hobby that show their car with original annual kits (mint unbuilt or empty box). One friend has a 1:1 70 Charger R/T and a 60 Dodge 2drHT with a mint unbuilt kit he shows with each car.

This is an original issue 69 Barracuda. I wish they would put the original side trim back on it.

Just in time for this kit to be re-born I found this at a local shop.

Bill, If you are looking to build Sudden Death have you considered the somewhat recent "Fire Fighter" Mustang kit? If I remember it has some nicely stretched rear wheel openings and a slightly (I said slightly ) more accurate engine compartment. Either was you go it will be a cool build. Carmak

These are my other 1:1 cars. All are drivers except the 69 Bonneville (engine rebuild in process) and the 37 Plymouth (un-started project).

My wife and I are both very much into 1:1 cars. I drove a 63 Thunderbird when I started dating my wife in the late 80’s. Over the years we have restored a few, found a few nice survivors and bought a few done cars. We are currently having rust repair and accident damage done on a 68 Coronet Convertible. A lifelong friend has a shop that specializes in Mopar restoration, and he is fixing and painting it, I will handle the rest. I took the car to prom in the mid 80’s (first picture) and it was rear ended and totaled in the late 80’s when my brother was driving it.

I have heard rumblings that the "Black Ghost" backstory is somewhere between very exaggerated to fake. The rumblings come from people who have seen the car in person and are familiar with 70’s street racing. The issue is that the cars is very well optioned (heavy), it is very stock under the hood, it has stock springs, and it idles like it has a stock cam. There is no evidence that the mods needed for racing (street or otherwise) have ever been done. The car could have been street raced in Detroit as a stock Hemi car but it would not have been “Legend” fast. The well-known Silver Bullet which was highly modified everywhere was “Legend” fast.

That really is rusty! Bummer

In addition to what others have said I am blown away by the beautiful Cortina inspired Lynx itself. An incredible result with period perfect design ques from Europe.

Thank looks really good. Really like the big back window.

I will take an accurately proportioned curbside (Craftsman) kit any day over a full detail kit with wonky body proportion issues! Round2 is spending their design and tooling dollars in the best way possible. I suspect most of us have engine boxes brimming with options if needed. Keep in mind that these are primarily clone kits therefore the included engine would most likely be a 60's vintage rendition and not a highly detailed engine typically found in a modern kit. Carmak

Below are pictures from The Gilmore near Kalamazoo, MI.

Below are pictures from ACD and National Auto and Truck Museum in Auburn, IN (they are next door to each other). The Cord models are from the ACD Museum and the case with promos is from the National Auto and Truck Museum. The Cord models are truly amazing!