Rob Hall

Looking forward to these GMT-400s...I built a few of the original issues back in the day ('88 annual, '90 Sportside, the SS454, the 1500 stock snap and 3500 snap kit), never had the custom dooley version. Given how popular the OBS is in 1:1 these days, hopefully we will see a variety of aftermarket parts...a GMC conversion and cowl hood would be neat.

The 2 lane road comes down a long hill, with a short flat section then a small bridge that’s like a hump then another flat section that my driveway went off, with a row of trees parallel to it. Apparently they came down the hill too fast, crested the bridge and went airborne off the road into the trees… (bridge in center of pic, my driveway on the left, trees on the left..). This pic is from last summer, near the base of the hill… I learned to drive on these roads, hadn’t lived there since the early 90s. Sold the property last July after my brother (who was living there) passed in February....130 acres.

^ could have been worse... back around 2005, a Cavalier w/ 4 teenagers went off the road and crashed into some trees along the driveway of my family farm...police estimated they were going close to 100 mph..

It was the green '93 that had it, the dooley did not.

Still a long time ago…

Actually, I think there haven't been any releases of the full detail kits in over 30 years except for the modified Monster Truck versions, and the snap kits haven't been available in 25 years or more...

That was one of the snap kits. They all were released around the same time.

Yes, basically unassembled promos. I built both back in the day, just left them in color and put them together to resemble promos.

There was a stock version in the SnapFast line also, molded in dark red.

Ah, I was thinking of the one with the long tubes. Didn’t realize this style intake was also called the cross ram.

..and AMT always made things confusing by sometimes rebranding MPC kits as an AMT. Like the last issue of the '82 Bronco, was boxed as an AMT and said '81.

The AMT is a '78. Different generation than the MPC '80-82. The AMT '78 came w/ the Cougar Funny Car kit...the Hobby Exclusive kit was the MPC '82 (though the box art inexplicably said AMT and '81).

The '78 is an AMT kit. The '80-82 was MPC.

Cross ram was a 413 thing, wasn't it? Don't think I've seen one on a Hemi.

I have that one and that was the one I was thinking of, forgot it was labeled as an AMT. I think I have the Ridge Runner and Saddle Trap versions also in my offsite storage. MPC w/ their naming and 'colorful' 80s boxes...

Interesting....the most recent reissue was an '82 w/ the revised grille. Backdated to the '80 style?

Hmmm..maybe related to the upcoming '92 C1500 tooling? The '90s snap kit was an extended cab, would be nice if they updated to a crew cab.

It is amazing Don is still in business, he's had a shady reputation for at least 20 years...I bought some parts from him about 20 years ago, I remember even talking on the phone w/ him once..

New goodies….

Both. Did the kit have an option as to where to place the steering wheel?

Or the stepside shortbed C1500…

They are there on the original '60s kit box art, maybe how the boat gets on and off the trailer is left up to the builder's imagination (lifted with a crane? hidden jacks? lifted by a helicopter?, inflatable air bags? etc..)

Alas, in the era of always carrying my cell phone, I haven't worn any of my watches in over a decade. I really need to unbox them and start wearing them again as jewelry. I have a nice Citizen I got for HS graduation, a heavy Tag Heuer I got for college graduation, 2 Skagens, 2 Fossils, a Seiko, and a Timex.

Is that the same boat & trailer that was packaged with the '70 Pontiac Bonneville convertible (Model King release) maybe 15 years ago?

Sounds like it might be a January release...Model Roundup has it and the Coronet as preorders for January.