Chuck Most

They sold Olds Aleros in Europe as Chevrolets- some even still had an Olds badge. Look at in in that context and a T-Bird sold in Europe with Super Coupe trim and a V8 engine seems pretty logical to me.

Yep, diamond plate in the passenger's side winsheild opening, and diamond plate used as 'armor' on the doors. It'll probably be lightly armed, as well (remember- roving bands of post-apocalyptic marauders... )

I wholeheartedly agree- but the majority of them were four and six powered. Good enough cars, but take away the Mustang name and there really wasn't much to write home about with the rest of the lineup besides the GT.

The Mustangs of the era were just as 'unremarkable', why the continued flurry of interest in those? (And for the record, I am a Fox-body fanatic.)

Gunked it up a bit and tacked on a bed.

Those iffy Japanese-to-English translations are always great, but that one is the best yet!

Superb- like the Arii '72 Thunderbird?

Not this time- I've already done the dual rear wheel thing, and I don't have any taller rear tires that don't look ridiculous on it. I do have another one in the works that'll have big and littles and dual wheels on the rear. And for this, duals would kill maneuverability, something you'd need dodging hoardes of post-apocalyptic marauders!

Christian- yeah, it is pretty junky, but the '71 is pretty good for a kit of its era. And if you choose, some of the unused parts on the '71 can be used to fill out the '73 to make it almost presentable. Ken- I'd be up for a new tool '71-'73 Mustang kit as well. Not gonna hold my breath, just sayin'!

Revell and Glencoe molded the same kit, but if I recall Ideal Toys made the kit first, and all three kits are the same tooling.

I do agree more or less Ken (and this is coming from a guy who once owned an '87 Turbo Coupe), but what about the other T-Bird kits? I was thinking more along the lines of the '57, '58, '66.... even that dreadful Arii '72. THOSE are the T-Birds I'd like to see built more often.

A lot of American kits are like that- you just need to look for something tooled a bit later, say, 1977 and up or so.

Correct! I think this one is from the Pete, but both kits have pretty much the same engine.

I do agree somewhat, except that I don't see a glut of T-Birds. I'd love to see more T-Birds.

Yeah- just did likewise, I'm seeing the same thing. Looks like the two that were in my area were half-hearted Ecto wanna-be's!

Oh, I've got a couple in the stash. I'd still buy several if they reissued them tomorrow, though.

Hmmmmm.... all the '59/60 Ambulances I've seen had a step bumper. (All two of 'em. ) That Modelhaus piece might be worth looking into though.

I'd love to see the '28 Lincoln Locke touring car's companion, the Sport Roadster, make a comeback. Wonder if the roadster body tooling still exists?

The AMT kit did have a 'stock' rear bumper- for the ambulance version.

4x4 yes. Armed is still up in the air.

Oh- I have an album of the kit contents! (AMT/Ertl version) http://public.fotki.com/ChuckMost/kit-contents/amt/amtertl-ecto-1a/

Aaron- it kind of reminds me of an old Jo-Han kit, only better. One-piece 'plate' chassis with everything molded to it, all the seats molded into the interior tub, sealed hood, etc. It has pretty good surface detail and looks right. If you're really courageous, kitbashing it with a Monogram Eldo for a full detail kit would be very workable.

Cobbled up a chassis, and nabbed a Cat diesel for power.

It was before that... around the time they reissued it as a "Prestige Series" kit.

I bought no fewer than five of the tin box version, and I'll be getting a few of the cardboard box, 'strippo' versions pretty shortly. Love these things!