Chuck Most

I'd narrow it down to the Volare or Dart, then flip a coin.

Motormax did an L 4-door as a Horizon. They look OK as shelf models but I can't comment on how the interior or engine bays look, though going by other Motor Max products I'd guess the engine is little more than a plastic "pancake". It also kind of floors me that the only K car we got in kit form was the Dodge Daytona. Yeah, they were lame-o, boring, cheap transportation boxes, but the things were everywhere, and I think they would have done reasonably well. Then again, I'm one of about 12 people on earth who find muscle cars lame-o and boring, so what do I know?

Ah, the L-Body. I always wondered why Chrysler went to the trouble of developing the K platform when they already had this, and by the time the K car rolled around, the L platform already had three years of real-world reputation built up. Was the K just cheaper to produce and easier to adapt? Personally, I think the L was the superior design. It was a more advanced design than anything Chrysler had done to that point, and you could even call it refined, by the standards American compacts of the era. Then again, Chrysler borrowed heavily from their European operations for this design, so maybe that's part of it. I have quite a bit of experience with the MPC L-body kits (Dodge Omni/Charger) but for whatever reason I've never nabbed one of these. From the looks of your photos and what you say in your review this looks to be about on par with those. No optional wild flares or scoops though... AMT didn't seem to have the same affinity for IMSA-nightmare body kits that MPC did during this period of time! Lame as some think these cars are, I'm actually bummed that nobody ever kitted the 4-door Horizon/Omni version. I remember those things being all over the place as a kid. My uncle actually had two of them at one point- an orange '78 and a two-tone blue '81.

Really nice work. I have no idea why, but the 352 you build makes me think of Goliath from Knight Rider. Goliath was a 352, but it didn't look anything like your model. Might be the lack of brightwork- which I have to say looks pretty good on it.

Very cool! Always nice to see one of these rare birds built up.

I have this same sheet somewhere- a coupe were missing when I got it with a box of decals and spare parts years ago, but I'm amazed that after 55 years the adhesive is still sort-of hanging on.

Very cool! I've wanted a nice set of these for quite a few years.

Well, it wouldn't work for it's intended purpose. But it would make for one scary fun carnival ride if you worked out the bugs.

Could be that he was so taken by the idea of creating a cart differential that he never really stopped to ponder if such a thing was needed in the first place. Or just mounting the wheels independently was too simple of a solution. Maybe he had some use in mind for the resulting "flywheel" on the back... kind of makes you wonder.

Actually.... this is exactly what I thought. The "not what you think" made me think "hey.... I'll betcha it's exactly what I thought." Assuming that isn't an edited photo- much respect to anyone who possesses that much artistic verve with the hedge trimmer.

Nope... but hot rodding a 1:1 sure might be.

Best build up of this kit I've seen in quite a long time. Possibly ever. I even like the lack of whitewall tires.

Nice little tidbits of info, and since I have a few of these I might give a few of them a try. But since we're on the subject of annoying little mistakes... it's Moebius, not Mobius.

Love the bug eye Rex! Great job on what looks to be a nice little kit.

Thanks guys. Other than the self-induced headaches brought on by all the kit bashing, it went together pretty well. All I did was graft in the Mustang front suspension and de-arch the rear leaf springs.

Well, it did make the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. so what's there to complain about?

Love it! I'd actually care about drag racing if the cars still looked like this.

The original chop would work better if the body and hood sides were sectioned by about the same amount as the chop, I think. Other than that, I like it. Would be nice to see someone do more of a custom '32 than just another hot rod... not that there's anything wrong with just another '32 Ford hot rod, but a little variation never hurt. A stock '32 Ford is a good enough looking car, but still kind of a glorified buckboard buggy with fenders. The idea of giving one more of a "coachbuilt" look is interesting.

If you start with an ugly car, does it really matter if it's made uglier? I'm surprised that there's some evidence of restraint being exercised on this thing- pale beige paint job? On a design this insane? Call me when this guy gets his hands on something like a first-gen Riv or a '66-'67 Connie and maybe I'll get a little more worked up.

Love it! All you need now is a 1:25 chicken coop to park it next to.

Don't forget to widen the rear window- that seems to be the one detail everybody misses when they're modifying the Revell '50 into a '51 or '52.

Always nice to see a Blue Goose in scale.

Calm down, Mike. Next one.

Yeah- I've seemed to notice that decent 240s are going down in price, and MkII Jettas are getting to be a popular sight parked out in front of vape shops. Might be a connection there...

Thanks, guys! I don't think this will be the last one of these I build.