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I sold a mint one on ebay when the kit was announced hoping to sell it before the market dropped out. Guess this time I was too quick.....normally that isn't the cae.....

How about this one.......

I agree but can't find a good side view shot that I'd consider "correct." If you can find a better one, please post it or direct me to it.

I'm still debating the body....would you agree this is an accurate side view without significant camera distortion?

What body is that? I know its not the Revell nor the Jo-han unless you've done sme modifications. VERY nice build.

Having a product on my to buy list only to have the manufacturer drop the product or even go out of business before I purchase it.

When Oakey was trying to revive Jo-han, we discussed the Maverick. Apparently the costs to restore the molds as well as Ford's licensing costs prevented him from doing anything with it. I'd guess it could be backwards engineered like the Rommel's Rod but the original molds aren't useable. Sad the Comet still exists and the Maverick is gone. There were only a couple of Comets in competition that I can think of, Fast Eddie's and Barrie Poole's while there were several Mavericks.

Mine is a tie.....two different Christmases. As a thirteenish kid, I got both the Garlits front engine rail and the Candies and Hughes Cuda funny car. Then as a married adult, my wife got me both the Circus Wagon and Rommel's Rod. Proof she accepts my addiction.

A couple of thoughts..... I would look at the up top from the AMT Challenger. With some seams added to it, it could work well. Also check the height of the interior. I've found it to be very tall with the kit chassis. I am going to use the Revell chassis with an MPC body. To do that, the Revell chassis bucket cannot be used. A lot of work but the Revell door panels are much better than the MPC parts.

Here's my advice and I ship a fair amount. Go to the post office and get a Priority Mail Shoebox. I can ship a normal kit in it cross country for eight dollars or so. Whatever you do don't waste your money buying a box. The post office has several sizes for free based upon you shipping it priority mail. Mike

No Holden? Where will GM get good ideas? Mike

I finally got my hand on this kit. I have a collection of Cudas that includes MPC annual and Motown Missiles, Johan Sox and Martin kits and now the Revell offering. Each seems to have pluses. The MPC may be the best body. It is the only current option for a later vintage Cuda. The remainder of the kit suffers MPC's traditional lackluster details of their 1070's annuals. The Johan kit is a very good pro stock (drag race only) car with a good body, engine and interior parts (but the interior bucket is useless due to is soft, almost non-existent detail). The Johan chassis is toy like with the exception of the Dana 60. The Revell kit has a body that looks funky in several dimensions. The sides are too tall. There's some body line issues and the front end looks too heavy. What the Revell kit does offer is a very nice engine, wonderful interior and a very nice chassis. The logical thing would be to mix and match the parts of the Revell kit to update either the MPC or Johan kit, but that's not easy. The interior bucket is much too deep to swap in either the MPC or Johan body without significant work. The chassis should be fairly easy to adapt but it will take time and skill to make it fit. The Revell kit offers a lot of possibilities and challenges. Unfortunately we still don't have a great Plymouth Barracuda.

I remember it and thought it was stupid as a twelve year old. Now that I'm in my fifties, I know its stupid. Of course, I'm sure some will pay stupid prices for it.

The comment about the bodies is interesting. Mos of the funnies in this period had flat bodies. Often times metal would be added to reinforce the lower edge. What I hate about these Vegas, is I haven't seen one (and I bought them in the seventies) where the body didn't curl in at the rear wheel wells.

Great help. I'm wanting to do something in the Arlen Ness low rider vein of the 70's but updated a bit to this decade.

Larson's '70 Camaro DID have a working door.

John.....to bring up a really old thread can you give me details on how you made the decals using the prism paper? Thanks!

The funny cars of this era had defined door lines. See: http://red428cat.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/69cougarfunnyhighcountry2.jpg The door lines should be present but barely noticeable.

I grew up near Lexington.....Are there any good model shops there? Last time I looked there was Hobby Lobby and Hobbytown. I miss the days of X-cel. Mike

Anyone find this kit yet in Hobby Lobby? Seems I will be near one and have a 40% off coupon on my phone.....

Quick build....I could spend a life time and not have anything that nice.

Bet its on sales floors in 18 months.

This is the first set of Slixx decals I ever bought. After researching the car, I determined there was no way to reproduce it with those decals. You've proved me wrong......very wrong. Absolutely killer build.......tremendous paint job.

I'm quite impressed. I have to agree I love the tires. What did you get them or did you make them? If so, please share your method.

It depends on the box art. Annuals that clearly show the date and were issued that year, say a 1968 Camaro issued in 1969, will hold their value. Failing that and street cars loose value when the original molds are reissued such as the AMT/Ertl Plymouth Duster and their values will fall. Show cars with significantly different boxes maintain value. Race cars tend to fluxatate more depending upon the driver.