Dave Van

The Javelin is good.....just RARE!!!!

Yes.....how????

Decent Matador headers in the NASCAR version.....easy to find too!

AMT 68 Mustang might be good....or Revell's version.....

The AMC engine in the Matador is better....not a lot but some. Having worked on a number of AMC modern V-8's the Gremlin motor is not bad....the axle hole in the block is the worst thing. The chrome valve covers are strange....stock pretty good. The oil pan from the Gremlin and the rest Matador would make a decent AMC.

Thanks Chuck...I had lost the link to that page!!

Sorry...........trunnion......I'm staying up too late!!!!....but it is based on buggy suspension!

A buddy has a 62 American with 'trundle' front suspension that goes back to buggy days! But even almost completely worn out after almost 50 years of use it still worked and was safe as far as it was driving....just a little wild in the rain!

The front suspension is partly there.....The inner half of the lower control arms are engraved but the outer half is missing as are the strut rods that would run from the lower control to the front of the chassis. Look at a 65-66 Mustang for something kinda like the Gremlin although the upper part is different.....some say old fashion! This kit was tooled much like a promo and that may be were it stated although a promo was never made.

The Rescue Gremlin would be a cool build! Does anyone do decals????

Here is my 73 Javelin......I hope the Matador will look this good by next Winter!!!

AMC's were 'different' for sure....and the reason I like them. Ugly, homely or whatever they were not copies of the other big 3. If you read about AMC they did some amazing stuff. They invented the mini van but had no money to build it. Think it they did....it might be AMC bought Chrysler and we'd still have AMC's today!

I don't think AMC's were the worst rusting cars of the 70's. This is my unrestored survivor 1974 Matador coupe. No rust trough what so ever....some surface on top of the fenders etc my fault cause I didn't do anything after the paint failed.....and it sat outside. My 73 Javelin is rock solid too. Any 70's car can rust as the manufactures didn't do much to prevent it.

Engine pics....box stock....not really correct for Booth...but I like!!

GREAT kit......IMHO. I like these curbside kits. It's very easy to go full detail with AMT 60 , 63 or 64 Ford donor.

I'll take some....just slipped my mind!

My AMT Gremlin is complete for now. It will get a coat of Future floor shine in a few weeks after the paint and decals are completely dry. Tamiya paint with Penngwen decals. Box stock other than seats stolen from a AMT Mustang kit. NOT a accurate replica of Wally Booth's Gremlin....wrong year and a few details....but it will look good on the shelf with my G&R Mustang and Maverick and the under construction Hornet. Check the link for more info....INCLUDING some of the fixes I made to the Gremlin....I'll add more as I build Gremlin No. @!!! http://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/2012-builds/

I am going to build another Gremlin as a IMSA RS race car. I was going to document all the 'fixes' I used to build my Booth car with that build.....but here is some info for the grille front end. At the base of the grille headlight unit there is a plastic that needs to be trimmed. If you trim these almost off the grille unit will fit into the opening like it should. The bottom sides of the grille unit should fit on the outside of the cars fenders. Kinda hard to describe but I will post pics later if you can wait. Making this mod also allows the fenders to sit correctly on top of the grille. This kit needs a number of small adjustments to help things fit better....nothing major but little things. My P/S build is about done so I will post those pics soon and start on No. 2 with how to pics.

Here is a quick mock up after it came from the paint booth. Still work to do. It will not be a exact replica of Booth's car, wrong year and details, but my tribute to the P/S Gremlin to sit beside my other 70's era P/S builds. I'll post more details later. Thanks R2! Tamiya paint....box stock other than the seats.....stock seats were too odd for P/S!!!

I vote the MPC Pinto and Pacer were better. They shared no tooling as AMT and MPC were big competitors at the time. The AMT versions were a little soft detail wise and not as many options. As for a Model King issue....R2/AMT/MPC does not allow private issue kits any longer. We hope to have some new private issue kits coming this year from Moebius, Revell and someone else.

Bring on all those 70's cars!! The MPC Pinto with the Pro stock option would be great. The only Vega left is that Vega/Monza thing Stevens issued a few years ago through AMT. We at Model King had them search long for any other Vega......it may be there...but they didn't find it then. The Volare is a no brainer again. Include the Road Runner stuff even if you can't put it on the box. And yes.....done right a Pacer could sell well. One of the few inline 6 engines.....maybe a pseudo Waynes World flame decals etc. The Pacer was also in 'Good Burger' as a delivery.....feed off that too. The MPC version had a roll cage and was raced in the IMSA RS series....so it is a race car!

Guys....the tool is more than 40 years old!!!! For it's age it pretty much 'state of the art'!! Now that's not to say there are some things that need fine tuning to build it. I am almost done with my Pro-stock version and there are a few gremlins in the kit to fix.....but NOTHING a average modeler can do. I'll post ASAP! Owning 2 AMC 1/1 cars I am more than thrilled to have a hard to get kit back. Now if they could find some old JoHan AMC molds in some vault.

Yes.....too deep for a stock rim. I've owned 6 AMC's and still have 2 .....worked on many of those wheels. NOT a major issue on the kit.

Some of my Mad Max vehicles are 'inspired' by the film as many are Aussie cars not available in plastic kit form. The car that hit by the truck and tanker with the weird bat thing on the hood was built with a modified Cuda.....close but not exact. I'll try and get some pics on the net.

That's not warping......that's a result of the massive torque that little 304 puts out!