ChrisPflug

Here's a quick picture of the front end parts included in the early 80s MPC Bronco

From the internet: Second pic is an aftermarket suspension with longer coils and radius arms- stock radius arms are like the ones in the 2WD kit T

I love the Volare kits- have all the variants and multiples of the 77 "new Volare" , 77 Super Pak, and the yellow '79 Stock version is pretty nice but the "custom" parts are a joke. Nice factory stripes through '78 (and the promo contract?) Wish they would have included the later "horizontal" quarter window louvers for '78 and up or made the spoilers and flares for the "Fuzz Duster" more like something usable for a Street Kit Car or Super Coupe project

Those parts are for the earlier late 60s- 70s style solid front axle with coil suspension and radius arms- the OP seemed to be asking about the 80-96 "Twin Traction Beam" setup

Yeah, semi trucks are handy little buggers when you've got a small load you can move with a small diesel powerplant

The auction seems to have gotten a lot of additional attention- Maybe that was the plan?

Looks like FF4 Light Green Metallic originally with the brighter green being a later repaint and almost completely peeled off An original door sticker is the most accurate way to tell the actual build date- the label was printed and attached as the car was being completed in the factory- the scheduled build date as found on the fender tag can often be off quite a bit depending on vehicle and the VIN/ sequence number was assigned before the car was actually started to be built- the cars coming off the line wouldn't necessarily be built in the same order as the numbers assigned

Was saying that it may have been used as a parts car then abandoned and the VIN switched to a cleaner but more common base model Challenger Some of the Mopar boards keep track of VINs from known wrecks beyond repair and the occasional VIN plate/fender tag/and title that shows up for sale- on more than one occasion a nicely "restored" car later comes up for sale with that VIN The VIN in the photo is for a Challenger R/T originally equipped with a high performance 383- the standard engine for the R/T model "JS" designates R/T, "JH" would be a base model, "23" a hardtop ("29" would be an SE), "N" for 1970 the 383 4 barrel, "0" the model year, 1970, and "E" the assembly plant The VIN number and scheduled build date were assigned to each vehicle in advance but the door sticker was applied at the end of the assembly line and accurate in determining when a particular vehicle was built. Normal model year changeover was usually around early July with the plant shutting down for a couple weeks for the switch before actual regular production so a September built Challenger would be a fairly early example

The VIN is for a 1970 R/T with the base 383 Magnum If the dash VIN and fender tag are missing the car probably "lives on" on a previous 318 equipped base model

A couple years back there was a "corrected width" bumper available aftermarket- may have been Reliable

I suppose Jacklyn Smith's Ghia was "girlier" than Farrah's Cobra II but I think they were going for "classier" Poor Kate Jackson seemed to get the least attention and was stuck with the orange Pinto (although loaded for a Pinto)

Craftsmanship appears to be lacking as well

The intake and exhaust ports on a Hemi are evenly spaced rather than paired like a Mopar wedge, Chevy,etc. so the runners on that particular piece wouldn't be lined up with the intake ports in the heads

Looking good but in real life that tunnel ram wouldn't work very well on a Hemi

You can get a resin two scoop hood for the Monogram T/A as well http://www.hartspartsresin.com/resin-parts-list/revell-monogram

A rebuildable original MPC can usually be found for not too much money and while not perfect is much better than any of the alternatives The AMT can make a decent convertible and is available with a twin scoop hood but the roof is terrible and a lot of the details are a bit off. The whole interior is oddly blocky and squared off The 1/24 Monogram is a T/A model rather than an R/T and has some proportion issues as well as having the Barracuda seat upholstery pattern since the 1995 release of the original Revell AAR 'cuda- fun build but not particularly accurate The die cast based Revell 1/25 is horrible as far as body shape- slab sided and looking almost more like a late model Challenger than the original. Some decent interior details but too much wrong to really work with I've owned a 1:1 '70 R/T for over 20 years and have accumulated a few MPCs but haven't even attempted a "serious" build with the other kits- they just look too wrong

Mr Tinkertrain Who can we get on the case? We need............

I was fortunate enough to pick up an original 72 body chassis, and rear bumper for cheap- the original bumper is promo style and the body has screw posts (as well as being the proper width) allowing for easy, neat and properly aligned mounting

MPC '64-'67 Vette coupes (although a little more complex than the AMTs)- the first MPC kits

Saw a rusty but straight blue-green '71 4- door Matador parked on the street with a two page typed for sale ad in the window- 21,000 miles owned by a local widow who drove it to church etc.. Asking price was $2500

The person in the first reply seemed confused

http://mycarquest.com/2013/03/the-ugliest-car-at-amelia-island.html

He narrates at the end of the movie

Scott Reply #12 had a picture of a reissued kit - the box said Switchers Sedan/ Phaeton but the model in the box art was the panel van Since you quoted this whole post pic and all and there was a comment on how bad the optional Model A radiator didn't look like a '32 grille I figured that was why you were wondering if the van was in the Switchers series The panel is basically the same kit as the sedan/phaeton except obviously no rear windows in the body During the RC2 era AMT box art was often inaccurate in depicting the box's actual contents

Think the confusion comes from the picture posted earlier of the RC2 reissue box art with the "wrong" body Lots of "misleading" box art from those days- I believe the story was the builders were told the kits were reissues and had to provide their own kit and parts - like the Cragars and aftermarket stripes on the box art car for the 74 GTX Road Runner and the MPC '72 Duster with Viper V10 on the box of the "Street Machine" '71 AMT