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I have built both the Monogram 69 Super Bee and a resin version MPC 69 Coronet RT. I can take photos side by side. I have not done what you want to do thou. I did however convert a Modelhaus 68 Coronet RT to a 68 Super Bee.

I agree that the 68 Roadrunner or 69 GTX would be better for what you want to. The entire inner fender set up on those kits will build up nicely and lend well to cutting off a fender from the body. Also what scale is the trailer and Ford? If they are 1/25 the AMT kits are also 1/25. The Monogram / Revell 70 kit is 1/24 and may look large on the trailer.

Great build and I love it. I remember when you first posted it. I had saved the pictures and had bought the kit. That R&R kit needed some work to make it as nice as yours. I didn't build mine and once R&R had passed and some of his kits went through the roof I had sold it. I wish more of these C body Mopars were available!

Who knows what happened to the tools over time. Round 2 is doing a great job sorting out the tools and restoring the ones that fit there budgets! Time will tell if this 71 kit is found and what shape it is in. I understand that many of these tools are separate pieces and the chassis was shared between many body's but I don't know for sure but it makes sense. Also remember when RC2 owned them the kits suffered. As mentioned the 74 GTX when issued by them in the 2000s had the wrong dash and a chassis plate from a different kit with single exhaust. I bought one of them. Round 2 did find the right parts and corrected the decals for the collectors tin 74 Roadrunner! Only wished they would have filled the cowl vents on the hood as they should not be there for a 74 but that is an easy fix for us. Also remember the RC2 issued the 69 GTX kits with the 68 Roadrunner grill, hood and rear bumper but still had the correct taillights all on the same chrome tree.

I have not got a reply in a while. They used to send a post card if they no longer had the parts. My last two request are processing but never showed up. They give you a order number that you can review the status of your order but mine is over two months old and still says a shipping label was created.

This info is great to read and since I have built a few of these and have a few more to restore I can confirm that the 87 issue was a restored body from the progression of the body mods. The 71 annual has quite a few suddle differences from the 87 issue of the same body. When you put the two bodies side by side you can see the differences were it was restored. I always wondered about the hood but never had the petty version so now that makes sense to me. Also since the 70 GTO was mentioned it's tool was modified after the 87 issue. Model King had the tool located and issued it in its last configuration as the stock car. It is no longer stock but a dirt modified car of some kind.

I constantly watch eBay and buy parts that I need for many projects. I have a lot of annuals that I have restored and about 50 more that I plan to restore so parts are nessasary. Many of these have had the custom parts installed so finding the stock parts can be difficult. I have purchased 2 to 3 built ups to get all the parts I need to build one. Then I have resold the extra parts or packaged them together fore someone else to use. Sometimes I get ahead finacially sometimes I don't but I rarely keep track. One example that I think I did well on was a MPC 70 Firebird Formula 400. I bought the built kit for $50. It was built with most the stock parts but had the custom daisy wheels and drag tires on it. I restored it but sold the original custom wheels for over $20 on eBay. I have sold many parts too but never started with a complete kit. If they are MPC or Johan I usually make money. Revell and AMT I usually use to trade as they don't do well on eBay. I have also taken gambles on old kits that are not advertised well. I bought a 68 Cougar kit that was unbuilt. The seller had 6 pics of the box and one of the contents in the box. I placed a bid for a little over the opening bid that I thought was fair. Nobody touched it but had lots of views. I ended up with a kit that was missing a few custom parts and one taillight. So I scored on that one as I was trying to restore another built up 68 Cougar but had spent more than I did on the gamble kit after a few actions getting pieces.

I noticed the vinyl top too! Pro built has always made me laugh on eBay. Pros get paid for their work so every eBay sale is from a pro!

Also his web sight has an update about falling behind and that he should be caught up by 10/1.

I got my order that I placed on 8/14. It arrived on 9/22. I was not in a hurry as I already had about 15 bottles of his paint.

It's funny but most of the Revell Charger kits don't have a Hemi in them. 67 Charger has race and stock Hemi, 68 Charger has race Hemi in Landy kit and race Hemi and 440 4v in 2 in 1 kit. 69 Charger and 69 Daytona pro modeler kits have race Hemi and 440 4v but stock version only had 440 4v. AMTs real nice 71 Charger is 440 auto. I believe all the MPC Chargers are Hemi. I personally would like to see a 440 Six Pack in this one.

I was not in a hurry for the paint plus I have used his stuff and have met him at shows. He has never offered a deal that cheap before so I was expecting it. Plus he stated on his sight why he was having the sale. Normally one bottle is 12.50 plus ship so I got 8 for the price of two. This hobby takes patience to do so waiting a month was no big deal. Modelhaus used to be about a 6 week wait right up until they announced the retirement. Now if you got an order in before they closed you will see it next year. I have two orders in myself. I think the longest I ever waited was 18 months for a resin kit from Historic Racing Miniatures.

I ordered mine on 8-14 and was notified that it shipped 8-22. The package was finally received at the post office on the 14th and arrived today.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/115427-70-gto-judge-convertible/#comment-1666924

I don't think anyone has made Satelite parts for that kit. The 80's issue marked Satelite is actually a Roadrunner. If you find that kit you will still need a stock Satelite hood.

Also the Six Pack cars were a mid year introduction and were selling so well Edelbrock could not make the intakes fast enough. So I don't see how any dealers could get the parts in 69 as they were all going to production first. To fix the supply problem Mopar cast the manifold in iron for 70 and opened up the option to more vehicles as it was more popular than they originally imagined.

Don't you mean the 2015 contest issue?

Thanks and it is tough digging up parts for these old builds. Sometimes going resin. Here is a resin 70 Javelin that I bought about 2010. It was just a body kit from Dencon Resin. bumpers are Modelhaus, the chassis and interior were cast by me but dash is Missing Link (70 AMX, but same). Interior from a promo and chassis from a mint 68 Javelin kit that I have yet to build. Engine and wheels are from other donors. I resold the promo and in this pic all I needed was glass. I have mint glass from the 68 kit but was not able to get them vacuum formed. I have a few friends that were going to help me form them but somehow it never happened. My 70 promo parts car that cast the interior and foil cast the emblems was sold on ebay but had no glass, damaged roof and no a pillars. Then another 70 Javelin build up pops up on ebay and I bid and win. It has great glass, no hood and a Ford motor in it. Turns out it is a great rebuilder and I wish I started with it instead. I take the glass and finish this 70. It is so new I have not photographed the finished model yet. So now I have this nice builder that needs a hood and glass. So I ask my normal trading friends if anyone has this stuff as now I can't order another Modelhaus hood. Glass I figured was not going to happen. Turns out a friend has recently gotten another 70 promo that the body is busted up but the hood is good, and he has perfect glass too! Now I just need a motor for it but that is no problem.

Yes. I have owned it since 92 and it is my first car. I grew up in it and it was my moms car from about 82. It's no longer a daily driver but gets attention when I have extra funds.

I did and thank you for the correction.

I expect that to happen to me also! I have one more early stock only kit to build as a 68 AMX. And I have two resin 70 AMX's from Missing Link. One is in progress now in Big Bad Blue with Shadow Mask. I finished most of the rest of the Javelin's only having the 68 and the 74 left to build.

The Dick Landy kit had all of the stock 68 Interior. The body was interesting as it had the 69 square marker lights and the directions said to fill them in with putty and use the 68 style decals for the marker lights. The body was different in the fact that it had no vinyl top on it but a small portion of the molding were still there and needed to be sanded off. I chose to use the 69 kit body with the vinyl top for my build at the time. So they did a modified insert for the body at the time but left the 69 markers. The later 2 in one kit has no markers on it at all.

Here is another one I finished this year. This was a long term project that I had to do a lot of trading and swapping to get this one done. I started with the more common 69 Shirley Downey race car and realized that I could not use most of the parts. So I collected the correct 69 interior tub, stock steering wheel, traded for the stock chassis with exhaust molded in. Then dig out stock wheels and tires and find the stock engine parts. I got a resin hood from Missing link. Once I had all the parts I realized I only used the body, bumpers, glass and a few chassis parts and engine parts from. Chrome was not that good but for this build it was fine. Modified the bumpers and added the chrome molding to the front bumper and the front spoiler is from a Revell 69 Camaro sanded smooth. Not really a stock part but was on my reference car. I decided to leave it on. Rear bumper guards are built from styrene rod. Decals are from Keith Marks and the outside mirror is from the Revell 68 Firebird kit.

If Revell offers a stock 70 R/T I'll probably buy one as I really like them. I also remember when the 68 Dick Landy kit came out. I bought one but It could not be built stock. I bought the Pro Modeler 69 and kit bashed them to make a stock 68 Charger R/T. They had all the stock parts between the two kits. Of course after I built mine they offered up the stock 2 in 1 68 Charger kit with new dog dish wheels. So I just had to buy that one too.!