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I'm surprised that no one has offered to store them for you! Dan could easily hide 75 more kits in his house!

It's nice to have all the parts to build a 68 Z/28 in one box. When I built mine I bought both the 68 street machine and the 67 Z/28.

I have used this kit to restore a few of the annuals and can tell you there are differences. Both of my 64 annuals, one coupe and one convert, have the seats molded into the tub. The 65 coupe also has the seats molded in. I don't have a 65 vert yet so I don't know for sure on that one. My 66 coupe has the seats also molded in but the 66 vert has separate seats. Plus all of the annual fuelie motors are slightly different that the retooled releases. The annuals valve covers are taller, the top of the injection units have snowflakes cast on them instead of the crossed flanges. None of the annuals had the upper radiator hose. I understand that the hose showed up in the 66 annual with the big block engine.

Thanks for clearing that up. When I was reading up on the GT package it only talked about the two 289 engines available.

Yes you could get a fastback Mustang with the inline 6. Many were made and as a side note all 6 cylinder mustangs had 4 lug wheels in the first few years. If you got the GT package you got a base 289 V8. If you wanted the 271 HP K code 289 you paid for that too.

So the new Z28 gets a new emblem, no a/c and no radio for the money. Sounds like a bargain!

Double check me but I think the auto Trans should be steel not aluminum. The Trans cases back then was cast iron originally.

Very nice!! I have a few of these and they are nice simple kits. It would be nice if they had a trans kit for the 427 engine!! Looking forward to seeing your full detail build with the mark 1 engine!!

I happen to have both issues and Bob is right. The 1971 issue has slight differences in all the emblems front and rear, the marker lights are different too. Even the door handles and locks have differences. I knew the original issue has 1971 cast into the front valance and the latter issue does not. What did surprise me is the original issue hood does not have the cowl vent near the windshield or any detail on the underside. I'm sure they had to backdate the tooling to 71 after modifying the tooling to issue the 72.

That is awesome. I wish it was cast up so I could order a 69.

Kevin. I'm down for one of those 73 Chevelle SS kits when they become available. Now I just need to finish up some of those other kits I bought from you.

I would be interested in this resin detail kit too!

Did the 73 Chevelle SS ever come out?

Very nice!! Did you know that black was not available on the firebird in 70-75 with the exception of 71? I thought that was strange when I was researching factory colors for my 70 and 72 builds. I was going to paint one black after painting my 71 blue. Go figure huh!!

It is true that no one makes a 64 Corvette. The most recent is the Accurate Miniatures Grand Sport but that is not a stock 64. You can start with a 63 and convert it to a 64 with Modelhaus parts. You need the hood and stock wheel covers. Model Car Garage has a photo etch set that has the 64 emblems too. That is what I did with this Roadster. It is much easier to convert the roadster to 64 because the 63 coupe has a split rear window and the c pillar vents are different too. You can also watch Ebay for an annual build up. I am restoring these two that I picked up. The coupe I found at a show and swap meet. I got it for $30.00 just as you see it here. This roadster is also an annual that I got off Ebay. I paid $42 shipped for it with the original box. This is also how I got it. All I can say is be pacient and one will turn up.

Nice job Randy. I really enjoy restoring these old builds. This one freshened up real nice. I too have polished up some of my older builds that did not get BMF. Most are done now.

I have a chance to buy a real 67 Charger project. I thought it would look good in a two tone met green with a silver top, hood, trunk and the top of the fenders. Lowered with a set of larger 18 wheels.

We have quite a selection of new kits this year. The ones that I have purchased this year but have not started are the Le Ferrari that is a nice kit. The 69 Shelby convertible. I'm looking forward to that one and it looks better than my Mini Exotics resin version that I built. I will be getting the 70 Hemi Cuda and the 56 300B. I'm also looking forward to the 49 mercury woody. My vote would have to go to the 57 ford. I bought the police version and started it. It's going together so nice and I'm enjoying it. So much so that I bought a second police version.

Wow, all that shopping and progress in an hour and a half. Dude your out of control!

It is a world market and this is a reflection of that. All businesses are in business to make money. None of them intend to lose money reguardless of what they sell or do to get it. If you can manufacture something cheaper someplace else would you. Every move has its pros and cons, so who's fault is it that the costs are so high. Look at Detroit, that city is bankrupt and was the auto Capitol of America.

I'm just wondering if the molded in road runner badges are back on the body. They were there on the early issues but were removed from later reissues.

This 71 Charger kit is a great kit and I would like to see a modified release into another year Charger Like a 72 Charger Ralley. I know it has been released a few time and I have bought about 10 of them or more. I built two mostly out of the box. I'm kit bashing another one with a MPC 72 Charger and have finished a 73 Charger Ralley kit bash. I also plan to build a 74 Charger, 71 Road Runner, 71 Superbird with this donor kit.

Having kit bashed a few of these. I can tell you that the original MPC interior tub would need clearancing, The chassis plate needs to be modified to fit inside the body. And the body would need to be modified for the engine compartment to be molded in. So from AMT's standpoint they would need to tool up a new body for the engine compartment. A new interior tub to fit the chassis, Or retool the 71 Chargers interior for a Road Runner interior that would fit the new body. Plus tool up a new chassis to fit inside the new body. The only parts that would not need any tooling mods would be the drivetrain, suspension and most of the exhaust. Tailpipes would need to be modified. In my opinion it would be best to restore the old tool. Or go all new tool since 80% of it would have to be new.

I'm really excited about this kit. I don't know how many I will buy but Here are some that I already built.