oldcarfan

Maybe he wants to be comfortable at the drive in movie tonight!

I'm hoping to see some new stuff there. I rarely shop there anymore because I've already bought the kits I want from there. I wonder if they would respond to a campaign to have them carry different brands? In the early 2000s they carried some Tamiya kits for a while.

I looked at this the other day in the store. Is this the badly retooled kit or is it an old promo based reissue?

I'm stumped. I just spent two hours out in the shop pulling kits and putting them back. I kind of want to go with an IROC Porsche look, or a Trans Am style Camaro or Mustang, but little European cars always appeal to me. I have a couple of Renault 5 kits and VW Golf kits. Guess I'll have to come to a decision as the New Year gets ever closer. On another line of thought, can we use a stock appearing wheel with a modern tire?

I wondered about that. I bought one of the Revell kits, but put it back into the box because the proportions looked off to me. It seems bigger and the way the side windows angle up seems a bit off.

I built one of the old Revell kits long ago and decided that as it wasn't that accurate I would just have fun with it. In my mind I imagined it as a fiberglass bodykit that you would put on a VW pan. From that standpoint, it made more sense to me.

To my eye, Johan did a near perfect body for a stock 72 Gran Torino. Maybe Revell can be convinced to do this body to go with their Starsky and Hutch 75 Gran Torino. The chassis on both cars was the same. Then they could do a kit for the Clint Eastwood movie and one for the Fast and Furious movie.

I got one the other week. I know the model is crude by modern comparison, but I still love the 60s-70s MPC and AMT kits.

The Ford 2.3 liter Pinto engine can make good power when turboed!

This should be a cool entry! Is this the same kit as the rally version?

I've been browsing the type of cars raced in 1975. Group 5 in Europe and IMSA were getting pretty wild and wide. NASCAR went to LeMans. As for Cannonballers, gas prices had gone down a little, so even a 4 door Dually with a 454 could be an option!

The world changes around us no matter how much we wish it wouldn't. Hot Rod, Car&Driver, Automobile, SAE, and so many of the other publications that made up my youth are gone. Some are still around in online limbo, but it's sad.

That's been me for most of my life. I have a touch of ADHD that likes to appear periodically. Usually about 3/4s of the way through a project I'll see a shiny object and off I'll go.

I'm having trouble deciding. I've got a lot of ideas floating around, so I'll have to narrow my focus. I'd like to do a Trans Am, or a Mustang, but I'm really partial to small foreign cars. The BMW 320i, the VW Golf, and the Ferrari 308 all debuted in 1975 so I guess these would be admissible?

In the 60s Revell experimented with Parts Pack featuring engines, or frames or as in this case motorcycles. They did a Harley, a Triumph, a BSA, a Honda, and I think that's all. They reappeared occasionally but the last time I know of was in the 80s when they came out as Grease 2 movie tie-ins. I heard the tooling was lost, so I'm guessing this new release is a retool.

I found one of these in a hobby shop last year for $40. It looks to me like the same kit as the Johan one.

I'd love that too, but from what I've heard, Parts Packs don't sell well on their own. But you stuff them in with another kit and they get bought up.

I'm down for pretty much any topic for the next race. Since it's been mentioned, I've already been reading up on the 1975 event. Being a research nerd, I've included a picture of the contestants from the Car & Driver magazine cover from 1975. They ran a wide array of vehicles. Note the 1974-ish Chevy truck in the back with the camper shell and the Chevy van. The van was entered by the Polish Racing Drivers of America. According to reports they burned around 350 gallons of gas carried in 55 gallon barrels. Good thing it didn't crash! It also looks like there's also a Ford Gran Torino wagon back there as well. There were the usual Porsches and as well as Brock Yates' very own Dodge Challenger. Just out of curiosity, can anyone identify the other station wagon? It's behind the red 911 in the first picture, and in front of the white Porsche in the last picture. I think it might be a brown Datsun or Mazda. If you're looking for something different, one team drove a Travco motor home filled with Italian food, wine and beer. Also if we are going back in time to 1975, don't forget your shopping list. You'll need folded paper maps, a massive gas tank, oversize lights, police scanner, CB radio, and FuzzBuster! Maybe pack a cooler with peanut butter sandwiches, candy bars, caffeine pills, and Thermoses filled with coffee. This article might be of interest. https://www.cannonballdino.com/post/the-amelia-founder-and-the-cannonball-run

Thanks for the details! I'm kind of a nerd for the backstories and the history of whatever I'm currently interested in.

Sounds good to me!

The Monogram 1/24 truck might be combined with this one?

If the pine tree is garlic scented as well, then you have the safest truck around!

Looks good and when the first spy pictures started popping up, I told my wife I wanted to make that our next new car. Then they announced it would be electric only, no hybrid option. No Hybrid no sale. I'm more than happy with the Lexus we got instead. Can't wait for someone to put an LS into one of these!

You're not wrong! I still have a couple of previous releases unbuilt, but I'll probably get a couple more for the bike.

Nice truck and a really cool kit bash!