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Those wheel covers are also coming in one of the Moebius F-100 kits...

Well, not easily removable anyway. If you follow the messageboards for the folks that have the Chalets and Casa Grandes some of them have removed the camper from rotted out bodies and transferred them.

I have a few 1:1000 and 1:2500 Star Trek kits in the stash waiting to be built.

Aha! If it was not standard equipment then perhaps different suppliers...

Like I said, 73-75 full removable hard top.

The slightly oddball 73-75 K5 Blazer had a full removable hard top. I believe that these were factory equipment (as opposed to 69-72 Blazers which were optional) but I'm wondering about the C-pillar area of these tops. The MPC 75 Blazer kit has a rather significant overhang seam extending from the top of the side windows. At first I thought this was a molding error and was figuring out how to correct it, but upon searching my favourite reference material (eBay motors) I've noticed that some trucks do indeed have this overhang but some appear to have a smooth transition like the 76-91 tops. Here are a couple smoothies: And here are a couple with the overhang: Is this perhaps a difference in top suppliers? Not sure if GM produced these tops in-house or if they would've been farmed out to a specialty shop (perhaps one of the reasons for a switch to simpler half-cabs in 76). I had also thought that it may have been a development progression as the model years when on, but of the examples pictured the smoothies are '74s and the overhangs are on '75s. Then again, by now the tops could be from who knows what year. One common trend I have noticed is that on trucks that have a painted top the overhang has been smoothed out. Given that to paint the top the factory textured coating has to be sanded down this is not surprising.

The '72 GTO had a similar building option:

Top Gear the TV show's website disagrees with you. http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/mazda-furai-concept-fire-2013-11-29

I doubt you'll ever see the 72 body back. It was modified every year up until 76, which is the one that gets reissued.

I would say pretty slim! May have to get together sometime!

We have two Bunker C plants here used for peaking only. One of them was supposed to run orimulsion but that kinda tanked....

Hydro-electric dams supplanted by nuclear. I'm patiently waiting for a long-range (I'm talking 500+ km) electric pickup truck that can tow my camper. And be able to plow snow. Or even drive in snow...

This is a very valid point. Forum rules require us to put our real names either below our avatar or in our signature. I think that providing your actual location in your profile and not a quip should be required if you are posting items for trade.

Looks familiar! But much better executed than mine.

Two words: Rob Ford.

I think a very good idea and very easily implemented is to amend the posting rules so that the first four characters of a thread title should include brackets and the two-letter postal abbreviation for you state or province. Easy way for us canucks to get an idea how much we'll be paying for shipping.

Has the Constitution been updated for inflation?

Now, see, in Canada (especially northern Canada) this wouldn't be an issue. Go far enough north and all the parking spaces at malls and sports stadia have outlets for block heaters. All the apartment buildings in Thompson, MB have outlets for their parking spots, as well as the mine for employee and visitor parking. Typical Americans.

Picked up my latest eBay parts score today: one each of the 77, 78, 80, and 81 issues of the MPC squarebody kits for a steal of a deal. Only the 78 issue has suspension, but lots of other bits are in the bunch including a bench seat and the Fall Guy GMC grille!

According to my research, it was issued in 1998. Updated the initial post.

I hope this generation has other interior colours available besides black.

I haven't looked through my copy of the kit in a while (and I'm at work at the moment) but I seem to recall it being a rather old, crude kit. The chassis pan is typical promo-style. I can take pictures when I get home.

Well lookit that! I'll need to find that auction to figure out when that kit was issued.

Most of the MPC boxes, yes, but the snap Blazer kit at least is the same size as AMT boxes.

I think they are required by law (at least in the US) to show on the box what comes in the box. Something about "truth in advertising" or something like that, IIRC.