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I've never seen a 1970 Dart with 2 lenses per side.

Original MPC kit does have a seperate insert , I just ck'd my original builtup and realized I do not have the insert

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Shaker hood was the only hood avail ' from Mopar ' on a Hemi Cuda ( both years ) BUT I would not rule out a dealer change to get the sale though .

Anyone know how many of his kits were based on actual cars of the time ? or was the actual car based off of the model kit of the time Cherry Pie or the Red Baron as examples In other words which one came 1st

isn't that the Hemi car ?

Didn't testors dis-continue maroon years ago? I didn't know Jess Tyree drove a T bolt

I've been thinking about one of these . Is this as produced?

Yep, Shakers were standard on Hemi Cudas only. Optional on 340, 383, and 440 cars (including six pack) All Hemi Cudas had 15" tires were standard , steel wheels were standard, Rallyes' were optional. F60-15 is Hemi cars only. All others F70-14 was standard with E60-15 as optional tires size ( same wheel options as above ) All Cuda's had the black rear tail light panel with a small 3/8" stainless trim moulding surrounding it Ft rubber bumper was optional and avail sepertately with a chrome rear. Or both ft and rear were avail Not 100% sure on this part , but I think if you ordered ft rubber bumper the exterior mirrors were body color IF the optional sport mirrors were ordered. Otherwise it was just a plain simple chrome mirror on the drivers side only Pretty sure ft road lamps were standard on Cuda regardless of ft bumper chosen

Tim. I'm not sure of your source. But me personally , I've not seen or heard of any shaker color outside of the ones I described above. BUT, I haven't seem them all either

Grilles and shaker bubbles were each painted by there respective venders that supplied said part. I can't say that I've ever heard of a flake size variation for the textured argent so thats a new one on me . Fram supplied the shaker bubble but I don't know who supplied the grille. Wouldn't suprise me on the Mopar guys ( I 'm one of them ) As far as I know the 1970 Cuda shaker was medium argent only,,, with excetion to some very early build FE5 Rallye Red cars were avail with a red bubble. 1971 Shaker cars were supposedly all dark argent bubbles

Yes in the OE world the grille is darker than the shaker bubble but mot by much and I have my doubts one could detect it 1/25th scale

They came in both the CMG and the Ramchargers kit. I would have to ck but I might have an extra pair

Tim, Actually all I need , is the hood . I made this one to fit the MPC body but it's a tad to wide . And I would rather not trim it down to fit the new Revell body.

Looking sweet I am stoked about the arrival of this kit and once I get a project off the bench thats been there far to long already I will get going on one of my own. I have a customer who owns a 1/1 Hemi Cuda ( his is an auto) and I want to do a replica of his car. If anyone who has this kit and is NOT going to use the shaker hood out of it, send it my way ( all I need is the hood )

Sorry, but that would be incorrect. Actually a Hemi Cuda is the only one that got the F60-15 tire as standard equipment. Everything else when ordered with 15" tires received the smaller E60-15 's The standard 'Cuda tire was an F70-14 AAR Cuda's excluded

One of the new Revell 1970 Hemi Cuda kits, I wanted one of the new AMT Ford race car haulers, but he didn't have one

Stopped by my local hobby shop, and whohoo they had them on the shelf. only bought one. ( Hobby Villa for the northern Ky locals ) With a very quick overview. It looks fantastic . A few flaws I would like to point out is the body line on the rear quarter panels fades out pretty bad and IMO will take some work to correct . And the wheel arches / lips are way to pronounced. Otherwise I REALLLLLLLLY like it Oh and btw. an MPC hood is too wide but would be an easy fix to make work ,more on that later.

Very cool, I was at that race in Alanta - Hooters 500 if I remember right ? Bill Elliot won the race, but Alan Kulwicki won the championship

2 builtups I bought this year. Original issue Charlie Allen Dart AA/FC New tool AMT 1971 Charger The Dart I paid pretty decent money for, but the Charger I paid less than what the kit would cost by the time I add in paint decals and supplies.

I like it. especially the color combo. I for one don't think this kit deserves all the bad rap it gets. It builds up into a pretty decent looking replica, especially at the price point compared to an original AMT version

That is a major dis-appointment

Lower rocker gills were not avail on AAR Cudas ( due to the exhaust tips ) Although you see them on restored cars . Rear window louvers were avail as an option ,,,,,BUT I think with vinyl top cars only ps, It appears the tires are no name blank sidewalls and no decals to represent the white letters ?????

something like this ? This is a Tamaya champagne gold

I hae only entered in one contest in the past 10 plus years and that was just this past spring, even then the only reason I did was because my daughter wanted to enter her 1st one but wouldn't do it unless I did as well. Otherwise I have no interest in contests. I build for me and me alone. I want replicas of my interests in my case . and I have no problem buying one done if it's a decent build . So there area few cars in my case I didn't build. I have posted several builds here and on a few other boards , but they account for probably less than a third of whats in my display case