MPC '69 Charger Question

[Snake45]

Are the body and hood from the old MPC Dukes of Hazard ’69 Charger the same as the body and hood in the MPC ’69 Charger 500?

Long story short, I found an old started ’69 Charger 500 in the Snakepit last week. It has a body problem that’s fixable, but would be just as easy to start with a new body and hood (I have all the kit’s original stock parts, too). I can probably score a built General Lee cheap if the body is the same. So is it the same?

[gtx6970]

I think the hood  changed a little but i believe the body is the same

Edited August 9, 2016 by gtx6970

[Mark]

What you want is a General Lee kit body made after the 500 was first issued (late Eighties), but before Round 2 took over.  Earlier MPC General Lee kits were minimally converted from the early Seventies Daytona NASCAR body.  For the stock 500 and Daytona, Ertl added stock details to the body (windshield wipers, "Hemi" emblems on the doors).  Round 2 General Lee kit bodies have the recessed rear window that was tooled for the Fast & Furious version.

As for the hood, you'll have to compare the hood you have to the one you get with the body.  I've heard that the hoods included in the 500, stock Daytona, and General Lee vary even between different issues of the same version.  The hood might be problematic.

[Snake45]

Thanks for the details. I go to a local toy show every month where there's usually a guy selling cheap buildups, and he almost always has one or more DoH cars. Saw one Sunday and almost bought it but thought I'd ask before taking the plunge, even though cheap.

I'll be able to see if any particular builtup has the 500 rear window, and I don't care about the HEMI emblem or not. Didn't know about the windshield wiper thing so that will be something to look out for. I just wondered if there were anything else that would keep me from using a DoH body and hood with the rest of my 500 kit.

[Mark]

Early General Lee kits also have the gutted interior bucket from the first NASCAR Daytona kit (the #71 Isaac/K&K Insurance one).  The #22 Brooks kit used the two-piece generic chassis with no interior bucket.

Someone with cheap builtups might just have a 500, in which case you'd be golden.  I bought an unbuilt 500 a couple of years ago for cheap, because the windows were missing. 

[Snake45]

Interior doesn't matter to me--I have the complete 500 kit, just need a new body and hood. I COULD fix these, but it would be easier to just start with new ones.

[gtx6970]

Ill ck tonight.but i 'might' have an extra body.....maybe a hood