mike 51 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) interesting choice...... Edited December 10, 2017 by mike 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 6:55 AM, SfanGoch said: Hmmmm......there's only one older than me. Same here! All the others I was here when they first hit the roads. My how time flies! To think that once upon a time, the first cars I saw on the road when I first knew what a car was, all had tailfins and TONS of chrome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 9:29 PM, Daddyfink said: A dupe post about new stuff with confusing info. right in the GIF's are like the Bat Signal for Mods, one should be along soon.. OMG right in the k-nudsens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 7:35 PM, Rob Hall said: The 3 61s I have (two convertibles, 1 hardtop) are all curbsides. Well there you go. I thought I had a 61 a while back, but foggy memory it most have been a 62. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Are they going to make the 65 Lincoln a "Beard of Paradise" box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Yeah and bring back the Havana Banana while they're at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 On 12/11/2017 at 4:13 PM, Bob Ellis said: Are they going to make the 65 Lincoln a "Beard of Paradise" box? I doubt it. Probably a variation on the retro style box art they used on the last two reissues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Junkman said: Yeah and bring back the Havana Banana while they're at it. I'd rather see the Mexicali Mudlark, but it's just not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr68gts Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 8:29 PM, Daddyfink said: A dupe post about new stuff with confusing info. GIF's are like the Bat Signal for Mods, one should be along soon.. Should have had someone hold his beer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) 12 hours ago, Snake45 said: I'd rather see the Mexicali Mudlark, but it's just not possible. Not rather, rather as well! Also the Turista Turismo and most of all the Boondock Bomber. I wonder whether all those tools are really lost (aside the '66 Skylark, which sadly is), or whether they hesitate because of some OMGCURBSIDENOWAY nonsense. Edited December 13, 2017 by Junkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reegs Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 The Fireball 500 Barracuda was purpose-built by George Barris for the stock car racing movie Fireball 500. There was absolutely no drag racing influence, let alone topless match-race car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Che Riviera 1965 Riviera is possible but Havana Banana 1965 Olds 88 is not since it is a modified stocker now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wku88 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Well, I'd like to see a reissue of Fidel's Flip Top 1959 Skyliner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 14/12/2017 at 4:20 AM, Bob Ellis said: Che Riviera 1965 Riviera is possible but Havana Banana 1965 Olds 88 is not since it is a modified stocker now I thought the mod stock is a '66? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Junkman said: I thought the mod stock is a '66? AMT didn't do a '66 Oldsmobile. But the Skylark and Impala mod stockers are '66s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 7 hours ago, Snake45 said: AMT didn't do a '66 Oldsmobile. But the Skylark and Impala mod stockers are '66s. The inpala modified is a 1966. The Olds Dynamic 88 is a 1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal76 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) Is the Polyglas Gasser going to be done off the new tool '62 Catelina or AMT's kit of the early to mid seventies Polyglas Gasser kit release? Edited December 16, 2017 by socal76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 49 minutes ago, socal76 said: Is the Polyglas Gasser going to be done off the new tool '62 Catelina or AMT's kit of the early to mid seventies Polyglas Gasser kit release? "New tool" Catalina. Albeit that was new some 20 years ago at this point, but it's just another decal variation on that kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Janssens Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, niteowl7710 said: "New tool" Catalina. Albeit that was new some 20 years ago at this point, but it's just another decal variation on that kit. Back in the '90s Amt's Blueprinter magazine, printed a list of possible subjects to release as Blueprinter exclusives, one of these items was the Polyglas Gasser kit. I'm guessing that while their records at that time, showed that they had the tool, they hadn't, or it was too far gone to salvage. Maybe Dave Darby has some additional info on what happened back then, cuz he had good contacts with Karen Sands of Ertl. Edited December 16, 2017 by Luc Janssens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 On 12/7/2017 at 7:54 PM, iBorg said: Oh boy.....more kits I saved that are now nearly worthless! Maybe you can trade them for Bitcoin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 8 hours ago, Luc Janssens said: Back in the '90s Amt's Blueprinter magazine, printed a list of possible subjects to release as Blueprinter exclusives, one of these items was the Polyglas Gasser kit. I'm guessing that while their records at that time, showed that they had the tool, they hadn't, or it was too far gone to salvage. Maybe Dave Darby has some additional info on what happened back then, cuz he had good contacts with Karen Sands of Ertl. They might have wanted to base the kit on the old annual back then and deep sixed the project when they found out it's a Bonneville. However, they then newly tooled a Catalina, but never dug up the Polyglas Gasser idea again. That Round2 brings it out at this time is somewhat ironical for me, since just a few weeks ago, some petrolheads my age and I had a lengthy real ale fuelled discussion* about ye goode olde Polyglasse GTse and how much we loved to smoke them up in the Eighties when we dragged a car out of a field that still had them fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzy63 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) "...Fireball 500 is not a bad kit. They lifted that idea from the short lived trend of 'topless' funny cars..." I disagree on that second point. The 'Fireball 500' car was more Batmobile than 'Flying Dutchman'. George Barris' conversion of a '66 Plymouth Barracuda into a custom roadster muscle car represents the tail end of a trend of sports car roadster conversions of production cars, mostly compacts, by styling studios and customizers in the 1961-66 period. 1961 Corvair Sebring Spyder XP-737 1961 Pontiac Tempest Monte Carlo roadster XP-741 1962 Ford Mustang Concept I 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 X-215 roadster 1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone Sportster by Gene Winfield Two early inspirations...the 1959 Corvette Stingray XP-87 Roadster and the 1957 Corvette SS XP-64 (Sebring Race). Edited November 12, 2020 by blizzy63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Metallic Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 1 hour ago, blizzy63 said: "...Fireball 500 is not a bad kit. They lifted that idea from the short lived trend of 'topless' funny cars..." "regular guy" is well known around here for spouting some , shall we say dubious "information" on this board. He hasn't been around much anymore. His posts were always good for pure entertainment value, but not much factual information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Let me get this straight! I open the forum and see "New AMT Releases" and get excited. Just to find out that someone wanted to disagree with an opinion someone posted over three years ago?!?!?! LOL That's just funny. And kinda sad in the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 31 minutes ago, mrm said: Let me get this straight! I open the forum and see "New AMT Releases" and get excited. Just to find out that someone wanted to disagree with an opinion someone posted over three years ago?!?!?! LOL That's just funny. And kinda sad in the same time. Yeah, but if you read through the entire thread, it was kind of humorous. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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