69 Mustang query

[br67]

Hi, was wondering if these 2 are  the same kit?

[pack rat]

No, they're not the same kit.

The top pic is the original AMT annual that has never been re-issued.

The bottom pic is a re-issue of the MPC annual.   It's been released in several different AMT/MPC boxes over the years.  Without getting into too much detail, it's not the best replica of a '69 Mustang,  and generally considered to be undersized.  Given a choice, the AMT is the kit you want. 

Here's the original MPC box. 

[br67]

Thank you Mike

 

[vamach1]

You can see how much smaller the MPC is in this side by side.

[br67]

Thanks Rex

[mrmike]

You learn something new everyday!  I never knew that AMT had a '69 Mustang kit aside from the MPC '69 Mustang which I knew was a little smaller than 1/25 scale.  After reading this thread, I looked this up in Tim Boyd's new book, "Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits".  It makes me wonder what became of the AMT '69 Mustang tooling?  Was it lost, damaged, or modified beyond repair?  

[Snake45]

Probably was updated to the '70, and then it might have become a funny car. 

[mk11]

Hope this helps...

 

mike

[br67]

Thank you Mike - hadn't seen that before