1/25 AMT '69 Plymouth GTX Pro Street

[Casey]

[drag racer 15]

Nice I might have to get me one of these when is this supposed to be released?

[jjsipes]

Might have to get one of these. I remember the Roadrunner Pro Street but not the GTX Pro Street kit.

[Casey]

30 minutes ago, jjsipes said:

Might have to get one of these. I remember the Roadrunner Pro Street but not the GTX Pro Street kit.

I think the '69 GTX Pro Street kit may have only been issued once, in 1991, like so:

[Sledsel]

those are some crappy carbs... but I'll end up with a few of these

[Fat Brian]

If this kits ends up getting the parts for the overhead cam Hemi there are better carbs on that parts tree.

[Mr mopar]

Kind of a crappy box art for a cool kit but i'll get two !

[Snake45]

5 hours ago, Sledsel said:

those are some crappy carbs... but I'll end up with a few of these

And the air filters on top of velocity stacks doesn't help the look, either. I half hear circus music in my head when I look at that. 

[stavanzer]

The new Box Art will move some kit, especially the way they are displayed at Hobby Lobby.

(which, I'll bet is the point.)

[JJ Deuce]

14 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

If this kits ends up getting the parts for the overhead cam Hemi there are better carbs on that parts tree.

If that engine is included I'll buy a couple of these.

[Casey]

14 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

If this kits ends up getting the parts for the overhead cam Hemi

I think the SOHC Hemi parts are only included with the '70 Coronet Pro Street kit.

[Rob Hall]

23 hours ago, Casey said:

I think the '69 GTX Pro Street kit may have only been issued once, in 1991, like so:

 

Yes, once only.  There was also a Road Runner Pro Street kit, most of the same parts but with a unique hood, also a single release only.

[Fat Brian]

22 minutes ago, Casey said:

I think the SOHC Hemi parts are only included with the '70 Coronet Pro Street kit.

I can't remember if the tunnel ram intake is on that parts tree or a separate one.

[Dave Darby]

20 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

Kind of a crappy box art for a cool kit but i'll get two !

I kinda like the box art.

[Plowboy]

9 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

Something that always bugged me about the Road Runner box art is that it has the old wide dirt track tires on the rear. Thankfully, it has the best sized pro street tires there is inside the box. But, they had no name sidewalls. They're not as tall or wide as the M/T Sportsmans in the '70 Super Bee. I never bought the GTX because the box art turned me away from it. Especially with the carburetors, velocity stacks and breathers it has. I'm interested in seeing which tires comes with it in this new issue.

[Dave Darby]

1 hour ago, Plowboy said:

Something that always bugged me about the Road Runner box art is that it has the old wide dirt track tires on the rear. Thankfully, it has the best sized pro street tires there is inside the box. But, they had no name sidewalls. They're not as tall or wide as the M/T Sportsmans in the '70 Super Bee. I never bought the GTX because the box art turned me away from it. Especially with the carburetors, velocity stacks and breathers it has. I'm interested in seeing which tires comes with it in this new issue.

My guess would be pad printed tires, a new expanded decal sheet and possibly tinted glass. Maybr we'll get lucky and they'll throw in the DOHC from the Super Bee it.

[james460]

I bought a pro-street Plymounth with the red car on the box and inside was a stock road runner. So buyer beware.

Edited November 21, 2019 by james460

[Mark]

On 11/15/2019 at 8:07 PM, Plowboy said:

Something that always bugged me about the Road Runner box art is that it has the old wide dirt track tires on the rear. Thankfully, it has the best sized pro street tires there is inside the box. But, they had no name sidewalls. They're not as tall or wide as the M/T Sportsmans in the '70 Super Bee. I never bought the GTX because the box art turned me away from it. Especially with the carburetors, velocity stacks and breathers it has. I'm interested in seeing which tires comes with it in this new issue.

I bought a couple of those Road Runner kits when they were new, they did have the dirt track tires and not the Batmobile tires.  It was the '67 Chevelle that had the Batmobile tires.

[Plowboy]

3 hours ago, Mark said:

I bought a couple of those Road Runner kits when they were new, they did have the dirt track tires and not the Batmobile tires.  It was the '67 Chevelle that had the Batmobile tires.

I have two pro street Road Runners. Both have blank sidewall pro street tires. Not the Good Year dirt track tires like on the box. The '67 Chevelle has Good Year slicks like the '66 Nova. I've never heard them called Batmobile tires.

[JJ Deuce]

17 minutes ago, Plowboy said:

I have two pro street Road Runners. Both have blank sidewall pro street tires. Not the Good Year dirt track tires like on the box. The '67 Chevelle has Good Year slicks like the '66 Nova. I've never heard them called Batmobile tires.

The (Keaton era) Batmobile kit had the blank sidewall tires initially.  I remember reading a tip in the old AMT Blueprinter, that the tires from the Batmobile kit were the same size as the slicks that came in the Pro Street '66 Nova kit, if you wanted to build a road-legal Nova.  I assume the treaded tires then made their way into the other pro-street kits that came later.

Edited November 21, 2019 by JJ Deuce

[Deuces]

I just got the latest '67 Chevelle pro street kit, and it came with 2 sets of wide rear tires.... A set of "Goodyear" slicks and the treaded ones....

[AC Norton]

I HAVE THE NEW ISSUE GTX PRO STREET, AND THE FIRST ISSUE FROM 1991 AS WELL......THE ORIGINAL IS MOLDED IN A NICER PLASTIC, AS IT WAS U.S. MADE BACK THEN, AND NO LETTERING ON THE BIG REAR BUNS....THE NEW KIT IS EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT NOT AS CRISP AS THE FIRST ONE, PLASTIC DECENT BUT NOT AS RICH IN COLOR, BUT IT HAS GREAT M/T LETTERED MEATS FOR THE REAR, LIGHTLY TREADED BUT THAT CAN EASILY BE SANDED DOWN FOR A SLICK APPEARANCE...THE DECAL SHEET IS TERRIFIC WITH LOTS OF OPTIONS AND EXTRAS THAT WILL BE GREAT FOR A PRO STREET CAR, HOT STREET CRUISER, AND CERTAINLY AN ALL-OUT DRAG SETUP .... PROVIDED ARE SOME NICE LICENCE PLATES AND 'GTX' SIDE EMBLEMS FOR THE LOWER BODY, MARKER AND TURN SIGNAL LAMP DECALS FOR THOSE WOULD WHO RATHER NOT PAINT THEM IN....A NICE KIT, IMO......the ACE....?