Have a question concerning an AMT Promo Model?

[Guest zebm1]

I waz cruzin' evulBay and came across this 1/25th scale model....

now I ain't gonna tell yall how much I paid for this model....

But I do have some questions concerning the history of this particular model....

When I get it, I'll take some better pics of it, jus sos yall can drool ah bit more.....anyway.....

According to the Seller this is a 1/25th Scale AMT Design Series High Detail Promo Model, factory painted in the metallic dark blue to white fade paint, just like the original 1961 MAKO Corvette that preceded the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.

Does anyone know anything about the history of when AMT produced this model?

[HotRodaSaurus]

I have the MiniCraft version, it's around 1/20 scale but the wheels look too small and the glass area does not look correct.

[MrObsessive]

I have the snap version of that kit (somewhere) and yes, it came out around 1998 or so.

That's a later version of the actual car. The original had different wheels (wires?), and a different hood. I thought the original was also supercharged as the big block wouldn't come along for several years yet.

I also had a diecast Franklin Mint version of the car which had the clear bubble top offered. Unfortunately, that was about the best feature of that car as the whole model was assembled very poorly IMO. Fit of the body panels was terrible and the paint wasn't as good as it could have been.

I got rid of it, but kept the bubble top..........now if I could only find the model!

If I'm not mistaken Zeb, that lower fadeaway section is actually a decal........a very clever one at that!

[Guest zebm1]

Well, that ain't so bad....only paid $15.50 for it and $7.99 to ship it. Could be a rebuild project....I've always wanted a model of the Mako....so now I have one. Thanks guys....

Hmmm, I have some Model Hiro wires around here sumwhere.......

Edited September 30, 2008 by zebm1

[Guest zebm1]

I did some research on the Makos...and I think that the windshields are the same. Probably so that the Bubbletop would fit the later version also....

The original...1961

a slightly better pic..but I'm not sure that this isn't the '65 version because of the chrome bumper up front and the difference in the hoods and the rearview door mirrors

Rear view... 1961

The 1965 version.....

and a bonus...the '65 Mako and the origina Sting Ray Prototype....

[samdiego]

Was it Earl or Mitchell that told the mako's paint crew to colormatch it to the mounted mako that hung in his office? I can't remember. I do remember that after a few failures to please the boss, they swiped the ###### fish and painted it to match the car.

Edited October 4, 2008 by samdiego

[Joe Handley]

Was it Earl or Mitchell that told the mako's paint crew to colormatch it to the mounted mako that hung in his office? I can't remember. I do remember that after a few failures to please the boss, they swiped the ###### fish and painted it to match the car.

I want to say Earl, but I'm not absolutely positive on that.

Is it me or does that windshield look too ###### tall on that car.....seems like a stock (any generation really) or better yet chopped windshield would fit that car better?

[Guest zebm1]

I think that the windshields are taller because of the way the Bubbletops fit to the windshields.

[robertw]

Was it Earl or Mitchell that told the mako's paint crew to colormatch it to the mounted mako that hung in his office? I can't remember. I do remember that after a few failures to please the boss, they swiped the ###### fish and painted it to match the car.

It was Bill Mitchell and according to the story told by Larry Shinoda, after the design studio had painted the car several times and each time being told by Mitchell that they hadn't gotten it right they stole the fish one weekend and painted it to match the car. According to Shinoda Mitchell never caught on to what had been done or at least never let on that he'd been had.

robw

[rollinoldskoo]

It was Bill Mitchell and according to the story told by Larry Shinoda, after the design studio had painted the car several times and each time being told by Mitchell that they hadn't gotten it right they stole the fish one weekend and painted it to match the car. According to Shinoda Mitchell never caught on to what had been done or at least never let on that he'd been had.

robw

i heard that story before too... pretty funny....