I think we are over due for this one to come back out the 72 chevy

[440 Dakota]

have a couple projects in mind and would buy any of them doesn't matter which year or issue so wish they would slap the Coke decals in the box and get it out

[Can-Con]

7 hours ago, Plowboy said:

The cab corner is messed up on the MPC kit too. It sticks out past the door. Last night, I located my  built '72 Chevy that's been in a box for almost twenty years. It definitely is the old GMC cab. I had forgot what the grille looked like. It's not even close compared to the MPC grille. Still, it makes me wonder why? 

Every time the '72 Chevy subject comes up, I'm like, yeah I need one! But, then I remember that I have a '68 in the stash and I realize that I really don't need one. I can't believe what these kits are commanding currently! 

Oh, good , now I don't have to take any pics.  , , BUT, just what should I do with all those pickup parts all over my workspace now? ??

Yea, it's kind of a mess.  They just should have cut a new box for the MPC kit. 

I'm wondering if it doesn't have something to do with The Dukes of Hazzard? 

Last time we seen that MPC Chevy, it was "Cooter's tow truck". Maybe they didn't want to mess with a Dukes product and hacked up the AMT GMC instead?  

Just a wild guess there. I have no more ideas of why they did what they did than the next guy. 

[Plowboy]

2 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Oh, good , now I don't have to take any pics.  , , BUT, just what should I do with all those pickup parts all over my workspace now? ??

Yea, it's kind of a mess.  They just should have cut a new box for the MPC kit. 

I'm wondering if it doesn't have something to do with The Dukes of Hazzard? 

Last time we seen that MPC Chevy, it was "Cooter's tow truck". Maybe they didn't want to mess with a Dukes product and hacked up the AMT GMC instead?  

Just a wild guess there. I have no more ideas of why they did what they did than the next guy. 

I wonder if it was maybe the body lines from the MPC cab didn't match the GMC bed?

One more question Steve. Does the '72 Chevy have dual or single exhaust molded to the chassis?

One big goof they did when they turned the GMC into the short bed was where they shortened it. The wood from the bed goes up under the cab several scale inches and it leaves a big square open space at the cab corners. 

Edited June 2, 2020 by Plowboy

[1972coronet]

3 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Last time we seen that MPC Chevy, it was "Cooter's tow truck".

The original Cooter's Tow Truck was based on the 1972 C10 annual ; it was released in c.1980 . 

Never having had a copy of the most-recent release of that kit , I can't attest to how it compares with the c.1980 original ---- which last time I had a copy of was back in 1983 (and wishing that the stock bed for a C-Series was included as an option ).

[Can-Con]

3 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

The original Cooter's Tow Truck was based on the 1972 C10 annual ; it was released in c.1980 . 

 

So was the MPC long bed stepside.  Both are from the same kit.

[Can-Con]

1 hour ago, Plowboy said:

I wonder if it was maybe the body lines from the MPC cab didn't match the GMC bed?

One more question Steve. Does the '72 Chevy have dual or single exhaust molded to the chassis?

One big goof they did when they turned the GMC into the short bed was where they shortened it. The wood from the bed goes up under the cab several scale inches and it leaves a big square open space at the cab corners. 

Dual.  And if I showed you a pic of the GMC and Chevy plates, cropped to show just the section between just behind the rear axle and where they grafted the section into the Chevy plate, you'd swear thet were  from the same kit.

Also. the raised ridges under the bed area are a  touch wider on one. [forgot which even though I just looked at them 10 minutes ago ?]