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Back in the late '60's I was a Mopar fan and had a nice 1/25 scale fleet of Chargers, Coronets, Barracudas etc.  Unfortunately I couldn't build a Dart GTS or Swinger 340 back then as no one offered a kit. 

Finally in the 90's Revell released a '69 Dart GTS.  I was looking at a built-up I picked up years ago thinking it would be fun to tear it apart and re-do it just as I would have back in '69 if MPC had released it.

A pretty simple build, just like I did 'em back then; home-made shackles to raise the rear end and clear the (too wide) tires on Cragars, traction bars swiped from a vintage MPC Charger, an aftermarket air cleaner & headers on the 440 (a 383 is pretty close, so let's just call it that, OK?), an aftermarket steering wheel, and a cool 8-track player I found in my "gee gaw" stash.  Paint is Testors Fiery Orange lacquer....gotta have some flake on that street machine.

I had fun with this one; I can picture it on my display shelf back in '69...with a few more glue smudges on it and silver paint instead of the BMF (no way I was going that far into the past!).  Yea, the hood inserts were ruined on removal...a little flat black paint, fixed!      

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Looks nice Mike. I am of an age that I would have seen the 1:1s prowling the late 1970s high school parking lots. I think that all it needs is some cuts and shreds in the rear tire sidewalls from hitting the fender lips when the owner had three friends in the back seat. Hope the rear shocks are white with Hi-Jacker logos on them.

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2 hours ago, Rodent said:

Looks nice Mike. I am of an age that I would have seen the 1:1s prowling the late 1970s high school parking lots. I think that all it needs is some cuts and shreds in the rear tire sidewalls from hitting the fender lips when the owner had three friends in the back seat. Hope the rear shocks are white with Hi-Jacker logos on them.

My feelings exactly.

Posted
15 hours ago, larman said:

Too cool! Love the stance and color, you really nailed the look you were going for!

x 2: has the right amount of street machine look to it!

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15 hours ago, Rodent said:

Hope the rear shocks are white with Hi-Jacker logos on them.

No Hi-Jacker logos,,,,but yup,  they're white! 

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Great looking color and a super smooth finish. Very nice interior and is that an 8 track player ?  

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