Renwal Revivals- a cult following

[Bugatti Fan]

You could be right Casey. Atlantis seem to be resurrecting quite a lot of old kits. The Ex Merit/SMER Alfa Romeo and Talbot Lago come to mind.

[Sam I Am]

I have a couple of their 1/12 1965 Mustang fastbacks but not enough to build one. I do know that the Revell issue is the same tooling.

[unclescott58]

I first learned about these kits back in the early 70’s. Too late to easily find and buy them. I’ve been lusting for all 7 ever since. Maybe I’ll see them and get them in the afterlife? 

[stavanzer]

Sadly, the box art looks better than the kits. I'd like to have the Mercer and the Jordan.

[Scott Colmer]

I can't decide between the Jordan and the Stutz. Probably the Jordan. 

[Richard Bartrop]

I have the Stutz, though it could do with a little restoration.  The thing about the kit that really impressed me at the time was just the whole idea of making updated versions of old classics.  I think I spent that whole summer with books of old cars and a stack of paper drawing up modern versions

[unclescott58]

14 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

I have the Stutz, though it could do with a little restoration.  The thing about the kit that really impressed me at the time was just the whole idea of making updated versions of old classics.  I think I spent that whole summer with books of old cars and a stack of paper drawing up modern versions

Cool. Any of those old drawings still around that you can show us?

Edited July 14, 2022 by unclescott58

[Richard Bartrop]

22 minutes ago, unclescott58 said:

Cool. Any of those old drawings still around that you can show us?

This was back in the early '70s, so alas, they're all lost.

[Daverde]

Never seen these kits before but I really like them!

[Paul Payne]

Here's my restoration build of the Jordan Playboy.

[Mark]

Of all of them, Packard WAS building cars only eight years prior.  Of course, the end product was the Sixties equivalent of a Cadillac Cimarron, but it was only meant as a placeholder until Studebaker-Packard could get funding in place to build "real" Packards once again.  Which, of course, never happened.

Interesting that Exner didn't take a swing at a Cord, technically one of the most interesting Thirties cars.  Glenn Pray did build a miniature replica...but if you really think about it, Oldsmobile did a better job with their attempt in 1966...

[Bugatti Fan]

Any 3D printing auto model  enthusiasts out there contemplating reviving (if you will excuse the pun)  the Exner Revivals ? 

An ideal opportunity to remake kits of those vehicles with better detailing than before.

[scotpens]

On 3/15/2022 at 8:28 AM, stavanzer said:

I really like the looks of the Mercer roadster! Sharp looking car. Hard to believe that it has been longer since the revival, than the revival was from the original.

Like the Bugatti revival, the Mercer kit was based on an actual vehicle. The Mercer Cobra was a concept car built on a Shelby Cobra chassis.  It was created as a promotional tool for the Copper Development Association to illustrate the potential uses of copper alloys for automotive trim.