Salvinos Petty ‘71 Roadrunner

[Matt T.]

Saw this on Mike’s Decals site.
 

Says “Coming in 2022”.
 

Yessssss

[Oldcarfan27]

Cool!

Not big into NASCAR, but this one I like.

Petty is still the King!

[64Comet404]

Should be out for October or November. This boxing is limited to 2500 kits, so place your orders soon! 

[niteowl7710]

42 minutes ago, 64Comet404 said:

Should be out for October or November. This boxing is limited to 2500 kits, so place your orders soon! 

And the Builder's Club will take more than 500 of them off the market before they're even distributed.  

[wrenchr]

Reserved one through Mikes today. Plan on building the Petty version just the way the kit comes as well.   

Edited August 30, 2022 by wrenchr

[drodg]

Ordered one.  Thanks for the heads up

[Rodent]

Not generally a NASCAR builder, but I ordered two directly from Salvino's last night.

[niteowl7710]

It occurs to me the box art says "1971 Chrysler Plymouth"...I wonder if that's a typo, or a licensing issue with the whole "Roadrunner" name. This kit wouldn't need the cartoon logos that seem to always be the sticking point...

[1972coronet]

1 hour ago, niteowl7710 said:

It occurs to me the box art says "1971 Chrysler Plymouth"...I wonder if that's a typo, or a licensing issue with the whole "Roadrunner" name. This kit wouldn't need the cartoon logos that seem to always be the sticking point...

Petty's car was (is) a Satellite. No concerns about licencing the road runner [sic] name.

[niteowl7710]

On 8/30/2022 at 8:54 PM, 1972coronet said:

Petty's car was (is) a Satellite. No concerns about licencing the road runner [sic] name.

Satellite...Roadrunner...it still makes "1971 Chrysler Plymouth" a weird descriptive of the contents.

[stavanzer]

3 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

..it still makes "1971 Chrysler Plymouth" a weird descriptive of the contents.

The only time I remember hearing the phrase "Chrysler-Plymouth" was in Commercials back in the day. Never hear it otherwise.

I too, was both puzzled and taken aback by the box art call out.

[keyser]

I’m sure a Stellantis attorney had input. Current live brand present with dead brand. 
How it goes. 
At least it’s not a Stellantis-Plymouth. ??‍♂️

[Rob Hall]

53 minutes ago, stavanzer said:

The only time I remember hearing the phrase "Chrysler-Plymouth" was in Commercials back in the day. Never hear it otherwise.

I too, was both puzzled and taken aback by the box art call out.

In olden days, the dealerships were branded Chrysler-Plymouth, IIRC.

[Rob Hall]

14 minutes ago, keyser said:

I’m sure a Stellantis attorney had input. Current live brand present with dead brand. 
How it goes. 
At least it’s not a Stellantis-Plymouth. ??‍♂️

Reminds me of how a 1/64th diecast Hudson Hornet was named as a 'Chrysler Hudson' on the packaging maybe 20 years ago... Racing Champions Mint brand IIRC... licensing, I guess... 

[Tabbysdaddy]

I remember at least one dealer around here was "Dodge Chrysler Plymouth."

[1972coronet]

At one time, there were Chrysler-Plymouth , Imperial (standalone), and Valiant (1960-1962, sold through their own dealerships. No Plymouth nameplates to be found).

By c.1970, there were Chrysler-Plymouth-Imperial , and sometimes Valiant (artifact of the 1963 model year).

In the U.S. at least, Dodge was its own entity. Canada had Dodge-Fargo, IIRC.

[Rob Hall]

The dealership in Colorado Springs where I bought my ‘00 Grand Cherokee back in ‘00 was a Chrysler Plymouth Jeep dealer…

[Fat Brian]

My little town had a Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, Jeep, and Eagle dealership. 

[Rob Hall]

And in recent years they have consolidated..the dealer in Phoenix I bought my current Jeep at is a Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram franchise, while my local one here in Cleveland bills itself as Chrysler Ram Jeep Dodge store.  

[Luc Janssens]

4 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

And in recent years they have consolidated..the dealer in Phoenix I bought my current Jeep at is a Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram franchise, while my local one here in Cleveland bills itself as Chrysler Ram Jeep Dodge store.  

Here in my neck of the woods many one brand dealers are bought by big auto stores which sell many different brands. the typical town dealership and many brands have gone the way of the Dodo, the love of the automobile has faded too, I think Rob, guys of our generation are one of the last who appreciate this once great invention.

[64Comet404]

On 9/1/2022 at 5:30 PM, 1972coronet said:

In the U.S. at least, Dodge was its own entity. Canada had Dodge-Fargo, IIRC.

For most dealerships, it was Dodge-Dodge Truck, and Chrysler-Plymouth-Fargo.

[maxwell48098]

Going back to the '70's when I was a service and parts district manager for Chrysler Corp, my rural districts had Chrysler-Plymouth dealers. Dodge-Dodge Truck dealers and Chrysler=Plymouth -Dodge Truck dealers.  But sprinkled in there for interest were Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-Dodge Truck full line dealers.  Then there were the hold overs who originally signed up decades earlier who were Plymouth only, Chrysler only, Dodge car only, and Dodge Truck Once upon a time, Chrysler-Imperial were their own franchises until Imperial was added as a line under the Chrysler brand.Chrysler also had the DeSoto brand franchise which went away in 1961 that was usually combined with Plymouth, or Chrysler-Imperial, or Dodge Truck.  Pretty confusing by today's standards, but then again I had dealers who were very small and only sold 20-30 new vehicles a year, but twice as many used vehicles.  Their low overhead, combined with profitable service and parts operations, made them feasible until the late '70's.  Once upon a time, a dealer would sign up as a franchisee for life, and some of them hung in there right up until they left this earth, or just decided to close up on their own. These small, family owned, operations were the best ones that I called on.

 A.J.