spencer1984 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) Probably one of the weirder cars I've built, from the 2000 repop of the kit. I went box stock for the most part, only replacing the intake horns with some crimp tubes. The original plan was to use the decals, but they fit terribly so I decided to do without. A full writeup of the kit is available here, and as always any comments/criticisms are welcome! The three kits that were released in the series: The Monkeemobile, Raiders Coach, and Fireball 500: Edited October 3, 2022 by spencer1984 Typo correction 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Now that marijuana is legalized in so many more states, I suspect the Raiders Coach is going to be more popular than ever! Â Great job on this seriously oddball blast from the past!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 That's one crazy machine. I saw that at the Rod & Custom show many. many years ago at the NY Coliseum. Those shows also had George Barris customs there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcarfan27 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) I can't tell, which one is it? Madden, Gruden or Jackson? Reminds me of an old joke: "I knew a girl who was so dumb, she thought a football coach had 4 wheels!" 😅😆😂😉 Edited October 3, 2022 by Oldcarfan27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotto Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Those are cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 Thanks, guys! 6 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said: I can't tell, which one is it? Madden, Gruden or Jackson? Reminds me of an old joke: "I knew a girl who was so dumb, she thought a football coach had 4 wheels!" 😅😆😂😉 You joke, but trying to get search engines to figure out I was looking for show rod reference photos and not football coaches was more of a task than actually building the kit! 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 COOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Looks great, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 Thanks, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Wonderfully Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTRUCK Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Nice looking Raiders coach and grouping. I saw some place a person cast the original kit figures of Paul Revere and Raiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Thanks! The first issue of this kit had figures included with it, but I've only seen photos of that version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTRUCK Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, spencer1984 said: Thanks! The first issue of this kit had figures included with it, but I've only seen photos of that version. Picture from Ebay Edited October 8, 2022 by BIGTRUCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo Reis Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Cool model. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcarfan27 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I wish they would've included the figures in the reissues. It wouldn't have been copyright infringement, the figures NEVER look like the actual people anyway. They wouldn't have to label them as the band members, just call them "passengers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Marischal Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Was the real thing actually driveable/driven at all? Thanks steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Thanks, guys! 12 hours ago, Earl Marischal said: Was the real thing actually driveable/driven at all? From what I've heard, barely. No way it could have really tapped into the power of two V8s without tearing itself apart, and my understanding was that it was so weird and ungainly that it wasn't used for much more than photo shoots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kah puts Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 That last shot is a winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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