Steamboat Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Sure looks like Superbird parts to me. Maybe someone was trying to make a 71 Superbird using the MPC parts?
Keef Posted January 19 Posted January 19 (edited) Those were optional parts to build a phantom 71 Superbird. Edited January 19 by Keef 2 1
Keef Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Those parts were also in this original rebuilder I got a couple years ago. 1
Mark Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Those parts were in both the '71 Roadrunner annual kit, and the mid-year GTX kit. 1
Casey Posted January 20 Posted January 20 They'd be yellow if they were from the '80s reissue @Keef showed above, or red if from the '72 MPC Roadrunner kit: 2
Carmak Posted January 21 Posted January 21 The story goes that there was a stillborn project at Plymouth in 1969/1970 to build a Superbird version of the 71 Road Runner. It is possible that some of the designs were shared with MPC and it's possible that MPC just did it on its own. The bummer is that these noses are too narrow and generally don't fit well on the Monogram Satellite/GTX kits. The 72 Road Runner also comes with a custom front end that looks a little like the RTS 71 Road Runner (it's the front end shown on the box cover).
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