MPC '71 GTX

[ChrisPflug]

Picked this up for seven bucks on ebay- not exactly built in my style but having a few AMT 71 Chargers and 80s issue Road Runners in the stash should help in putting something together.....

A couple pics before it gets a bath

[ChrisPflug]

Was wanting to do a stock version- will see how this body cleans up and how the nose comes off, have some of the thin, yellow 80's RR bodies and this one is just a lot cooler- sharper detail (and the only version with the hood pin lanyards molded in the header panel)

Was going to go with the AMT Charger chassis and (modified) interior

[MyBradKeselowski]

Interesting find..

[Casey]

  On 1/30/2010 at 8:31 PM, ChrisPflug said:

Picked this up for seven bucks on ebay

You paid for that?

Hopefully the nose comes of semi-cleanly and this one can be saved. Another reason to stock up on those $7.00 AMT '71 Charger R/Ts at swap meets.

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

I would have bid on that one had I caught the GTX hood. I have this from Bandit Resins to convert one of my MPC 1971 Road Runner builders.

I'm getting ready to order Keith Marks' 1971 GTX decal sheet for this one.

[ChrisPflug]

After a lengthy bath- there was a nasty red brush paint job under the black that was probably older than I am- looks like it should only need a little body work (tweaked A pillar, glue spots from the nose and wing).

First mock up with the Charger parts

[Railfreak78]

Lookin good so far and it's a cool build, looks fun

[Guest Mustang3.8]

Nice start, Chris. May i ask what you are doing with the '71 Charger body, chrome, and glass?