movie and tv cars that made it to kit form

[oldscool]

I am surprised that I didn't see the Munster Koach and the Drag-u-la on this list. After the Monkeymobile, I think these two are the most well know......well ok, Kitt was pretty well known too. I know I am dating myself (I am 61) but how about Ed "Kookie" Burns Rod?.....The Grabowski (spelling?) Rod.

Now that's a name I haven't heard in years- Norm "woo woo" Grabowski. One of the first of the kookie T- bucket rods.

oldscool

[junkman1153]

the cars that never made it i would have liked to see,are urkels issetta,cousin itt's mesershmitz (spelling)3 wheeler on the addams family. and just a note on Bewitched Daren stevens drove a camaro 2 weeks before the car was shown to america,and the same was done with the firebird on i dream of jeanie' the publicity stunt worked there were thousands of inquiries about the cars.

[Agent G]

It was a "Welcome Back Kotter - SweatHogs Dream Machine" or some such. I believe it was a pimped out Pontiac Gran Prix.

G

[Junkman]

I may have overlooked them, but did we already mention the James Bond Aston Martins and the Toyota 2000 GT? Also, Purdey's TR7 and Gambit's XJS from The New Avengers. Then there is the Seibu Keisatsu series by Aoshima, a Nissan Patrol with a tank trailer and several undercover police Skylines and Gazelles. The Cyber Formula race cars, the WAVE Nemo's car from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Bandai 1/20 Dekotoras from this Japanese trucker series, the Aurora Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I also suggest to open two new threads:

- Kits which CAN be built into TV/Movie cars/trucks

- TV/Movie cars/trucks which SHOULD be kitted

Edited September 29, 2010 by Junkman

[junkman1153]

I may have overlooked them, but did we already mention the James Bond Aston Martins and the Toyota 2000 GT? Also, Purdey's TR7 and Gambit's XJS from The New Avengers. Then there is the Seibu Keisatsu series by Aoshima, a Nissan Patrol with a tank trailer and several undercover police Skylines and Gazelles. The Cyber Formula race cars, the WAVE Nemo's car from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Bandai 1/20 Dekotoras from this Japanese trucker series, the Aurora Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I also suggest to open two new threads:

- Kits which CAN be built into TV/Movie cars/trucks

- TV/Movie cars/trucks which SHOULD be kitted

did we forget "Christine"? from one junkman to another why not start those threads? i'm in

[Eric Stone]

the Taurus Eric mentioned was from Robo Cop

Oops, brain fart.

I've actually never watched Robo Cop or any of the Terminator movies all the way through... Was too busy playing in the woods, or with Hot Wheels when the movies were new, and have never really had much interest in them as a teen or adult.

[Harry P.]

Austin Powers' Shaguar...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...

[mopar01lee]

XXX's gto.......

forgot that one tooooo..

[highway]

XXX's gto.......

forgot that one tooooo..

Wasn't there a Corvette from XXX too?

[Railfreak78]

Dont forget the Elvira Thunderbird

[Merkur XR4Ti]

Still waiting for a Starsky and Hutch Gran Torino in 1/24 or 1/25 scale. AMT/ERTL produced a 1/18 diecast of this one, so at some point they had figured out the licensing. Unsure why they haven't pushed forward to produce it in plastic. Modelers would jump all over it like a hobo on a ham sandwich.

And for a more recent movie, why not the other Gran Torino prominently featured in film?

I mean, this is Clint Eastwood's car! I want to build it!

[Chuck Most]

that seems to be the only XXX kit i can find i've wanted the GTO kit for a few years already and have not found a single one at the shows i've been to, but have found several of the Corvette kits.

Dave

I think AMT did to an XXX branded '67 GTO, but it was little more than a warmed-over retread of the already run into the ground '67 GTO kit. The 'Vette had some kind of trashcan shaped thingie to mount in the side window and a "Skateboarding is a Crime" bumper sticker decal, but other than that, it was just a reissue of the '98 Vette roadster kit.

[Guest Johnny]

Don't forget the double dip on the Monkee Mobile as The Fonz's car or the Sweat Hogs Grand Prix!

[junkman1153]

the corvette from the movie corvette summer,

[mopar01lee]

hey dave, there is one on evilbay right now . (xxx's gto)

thats what reminded me of it..

[davyou5]

Another Car I would like to see in a kit is a 1965 Rolls-Royce, Used by The Beatles for the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hears Club Band.

[junkman1153]

the custom fireball 500,

[Junkman]

OK, this is what we have so far:

my mother the car

hogans heroes jeep

sonny and chers mustangs

get smarts sunbeam tiger

green hornets black beauty

dark shadows barnabas collins hearse

ironsides van

General Lee

KITT from Knight Rider

KITT from Knight Rider 2000

Kenworth truck from Movin On

Dodge Ambulance from Cannonball Run

70 Challenger from Vanishing Point

GMC van from the A-Team

The Monkeemobile

Daisy's Jeep

Daisy's Plymouth

Cooter's tow truck

Roscoe's patrol car

GMC General truck and trailer from Knight Rider (Monogram 1/32 snap kit)Corvette from the A-Team

The Batmobile (for now representing all 'Batman' related kits, which need to be listed individually)

City Chevrolet Chevy Lumina stock car from Days of Thunder

Hardee's Chevy Lumina stock car from Days of Thunder

Mello Yellow Lumina from Days of Thunder

American Graffiti 32 coupe

milners front engine dragster

Chrysler Turbine Car that stared in the 1964 movie The Lively Set

"Convoy" Mack truck

"C.H.i.P"s Dodge

"C.H.i.P"s Kawasaki

American Graffitti '55 Chevy

Fast&Furious kits offered by AMT like the Supras, Eclipse, Charger, 350Z, Evolution, Mustang and Monte Carlo

Aoshima and Fujimi have both offered kits of cars from Initial D and Over Rev

Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am

Charlie's Angels Van

Polar Lights Mach V kits

Mad Max Ford Falcon

Incredible Hulk van

CSI New York Hummer

ZZtop Eliminator '33 Ford coupe

Magnum P.I. Ferrari

Hardcastle&McCormick Coyote

"Stingray" Corvette

"Herbie" VW Beetle

Fall Guy GMC truck

"Riptide" Corvette

Dick Tracy '36 Ford

"Untouchables" set including a Model A coupe and a Rolls Royce Phantom II

T.J Hooker Dodge Monaco - "Dukes" police car - Joker's goon car - Gotham City police car

Munster Koach and Drag-u-la

Ed "Kookie" Burns Rod (Grabowski (spelling?) Rod)

"Back to the Future" DeLorean

Baywatch Toyota

Fireball 500

MPC Cannonball Run Malibu stock car

MPC Cannonball Run Dodge Ambulance

Rescue 911 ambulance

Rescue 911 Taurus

AMT and PL Ghostbusters Ecto-1

Robocop Taurus

"New Monkeemobile" Monogram '87 Mustang GT convertible

B.J. and the Bear semi and trailer

"Matilda" van

Beverly Hillbillles truck

Fred Flintstone's car

Man from U.N.C.L.E. Car

Tombraider Jeep

Mannix Roadster

Volkswagen Van from the helicopter service from Magnum

Top Gun GPZ 900 R

good guys taxi

patrol 3 jeep diorama

swat team van 1/32

Elvira's 58 t-bird

Richie Valens 58 t-bird

Jurassic Park Explorer

Simon & Simon Camaro

T street rod from 77 Sunset Strip

Corvette from 77 Sunset Strip

"Welcome Back Kotter - SweatHogs Dream Machine"

James Bond Aston Martins

James Bond Toyota 2000 GTs

Purdey's TR7 from The New Avengers

Gambit's XJS from The New Avengers

Seibu Keisatsu series by Aoshima, a Nissan Patrol with a tank trailer and several undercover police Skylines and Gazelles

The Cyber Formula race cars

WAVE Nemo's car from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Bandai 1/20 Dekotoras from Japanese trucker series

Aurora Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Austin Powers' Shaguar

Felicity Shagwell's Corvette

XXX's gto

Monkee Mobile as The Fonz's car

corvette from the movie corvette summer

a few more come to mind:

1951(?) Mercury Wagon from the Mod Squad

Mork And Mindy Jeep

IMAI Rolls-Royce FAB1

IMAI Captain Scarlet's car

IMAI Joe 90's car

IMAI SHADO mobile

IMAI Spectrum SPV

Moebius Moon Bus

Moebius LIS Chariot

All the MPC 1/32 Star Wars kits

All the MPC 1/32 Dukes kits

Come on guys (and gals) this list is nowhere near complete yet!

At least two Laurel and Hardy Ford Ts

[Junkman]

Aoshima (or Fujimi?) Ultra Seven TDFPO-1 - a mutilated 57-59 Imperial

[cnaind]

How about the Banana Splits Buggy, made by Aurora.

[Junkman]

Revell Jurassic Park Mercedes-Benz M-Class and Hummer

[Greg Myers]

So what model company did Grabowski's Kookie T- bucket from 77Sunset Strip? Why hasn't any one kitted Tommy Ivo's Tee Bucket ?

[Junkman]

Well, why something was kitted or not, can have a multitude of reasons. With TV/Movie stuff my first suspicion would be that no licensing agreement could be made.

Anyway, I think I remember another kit:

The MPC Jesse Hawk Mustang.

Edited October 3, 2010 by Junkman

[Junkman]

Several Lupin III Fiat 500s, Messerschmidts and 2CVs by Gunze Sangyo.

[Railfreak78]

I saw you had Magnum P.I. Ferrari but there is actually a VW Vanogon too