AMT 1/16th 1985 Nascar Pontiac grand prix

[Haubenschild]

I am thinking about getting this kit , would anybody reccomend it? , pros and cons would be greatlty appriciated , thanks

[The Creative Explorer]

Pro: it is one of only 4 1/16 nascar items from the eighties ear

Con: It's AMT

Aside: it is a nice kit, a bit crude, but all the parts are there and can make into a nicely detailled Nascar Racer. If you are familiar with the AMT 1:25 Nascars: it is basically the same, but bigger. And being the same is in this case not a bad thing, even the 1:25 versions are nicely detailled.

If you are into this kind of car: go for it; with a bit of effort you build a nice model. I am not into Nascars, but I still like this kit, I even have all 4 versions (2 Thunderbirds and 2 Pontiacs)

[Edsel-Dan]

Though Crude, especially for the scale, it is better than Some of the early/mid 80's AMT nascar kits

Remember the Curbside series??

They started with 4 kits 2 Chevy, Waltrip's Pepsi 11 & Cale Yarlborough's 28 Hardee's

And 2 Pontiacs, Richard's 43 & Kyle's 7-Eleven 7.

Only the front clips were different between the Chevy & Pontiac. The body was Monte Carlo!

Decals were the only Good parts of the kits. Though They Did come with a Driver figure!!

Ford Thunderbirds were added shortly after the 2 GM makes and did have their own body

#21 Woods Brother's Buddy Baker, & Bud Moore's 15

Word was they were to be toys, then became kits. They are basically Snap kits for kids to play with.

I would love to get the decals from the Kyle Petty 7 as that was the only year the 7-Eleven car wore

correct Green/Orange/red colors. They became Blue/red on the T-Bird he drove the next year.

I have 2 of those kits and can dig them out to take pictures of if anyone is interested.

The Interior Folded up from ONE Piece!!!!!

[Haubenschild]

Thanks for the responses guys it really helps out alot!