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Does anyone if all the versions of the Cougar Elim. kits had the same wheels? I want to build mine up like the second pic, I like those wheels. I assume they do but we all know how that goes.. Thanks.

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Not absolutlly sure, but as I recall the first (blue car) kit was a reissue for Wal Mart only and were usually the same as the original issue. They also had many other AMT reissues. It was a good kit as I recall. The wheels might be found in some other kits from that era.

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if its the roadrunner i did years back i'd venture to say no. I saw some google pix of the yellow elim wheels and they are indeed diff.

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The wheels in the blue box art kit are the '68 Mustang GT styled wheels. I'd rather have the Mercury Styled Steel wheels which are available from Missing Link Resin.

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The blue box kit has a pic of the 69 428 CJ version, but it has the decals of the 428 and it is the Eliminator version with the wheels from the Yellow box art and a Boss 302 engine.

If you want the Mercury styled steel wheels and the 428CJ you need this kit below.

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Also note that this kit shown below is also the Eliminator version with extra chrome wheels and some other chrome parts too.

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Okay, I have the red 428 CJ kit and the blue Wal-Mart kit in my stash, the blue kit has the square slotted wheels from the yellow kit and the 302 engine with the incorrect 428 Eliminator stripes. The red 428 CJ kit has the Cragar SS style wheels.

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The Eliminator package could be had with either the 302 or 428 engine and AMT made both versions and both are correct for a factory option. They put different wheels in each kit and when they used to put the description of what was in the box on the side of the box there wasn't any problem. It looks like somehow they test shot the 428 CJ kit but some time later decided to issue the 302 and just used the box art anyway.

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