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Just found out that the '58 Corvette will be similar in content to the original Pro-Modeler version, not the later and more modern-optioned '59 like I speculated earlier.

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I am looking forward to the Sox and Martin Cuda. I built the Johan version a couple decades ago. If they fix the fender flares, this will be a "must have" kit for another Sox and Martin car, and a couple more for other race and street/strip projects. (440 powered bracket car?)

I am waiting to see if Revell fixes their Mustang body. If they fix it, I am in for at least three or four of the drag version. These can be backdated to street machines too.

I will be grabbing a couple of the 510s. I hope they reissue the 240z someday too, as they would make a neat pair. I also might grab a 58 'vette just to keep my 62 company. I have enough of the 59 Impalas in my stash to last a lifetime, so I won't be buying any more, but It is a cool kit. In the end, Revell always seems to end up with some of my money!

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Seriously? Has anyone seen the BIG reveal this morning? They are at Detroit giving away free snap kits of a 2015 Mustang, and they have a video of "Dummy McGoofball" building one.....WOW......NOT.

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Like I said in the other thread I'm just happy to see that a car manufacturer is willing to work with a model company while the car is still top secret. I don't think promo models were high on the priority list during the recession of the past few years.

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I wonder if the drag versions of the Mustang and Cuda will be single version only or 2n1 kits. IIRC, the '58 Corvette was available originally as a 'Pro Modeler' kit, then they did the 2n1 '59 variation of it (black on the box w/ flames). IIRC, the '58 PM version had optional parts, but different ones than the '59.

I don't remember the '59 Corvette. Does anyone have a link to the box art or something?

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I don't remember the '59 Corvette. Does anyone have a link to the box art or something?

Black car w/ flames and TT wheels on the box top. Labeled as a Monogram, was out briefly back around 2002 IIRC.

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Must have been very briefly. I can't find any info on it.

A google image search on 'Monogram 1959 Corvette' turned up 3 photos, but I can't post them here as they have weird URLs.

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So.....are we allowed to "speculate" or use this as a kind of "wish for" thread too??

Just thinking aloud once more, but seeing as Revell do often listen to us guys, having just released an ALL NEW tool of the 70 Cuda (after years of not having a proper version)...

Does anyone think that in the foreseeable future (close or distant) that we may finally get a NEW, accurate 70 Challenger?????

I mean their last effort (retooled die-cast? :wacko: ) was atrocious in most hobby guys eyes by what I've seen and read. I did not even bother buying one myself. :unsure:

And the old Amt Challenger (purple box art/convertible top) that still does the rounds on eBay is less than a great kit too in my eyes. :(

Surely the market is screaming for a new kit? I would buy a case of them, that's for sure. :wub:

Ok, standing down..........

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I wonder if the '59 Impala ht will be the same issue from a few years ago that had the period custom parts that are in the current convertible. Or the lowrider version. Or maybe a Foose version?

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Hopefully somebody will print the decals for that one too. But then I would have to buy another one of these kits. I did one of these when they were released as an ssp kit during the '90s. I also had the street machine version from a few years later. They build up nicely and are a really pretty kit once you clean off the acre or two of flash on them. It's a lot of work, but it is a great old tool. I'm glad to see it back. I would build the BRE racing version, and probably a street version.

Revell is really going after my Money this quarter. Thank Goodness they aren't releasing the 240Z or I would go broke...

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Thanks for posting that. I was excited to buy an original revel bre Datsun two months ago, and now I will be able to buy another new one. Very cool. Has anyone seen details on the cuda?

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Has anyone seen details on the cuda?

From what I see in the flyer image, the hood scoop looks a bit "off" and doesn't appear to be the correct Six Pack scoop, and the stock bucket seats are still present, meaning no racing bucket seats.

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From what I see in the flyer image, the hood scoop looks a bit "off" and doesn't appear to be the correct Six Pack scoop, and the stock bucket seats are still present, meaning no racing bucket seats.

The S+M 1970 Cuda did have stock ft bucket seats

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The S+M 1970 Cuda did have stock ft bucket seats

In fact, the entire '70 Sox and Martin Pro Stock is much closer to factory stock than the '71 S&M, which was one of the points I made to Revell when I recommended this as a second version of the '70 'cuda tool (I'm sure others also recommended it).

The version that I was referring to was in a five page feature color article in the October, 2009 issue of Popular Hot Rodding magazine. As Bill mentions, it had the stock front seats, and the hood scoop is close to, but I can't quite tell if an exact match, to the one in the article. TB

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