while we're waxing nostalgic..

[62rebel]

I'm currently working (slooowly) on a Revell R/S Camaro, making a typical '70's style street car along what a high school kid with a part time job could and would have built...

but there are no really good representations of Cragar Showpipes out there.... those big honking sidepipes with fake collectors at the front.

and, to be period-correct, it should smell of the brand-new non-toxic Testors glue (the lemony stuff) and Pactra 'namel paint!

those two fragrances kick me right back to 1975......

[Harry P.]

and, to be period-correct, it should smell of the brand-new non-toxic Testors glue (the lemony stuff)...

Right... the stuff that doesn't stick because they took out the stuff that makes it stick to make it "non-toxic." Also should have been labeled "Non-stick!"

[1930fordpickup]

Even if you put half a tube on it.

[62rebel]

ain't that the truth.... and the "super glue" of the time was the worst formula for styrene possible. I remember running out of Testors' red label and trying to use some old epoxy my Dad had left over to put together "The Old Pro" '72 Nova... boogers would have worked better!

or my first paint jobs.... POSTER PAINT. yep; tempera.... well; any goof-ups and you washed it off and did it again....

man, I was cutting-edge in those days..... hah!

[pharoah]

And I thought I was the only one to have problems with that glue. LOL

[bob terry]

The re-release of the Baldwin Motion 70 1/2 Camaro has the pipes you want.

[1972coronet]

The re-release of the Baldwin Motion 70 1/2 Camaro has the pipes you want.

Excellent pipes ; however , the ones in the kit you're referring to represent the functional versions as found on B-M cars of that era . They're connected directly-to the "x" headers ; no muffling what-so-ever ( ) .

IIRC , practically every version of the AMT Chevy Van series has "fakie" side pipes ( or , "Show Pipes" , et al. ) .