AMT Mustang GT Funny Car AWB

[AC Norton]

I'm with you, Gerald, easier to enjoy building them without the heavy lifting of major work,,,lol,,,,,just add water, shake, and presto...a nice, fresh , easy altered wheelbase car...........the ace.. ...oh, I think most of us are excited about the corvair funny....can't wait...

[Mike 1017]

Just got back from Hobby Lobby and opened up the kit. WOW!!!! This is gonna be fun build

[AC Norton]

glad my quick review helped you decide to get one ...........enjoy building it...the ace.......

[gtx6970]

I sure hope it does well.( the Mustang and the Corvair ) and they think about poping out the Chevelle at some point.

[Snake45]

I'd love to see the Chevelle too but I believe the body became the dirt track racer and is now too far gone to be brought back. You could make your own with any of the kits (such as Rat Packer) and the Revell '65 Z16, though. I'm thinking of going that way myself.

[GLMFAA1]

I remember these kits and have the Chevelle in red.white and blue USA 1 stripes, the Nova in metallic blue/green and here is my original Mustang.

I used cigarette filters as collectors

I'll have to check to see if I have the original Chevelle decals

greg

[AC Norton]

boy, how I wish those 68 Shelby fang tang decals were all over town,,,,,,,if you know what I mean. they look neat on this vintage build of yours, greg.........the ace.....

[Bob Ellis]

I just bought one of these kits to get brand new glass for 2 built up 2+2 Mustangs. Also cut the nose off to repair the head light sections of one 2+2 Mustang.

The decals are very nice as are the blue line slicks.

[Bob Ellis]

The '65 Chevelle is definitely cooked. If they hadn't turned it into a stocker, maybe it could have even returned to stock as did the '65 GTO?

It's ironic that the '65 GTO is worth more as an AMT Modified Stocker now.

[Southern Fried]

Finishing one now.

Quick build, just to see how it goes together.

Got plenty of ideas.

Didn't change mutch.

Rear shocks, tires, rims.

De Chromed the valve covers, stacks. Flattened the headlites.

Aluminated stacks with Testors metal.

Added valve stems.

Bought another one just for parts on future projects.

I remember this kit from the '60's.

[AC Norton]

nice job, Phillip. dying to jump in on one of these kits asap. like the light blue with blue glass. congrats, the ace........

[Southern Fried]

nice job, Phillip. dying to jump in on one of these kits asap. like the light blue with blue glass. congrats, the ace........

Thanks Ace. The tinted windows are included in the kit.

[AC Norton]

yes, phillip, I am aware of that......I am the one who did this kit review, and its one of the features that's really nice here....the ace..

[unclescott58]

Nice build up of this kit, Phillip.

Scott

[1930fordpickup]

Nice work Phillip.

Nice review Ace .

[1930fordpickup]

There is a 65 Chevelle body shell on Ebay with 2 days left. It is up to 20 bucks.

[Snake45]

There is a 65 Chevelle body shell on Ebay with 2 days left. It is up to 20 bucks.

I bought one there a couple years ago. Resin repop, but magnificent--all the details and emblems are there. I'm gonna un-alter the wheelbase and make it a stock or stock-ish car, it's so nice.

[1930fordpickup]

I bought one there a couple years ago. Resin repop, but magnificent--all the details and emblems are there. I'm gonna un-alter the wheelbase and make it a stock or stock-ish car, it's so nice.

I do not think this is a resin but it is painted. The rear bumper is present as are the tail lights, glued in place as are the front bumper with a blacked out grill. just no hood .

[Southern Fried]

As a side note, The first contact I had with this kit was in the mid '60's. The Sunday school class I was in got to bring Christmas gifts to exchange. Boys brought boys gifts. Girls the same. Mom took me to K Mart and I immediately snapped the Mustang up. They put numbers on the gifts, and you reached into a basket and pulled out a number. Man you should have seen me fishing for the Mustang #. Fingers crossed and all...

Didn't get it though...BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH!

[Edsel-Dan]

I had 2 of the Old F85 kit Way back when

Got them at a Convenience store

(Actually a Mom&Pop Sell ALL type store). "Parks Market" was the name

Wish I had Parts from One of them now!!

I am not that in to this type car now, But if the EDSEL or the Olds were re-issued, I Would Definitely get those!!

And now I may get the Mustang to convert/bash with the 66 Coupe for a stock 2+2 myself.

[AC Norton]

I am hopeful that at some point round 2 amt may just gear up and dig out some other awb kits that all would enjoy...lets hope...the ace..

[Snake45]

I am hopeful that at some point round 2 amt may just gear up and dig out some other awb kits that all would enjoy...lets hope...the ace..

I think the Chevelle and the F-85 are the only ones that haven't been repopped by either R2 or Model King in the last decade or so. The Chevelle molds are gone, made into the nasty dirt tracker. Who knows about the F-85 molds? Would be cool if R2 could somehow combine those two tools and give us an F-85 with a standard top. I'd buy at least a couple of those.

[AC Norton]

I doubt that we will see that, however i'm sure good things are coming from rc2...........the ace........

[AC Norton]

due to the hack, we have lost some comments and photos...........the ace///////

[Draggon]

The F-85 funny car body is done in resin. Round 2 has the hangar shots to an F-85 convertible, what looks to be the original annual with the funny car body. There's a thread here somewhere about it.