Casey Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) Due to arrive in February/March 2015 in two versions, molded in either white or orange. Check out the kit's contents here:Â http://modelkitreviews.proboards.com/thread/118/25-amt-mercury-cougar-eliminator?page=1&scrollTo=136 Edited March 29, 2018 by Casey
Snake45 Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 I want the orange one. Me too. I need it for my "Roy G. Biv Polished Unpainted Plastic" collection.
Drake69 Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 I want it in white. Another of my '60s favorites...
Guest Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Now if we could just get Round2 to reissue the '67 or '68 Cougar!! Anyone know if they were modified to the '69? I'm thinking they were. But, not sure. Maybe if I plunk down $150 for an original kit, they'll make an announcement the following week.
Drake69 Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Maybe if I plunk down $150 for an original kit, they'll make an announcement the following week. That's about right. Or at least take apart several valuable kits to cobble together an exact replica.
Snake45 Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Now if we could just get Round2 to reissue the '67 or '68 Cougar!! Anyone know if they were modified to the '69? I'm thinking they were. But, not sure. Maybe if I plunk down $150 for an original kit, they'll make an announcement the following week. Dunno but I think the engine and chassis in the '69 were pretty much the same as '68. It's possible the '67-'68 body got modded into a funnycar or something.
Art Anderson Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Now if we could just get Round2 to reissue the '67 or '68 Cougar!! Anyone know if they were modified to the '69? I'm thinking they were. But, not sure. Maybe if I plunk down $150 for an original kit, they'll make an announcement the following week. Probably not. It was virtually impossible, and still is, to simply "modify" hardened steel mold slides to do such a considerable restyling as was done on Cougar for 1969. Now, IF the original '67-'68 Cougar body and chrome tree tooling still exists (and likely it has survived), Round2 should eventually uncover it. Art
Sport Suburban Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Didn't Model King reissue what was left of the 68 Cougar tooling. It was a 68 Cougar funny car.
mk11 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Didn't Model King reissue what was left of the 68 Cougar tooling. It was a 68 Cougar funny car. ...and iirc, the only difference in the body shell aside from the molded closed hood was the larger rear wheel openings... mike
Don Sikora II Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Didn't Model King reissue what was left of the 68 Cougar tooling. It was a 68 Cougar funny car. The Model King Cougar was actually the old MPC Cougar funny car kit, and MPC made three different versions of it back in the Sixties. MPC didn't make a street Cougar until '69. AMT made the '67 and '68 Cougar annual kits, and this '69 Eliminator kit is a much-modified descendant of AMT's '69 Cougar XR-7 annual.
Snake45 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 ...and iirc, the only difference in the body shell aside from the molded closed hood was the larger rear wheel openings... mike I have an original unbuilt AMT '68 Cougar (the answer to everyone's next question is NO!) and the Model King Cougar funny. I'll try to compare the bodies in the next couple days and see if they seem to be of the same origin. (AMT and MPC shared some tooling back in the day--not much, but I believe there were a couple kits that started as AMT and ended up in the MPC stable.)
mk11 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I have the reliable resins 67/68 (can't remember which) body and did that comparison a coupe of years ago. They were pretty close to identical with the previously noted exceptions mike
charlie8575 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I don't know if I have one of these or not. If I don't, I'll grab one. I love first-generation Cougars. Some of the nicest-looking cars of the '60s. Charlie Larkin
Snake45 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I have an original unbuilt AMT '68 Cougar (the answer to everyone's next question is NO!) and the Model King Cougar funny. I'll try to compare the bodies in the next couple days and see if they seem to be of the same origin. (AMT and MPC shared some tooling back in the day--not much, but I believe there were a couple kits that started as AMT and ended up in the MPC stable.) Okay, I did that last night, examining both bodies using an Optivisor, and I can tell you for a fact, with 100% certainty...nothing. I think it is entirely possible that MPC Cougar funny body began life as the AMT stock mold. I have never seen AMT and MPC bodies that were closer in size and overall shape than these two. In just about all areas of detailing, however, there are differences (besides the obvious funnycar ones). These differences could be explained by reworking the mold into the FC. If MPC didn't use the actual AMT molds, then it looks like they reverse-engineered an AMT kit to design their own body. If the mood strikes me, I might try to look at the insides of the bodies to see if I can find any telltale identical tooling marks between the two. I can imagine AMT selling MPC the Cougar body molds, keeping the chassis, interior, engine etc molds to be reworked for the '69. It would explain why we've never seen any reissue of the AMT '68 Cougar, even as a funnycar, custom, dirt tracker, etc. The next obvious question is, could Round 2 (or somebody) rework the Cougar funny body back to stock? Anything's possible, I suppose, but I imagine that with today's tech and tooling it would actually be easier to tool up a new body shell than to turn the FC back into a good, accurate stocker.
thatz4u Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I have an original AMT 67 Cougar & the Model King Funny, the are totally different. the grilles & taillight panels will NOT interchange. They different kits of the same bodied car..
Snake45 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Took a look at the insides of both bodies last night. NO commonality in inside tooling marks. None. Still, the similarities in many areas of these two bodies is amazing. I've never seen an AMT and MPC body this close to each other before. Interestingly, the FC rear wheel openings are extended rearward, not just enlarged all around. I supposed this was so the wheelbase would fit their standard Logghe chassis, which was originally under a GTO and a Charger.
Guest Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 i just wish it had a big block... I have a '69 already and it has the 428 CJ. Maybe Round2 will reissue it with that engine.
freakshow12 Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 The boss 302 in the one issue of this kit is likely the nicest one out there. I have a 67,68, several 69s and a 70 in my collection
Bob Ellis Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 There seems to be controversy about how the AMT '69 Cougar was modified by ERTL in the early '90s. The original engine was changed?
boss 302 mustang Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 At one time, this kit had the MPC 428 in it and was labeled Cougar 428CJ.....I believe the engine was later used in the '73 Cougar
Bob Ellis Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 The original AMT 69 Cougar had 390 emblems and theoretically the same kit engine. It was there through to the Matchbox/ERTL Street Machine issues.
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