gtx6970 Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 I guess patiance really is a virtue. I started this about 10 years ago, give or take. I was searching for something else at my desk when I stumbled on it. I knew I had it,,I just hadn't thought about it in quite some time. So,,,,, I decided to see if I could actually finish it ,,,like today. It started out as a hardtop. But the roof was so bad where a previous owner glue bombed the glass in I ended up cutting it off and added the vert windshield frame from an AMT 1969 GTX kit. It's not a perfect match,, But I'll live with it as is. I glued the interior tub and chasss into it this morning. added some details ,like mirrors and a shifter this afternoon . I decided to glue the hood down and just make it a curbside,,,maybe someday I'll add the underhood stuff. And this is what I got . Its intended to be a replica of a good friends 1/1 car. Which is Blue ext and blue / white interior . 440 , auto factory air car . So if you have some stalled projects,,,,,,there is hope. They may actually get finished someday. I know if sure felt good to put it in the display case done. Comments welcome and thanks for looking
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Very cool Bill! I looked for one of these old MPC kits for sometime on ebay just because I loved the body style of the '68-'70 Dodges & Plymouths & wanted to build something different from what was currently available. The '68 & '69 Coronets are getting exceedingly hard to find & I never was able to find a nice & reasonable '68. I did however find a nice restorable '69 hardtop that I would like to build some time soon. I usually don't swap parts when I build these old annuals, but I think I'll be using the modern '70 Super Bee chassis & engine on mine. Very nice work Bill! Steve
tubbs Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 nice job Bill. great looking car, would love to see the 1:1. where is he interior tub from? resin, the 69 GTX or the 70 Coronet? just guessing. great job.
gtx6970 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Posted January 28, 2015 nice job Bill. great looking car, would love to see the 1:1. where is he interior tub from? resin, the 69 GTX or the 70 Coronet? just guessing. great job. Al, This is the only pic of the 1/1 that I have on this pc. Interior is the the original. All I added were power window switches like the the 1/1 and did flocking for carpet, best I can remember, the rest is original MPC . The top boot and maybe the steering wheel is from the GTX kit. The original chassis was trashed so I think the one I used is from AMT 69 Charger 500 as I wanted to retain the original metal axle look. also shown is his 67 Coronet RT vert,, also a factory air car .. I plan to replicate it as well someday
dieseldog1970 Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Looks good!!! Nice colour choice!! Edited January 31, 2015 by dieseldog1970
tubbs Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Al,This is the only pic of the 1/1 that I have on this pc. Interior is the the original. All I added were power window switches like the the 1/1 and did flocking for carpet, best I can remember, the rest is original MPC .The top boot and maybe the steering wheel is from the GTX kit.The original chassis was trashed so I think the one I used is from AMT 69 Charger 500 as I wanted to retain the original metal axle look. also shown is his 67 Coronet RT vert,, also a factory air car .. I plan to replicate it as well somedaythanks Bill, beautiful cars.... lucky guy. ragtops with air, big motors, so cool. you did it justice, that's for sure.
johnbuzzed Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Very nice. Something I'd like to own, in "real life".
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