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Surprised with the Monte and GTO re-issues no one re popped the other bodies in resin, wasnt the base chassis and engine shared in them or did the cuda and mustang have mopar and ford engines? *NM*
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Musing on potential Round2/MPC reissues - the remaining Super Stocker short track series. Would they be popular enough to justify cloning the Camaro, Mustang, Chevelle, and Barracuda bodies?
Let's just say they have been brought up at R2..........any info more than that someone in the know will need to chime in. *NM*
Well, the fact that they have been discussed is encouraging… fingers crossed. These were among my favourite kits back in the day and I’d love to see them again. *NM*
Sorry, forgot to indicate that there are *PICS* in my post above. *NM*
I guess it would depend on how well the GTO and Monte were selling
Business case goes without saying. I don’t have that info but thought it would be interesting to discuss… *NM*
I really want these cars that we haven't seen in a long time. *NM*
It wouldn't be tough to find Camaros, Mustangs, and Chevelles (started/built ones will do) to cut up for bodies. I always thought the 'Cuda was an oddball, especially with the AMT Mopar Kit cars out there *NM*
But, IMHO, the Cuda is the coolest one of the bunch! *NM*
Yeah, and I recall Mopar bodied short track cars that weren’t kit cars. Not everybody had the cash to put out for a new kit car. Often people would buy a used race car and rebody it. Plus weren’t the kit cars later than the Super Stocker series? *NM*
I heard the Kit Car program started after a couple of Chrysler guys went to a short track, and saw only Chevies and one Ford in that night's field...not a Mopar in sight *NM*
yep, years ago Bill Coulter did a story in SAE about the whole Kit Car progam-remember as a kid seeing a few of em running at our local tracks *NM*
I recall a time when almost every short track car was Camaro bodied, but there were also a few Mopars around. My point is that the Barracuda was not out to lunch, even if not common. The kit cars were a nice package and worked well when set up right. They won a lot. *NM*
Besides, in the model car world, the Barracuda made a sharp looking race car, which is really all that mattered…. ;-) *NM*
Chryco worked closely with some known short track racers to get the Kit Kar right
Some local dirt track racer named Dale Earnhardt helped them . First Kit Car wore a Challenger body. Buddy Baker drove the Dart Sport Kit Car that Car and Driver had built.
This is the Car and Driver issue with the Dart they built *NM* *PIC*
Yep, and for awhile that prototype Challenger ended up on the east coast of Canada *PIC*
Funny you would mention the Kit Cars built by the Pettys... *PICS*
Do you remember when Chrysler used to release the Kit Car Report in the racing rags? *PICS*
That’s true for any stock car, really, and I’ve done a few like that. For me, the original body mods done with decals and box art is just cool and nostalgic. I don’t know if there’s a business case for it but luckily that’s not my decision… *NM*
I'm totally on board, especially the camaro and cuda
Surprised with the Monte and GTO re-issues no one re popped the other bodies in resin, wasnt the base chassis and engine shared in them or did the cuda and mustang have mopar and ford engines? *NM*
All big block Chevys. *NM*
A couple of those cars had a different rear suspension setup, but all of the reissues use one set of parts *NM*
They should have left the wheel well cut outs to the builder. That would have at least saved the bodies for a future stock release if need be. How hard would it be to hog out the wheel wells? I could do that at 8 years old. *NM*
I think that would be a tough sell, though. When you open a kit, you expect it to be a reasonable facsimile to what is pictured on the box, not like the old "car model kits" that were a block of wood that you had to carve with some wheels included (I'm exaggerating)...
I do have vague memories….
I think the target audience for those kits were people who attended stock car races, and the wheel arches were necessary to accomodate larger tires (and to prevent a tire from being cut down if the fender was 'rubbed'). It's not for everybody, but fans recognize it. *NM*
Interestingly, AMT had the promo contract for Monte Carlos, not MPC, so I wonder if MPC did the short track body from 'scratch'. *NM*
MPC did the '72 Monte promo (AMT did '70 and '71) *NM*
