GMP440 Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 Was on Model Round Up's site and read the Tee Vee Dune Buggy will be part of their model line up some time in the future. Has anyone built that back in the day? Anyone have pics of one finished?
Snake45 Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 I built one back in the day, now long gone. It's a neat little kit, based on the Manx chassis, engine, etc. It was obviously inspirited by, though not an exact copy/replica of, the Berry Mini-T. If you get one and decide you don't like the body, you can stull build it as a bare-frame dune buggy. I'll be ordering one to satisfy my nostalgia gland.
Zarana-X Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 It looks like the guy on the box art is about to get a facefull of windshield when he lands that.
keyser Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Not my build, from SH builts IIRC. I've got sealed original, buying a couple more to build.
Chuck Most Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 It looks like the guy on the box art is about to get a facefull of windshield when he lands that. When I saw the box art I thought "Why is Brad Pitt about to jump out of the buggy?"
Snake45 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 When I saw the box art I thought "Why is Brad Pitt about to jump out of the buggy?" Prolly more like Brad Pitt's daddy.
Craig Irwin Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 Boy, that thing's WAY wrong for a Berry Mini-T, I'd have to have one in my hands to see if it could be corrected.
Snake45 Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Boy, that thing's WAY wrong for a Berry Mini-T, I'd have to have one in my hands to see if it could be corrected. Yeah, it's not a direct replica, more of an "inspired by." The grille is much too narrow, is the first thing that catches my eye. I might have a go at fixing that and call it good. Looks like a fun build anyway.
stavanzer Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Has any body got a link to the instructions for this kit? I can't seem to find any copies on the interwebs. Thanks, Alan
Snake45 Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Has any body got a link to the instructions for this kit? I can't seem to find any copies on the interwebs. Thanks, Alan I believe they're exactly the same as the Manx, except of course for the body.
stavanzer Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 How closely related is the Barris T Buggy? I see that the 'faux' T Grille looks similar, but I can't really tell if they are the same. I have at least one of the Manx Buggies, and it looks like I'll need one of these too.
Snake45 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 How closely related is the Barris T Buggy? Completely different, no relation whatsoever. Completely different bodies, and the Barris backbirth has a weird frame and Corvair engine.
Mark Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Too, the Tee Vee and Barris T Buggy were issued by AMT and MPC, at the time competing companies under different ownership.
stavanzer Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Ah, I see now. Thank You, Gents. I have about 3 of the Barris Buggy's. They are an odd, and not really good kit.
Dirty Dave Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Ah, I see now. Thank You, Gents. I have about 3 of the Barris Buggy's. They are an odd, and not really good kit. I bought a bunch on clearance, mostly for the super deep Cragar S/S wheels and dragster-style front suspension.
keyser Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) The Corvair motor decent too in Barris T-buggy. Ugly thing, but great parts. MPC also did the V-Rod, which was a Phaeton 4-seat like the Berry. The Kyote was cool too. Edited June 11, 2015 by keyser
Mark Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 MPC also did the V-Rod, which was a Phaeton 4-seat like the Berry. VW tub1.jpg The Kyote was cool too. DSC_0165-vi.jpg The V-Rod had a Corvair engine...making it a bit less of a V-Rod. Still a neat kit though. The Kyote (official name: "Mantaray II Kyote") was the best looking one of them all IMO. Dean Jeffries designed it as a possible replacement for the Monkeemobile, but the show ended. Tom Cotter's excellent Dean Jeffries book includes a couple of photos of the Kyote on the Columbia Pictures studio lot. The kit depicts Kyote #1 (Jeffries' own car, the pilot model) with the headlamps in the fenders. Production bodies had them relocated between the fenders because the front tires rubbed if the suspension was in compression during a turn. Jeffries held onto the #1 Kyote for the rest of his life. The MPC kit is great. MPC also produced a "Dean Jeffries Station Wagon Buggy" kit. For a long time I thought it was just a revised Kyote, but when I got one I found it to be way different. The body has the production inboard headlamps, wheelbase is longer than the Kyote, and it has a Corvair engine (Kyote has a VW mill).
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