Is this kit worth anything to anyone? Pontiac

[freakshow12]

picked this little gem up at a flea market today.  It's mint in box.  What's the story on it.  Looks like most of it is the same as the Monroe handler mustang

[Sledsel]

that's pretty cool. Wanting to get rid of it?

[Tom Geiger]

I don't believe I've ever seen this one before..  anyone know about it?

[mike 51]

Seems like a rather clumsy atempt to make a terrible car (real Sunbirds) "exciting"....doesn't work for me,nor did it work for Pontiac.

I've never seen or heard of this kit though...

Edited September 19, 2015 by mike 51

[freakshow12]

Yes, I would get rid of it.  Just was curious first if anyone else has seen one like it

[FordRodnKustom]

Any kit is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. That said, besides being rare that 'Bird kit is kind of  cool now because of it's uniqueness . I've never seen one. Good pick.

[Dave Van]

One of the kits Revell did during an era that was less than great. This kit shared 99% with a like Chevy. VERY simple and somewhat generic details. Like the Mustang/Capri kit of the same era.....better kits out there. MIGHT be a OK start to a full on IMSA racer.......but lots of work needed.

[Tom Geiger]

If nothing else, some Pontiac collector will want it to display the box since it's unusual.

[mike 51]

you may want to google the kit..looks like there may have been 2 box art versions.

 one like yours sold on e-bay n June forr $19+ after only 2 bids.  

hopefully you got it real cheap (if you don't plan to keep it....)

Edited September 19, 2015 by mike 51

[Crazy Ed]

Seems like a rather clumsy atempt to make a terrible car (real Sunbirds) "exciting"....doesn't work for me,nor did it work for Pontiac.

I've never seen or heard of this kit though...

     My first New Car was a '77 Sunbird. I enjoyed the heck out of it and put 32K miles on it in it's first year. Sadly a guy I was sharing a house with totaled it.................

[Joe Handley]

I have the Monza version of that kit, not a spectacular kit by any stretch, but I kinda want to put a ZR1  chassis under it.

[Jon Cole]

I think the kit shared some with this Monza SS IMSA. 

[Atmobil]

Would AMT and Revell cooparate on kits back then?

[Dave Van]

I think the kit shared some with this Monza SS IMSA. 

Not with any AMT KIT........same era....same idea....very different kit.

 

[freakshow12]

Thanks guys.  I bought it cheap yes.  I had just never seen one and had no intention of trying to retire off it or anything.  I was just curious about its story and value.  I will pass it along to someone who wants it

[Scale-Master]

Revell made the Monza and the Sunbird after the Monroe Handler Mustang II using the same basic chassis and interiors.  Very generic. 

Both the Monza and the Sunbird share the exact same body.  End caps for the front and rear and hoods differentiate the Chevy from the Pontiac.  Both kits have been issued multiple times in different schemes

Here's one I built recently using the Monza nose and the Sunbird tail, it is built from the original test shots I had left over from the initial release; my dad and I built the first round box art and catalog models.

Edited September 20, 2015 by Scale-Master

[horsepower]

Want to make your money back? A Sacramento area dirt track racer used one of those style bodies to build what was a radical super stock dirt oval car in '76, it even went "down under" as part of the U.S.A. race team that winter and I'd kinda like to build a copy of it. 

The guy's name was Tony Valente, he was a fairly large rice grower and was president of the California rice growers organization.

[Junkman]

With a lot of work, one could make it into the 1976 Le Mans entry.

[slusher]

Never seen that kit before. Thanks for posting Fred...

Edited September 21, 2015 by slusher

[Jantrix]

The bodies are really quite nicely done. Everything else is junk, but as Scale-Master pointed out, they can lend themselves to some fun and unique projects.

[Daddyfink]

I always wanted one to complete my collection. What will you trade for?

[freakshow12]

I always wanted one to complete my collection. What will you trade for?

you have mail

 

[Drake69]

Love the Monza Spyders. Awesome late-70's ugly-mobiles!

Nice find!

[Korsair]

I have a box with 2 Monzas in it, just happened to be looking it over this weekend. One is the "Black Max" 1/25th from MPC, the other is the Monza SS, 1/25th from AMT.

The MPC kit plastic is the thin brittle black plastic, where the AMT is a lot thicker in it's plastic (They are both glue bombs, but I have the instructions for it, and there are front/rear ends that are not of the same kit already glued on) (the front has a panel labeling it as Toronado, and the rear has a parachute inserted in it.)

I also own one of the Sunbirds (Pontiac fan, in pristine condition), and I don't think the are the same body, but with the panels on it, may look very close. I will have to dig out the Sunbird and make some measurements to be sure.

[Zarana-X]

I built that kit as a kid. If one came along at the right time, I would get it. The body was pretty nice. All I remember about the interior/ chassis is that it was a stripped race car style. Racing seats and a spare molded into the rear . I think I still have the engine, its an engine in the figurative sense in that it looks like an engine, but nothing specific where you can tell what kind of engine it is.