realgone58 Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Here's another promo I cleaned up and detailed. More of my "home made" white walls. Looks like they hit a curb a few times!! Bought this promo at a swap meet last weekend for 10 bucks.
jeffs396 Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Very cool forgotten bowtie! Great deal too for $10!
montelsc Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 WOW!! thats a long time stranger to any forum great job
crazyjim Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Cool. I had a 1:1 many years ago with a small block. You were supposed to lift the engine up to change plugs. I cut a hole in the wheel well instead.
Reeves Racing Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Ah yes, the Vega's sister with better make up... Looks good.
Jon Cole Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Ah yes, the Vega's sister with better make up... Looks good. Good descrip of the 1:1 car! This detailed promo is nice, don't see them too often.
Sixties Sam Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 I don't think I've never seen a model of a Monza before. It's great to see a rare subject like that. Nice work on it! Sam
realgone58 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 nice car. did you paint the promo? No, that's the original moulded color, Medium Green Poly. Buffed it, detailed and waxed. These promos are fairly inexpensive on the Bay..............can pick one up for about 20-25 bucks or so. Nice oddball subject for your display case. They did kits of these, but honestly, in my opinion, for the money.........go for the promo. After all, it was the '70's.............you know what I mean.
W-409 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Great looking Monza for sure. These are great cars and you did a great deal with 10$. I like that color, never seen it on Monza body, but it fits nicely there. I'd like to get one promo-model too, and maybe do '79 Skyhawk Conversion.
Guest Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Sweet! We need a new tool of this! Little known fact: the Monza was going to be the next gen Camaro, before the idea was axed!
Hoosierfarmboy Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Worked @ a Chevy dealer in late 70's. Guy brought one of the V-8 units in with a miisfire problem. I coldn't tell it had one! Turns out plug wire problem. Beastly ride!
BHarrison Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Super cool piece! I've bashed a few of those promos up and down a Slot Car Dragstrip over the years. Nice detail work!
Casey Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Nice work, Alan. I've always had a soft spot for the GM H-bodies, especially the hatchbacks.
MyBradKeselowski Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Love it , I like seeing these Monza's from time to time. Kindly gives me memories of my 2dr 1980 Monza, was dark metallic blue with matching interior, tilt wheel, factory A/C , 305 cubic inches...
bsoder Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Cool. I had a 1:1 many years ago with a small block. You were supposed to lift the engine up to change plugs. I cut a hole in the wheel well instead. My 1st new car was a '75 Monza with a 350 making a whopping 135 hp!!..here's a build I did replicating my car built from an old AMT kit
imatt88 Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 So, the Monza was supposed to be the next gen Camaro huh? Hmmm, interesting idea Nice job, BTW. Don't see enough of this kind of car... Cheers, Ian
realgone58 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Posted February 27, 2012 Great looking Monza for sure. These are great cars and you did a great deal with 10$. I like that color, never seen it on Monza body, but it fits nicely there. I'd like to get one promo-model too, and maybe do '79 Skyhawk Conversion. There was a kit of a Buick Skyhawk version. One of those late seventies kits with the wacked out body modded custom on the box, but I believe it could be built stock. I saw one on the Bay a while back and it sold for more than I wanted to pay, but I'd like to find one and do a Skyhawk as well. A resin coupe body would be great too.
imatt88 Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 Alan, Yeah, I would guess its the old MPC 3-in-1 kit. I used to build those every chance I could get. Loved those cars. Multiple building options and all
W-409 Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 There's no kit from '79 Skyhawk, and I'm 99% sure about it. All Skyhawks, I've seen are older ones ('75-'76 or so.) That's really sad that I haven't seen any resin bodies either, and problem is that '79 is Completely different than those older year models. I have AMT Monza 2+2 and that would be great basis for Skyhawk conversion too. I'm building mine as Monza now, maybe conversion would be nice to do later.
Eshaver Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 The beat up tires make this one ! Ed Shaver
Jeff Johnston Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) that's a nice model of a car you almost never see built. My friend back in 82 had a Monza with a 305 and it would run neck in neck with my 76 Camaro 350. Edited February 29, 2012 by Jeff Johnston
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