It's 1968 . . .

Your picture doesn't show the tiny Greyhound Scenicruiser. Picked one up on Ebay a year or so ago for next to nothing, just need to make my own decals for it.

Wow I'd forgotten these!  I built these plus I got hooked on Hot Wheels cars and track. Had the biggest set west of the Mississippi! Wish I still had it too. And the Minis.

I remember those. I had forgotten about them. Woolworths had them back then. Cut my modeling teeth on them as well.

Here she is Greg . . . 

I wonder if Lindberg still has these molds.  

I was just strolling down memory lane the other day - and I came across these faves too . . .

These were quite a hit among my first grade friends.

Chris

You man, I remember buying the Odd Rods bubblegum cards back in the day. If I'm not mistaken, I just "might" have one laying around in the cellar somewhere along with my baseball card collection.

I do recall seeing those kits in the 70s as well. I'm not sure if I ever did a couple at one time. Thanks for the memories..

Okay Chris ;

 Stop ! If you joggle my memory anymore the marbles will all fall out LOL.LOL. My gosh I remember those .I think , My son discovered my untouched stash and dove in with my permission , and a friend who worked for Grey-Dog at the time was so entranced with the little bus he found stickers that fit pretty well .

 Gees , thats taking me way back . T.B.

With Chris's kind indulgence, here's what's actually in one of the kits.

(This was purchased at an absurdly reasonable price from that well-known auction site---one of the uncounted 'later' releases with generic markings---and mine came with no box. No biggie.) Scale was probably 'variable' for different entries in the series...I've seen it 'officially' given as anything between HO (1/87) and 1/100...though a quick calculation for this kit (a 40' bus 3.25 inches long) gives roughly 1/148 scale.

The goodies:

'Mighty Van' decals? For a Scenicruiser---one of the most aesthetically-beautiful wheeled creations ever to roll on our great nation's far-flung highways?? I think not....

The quite-unexpected vac-formed 'road' display base---a nice touch.

The hardware: screws for assembly, actual weights included (for use on 'Hot Wheels' tracks, maybe?), and separate tires.

Surprisingly well-detailed chassis, complete set of clear parts, chrome wheels...and (correct) separate-level driver's section of the interior.

And last, but certainly not least, the nicely-detailed exterior and the single-piece main interior level: all in 'worth-the-price-of-admission' lime-green metal flake styrene. (God...I hope it's styrene....)

All-in-all, quite an impressive value for a 'cheapo' kit. I haven't seen any of the others in person, but if they're all this well turned out, it's a great shame they aren't better remembered.

As I mentioned above, I intend to do mine as a Greyhound---the sole original operator. I've seen various rather unimpressive AM decals for the purpose offered on Evil-bay over the years, but I should be able to do a more accurate and complete set on my own, to print on the PC.

That's assuming paint will actually cover that wicked lime-green plastic....

Awesome !

Nothing screams "Tacky !" quite like sparkley green.

My parents bought my brother and I just about all of themin 1972 and we spent a whole Christmas vacation at the kitchen talbe building them and playing with them with the HO trainset.

My favorite was the postal truck and pickup camper.  

Never saw those back then that I can remember.  I was building aircraft and armor and sailing ships at the time.

What I remember the most was the nightmare that was high school and watching Stak Trek and the annual draft lottery on T.V.

Ach,DuLieber ! !

 Das is Verry Green ! Myne Vas same ting only Blue ! LOL.LOL. Yeah ! I kinda wondered what they were thinking , a Metalflake blue Greyhound BUS ?     T.B.         P.S. This is unique for two reasons as well .One  -it's the Early Sceni-Cruiser .Two - That means the rest room ? Is on the lower instead of the upper level .That was changed in later models .

 On the real one of course .

OK, I'm old but I didn't build any of these but you guy's discussion is really funny (and nostalgic.) Don't mind me, I just stumbled on to this post---Carry on!

Max

Old cars.... Wasn't it Jo-Han that had a line of cars?

They had the 3 in 1's and the funny cars, and the first Nascar models wasn't it?

Heck, I remember Micky Thompson's Titanium Pinto going down the strip in real life!

but of course it was my first model car.....

Wish I still had it today. (and several others)