Cars You Wish Were Kits

McLaren F1 roadcar

Lotus 49  (early version as opposed to the old Heller 49B)

Current IndyCars

Mark

All the 60's, 70's, 80's F1 cars in 1/20th by Tamiya (apart from the few already done!)

In 1/24th:

Maxda RX3 4 door, Datsun 1200 4 door so I can produce our first 2 rally cars.

Race versions of the Falcon GTHO phase 2 & 3, Torana XU1 (I know the're available in various diecast scales) 

Cadillac XLR-V

Repop of Revell Germany's BMW M3 kit #07201.

a 1927 Ford Mod. T roadster

1962 Plymouth

1963 Plymouth with the aluminum front end

1951 Hudson Hornet (NASCAR!)

gary

1961 Pontiac StarChief 4-door

1980 Dodge Mirada: stock and NASCAR

1988 Chevy Caprice 9C1: the last of the "box" chevy police cruisers

DeLorean: not the Back to the Future version

1980's Pontiac T-1000

1970's Ford Country Squire Station Wagon

Two out of my past... 

60 newyorkr 4 dr

61 valiant 4 door

78 monarch 2 dr

68 valiant 4dr

Tacoma Double cab in plastic {resin is $$$$} in 1/48 for modern armor dioramas

ok and I would like to build 2 to match my double cabs..... 

1/24 Toyota Nascar

1/24 1970-73 Datsun 510

1/24 1991 Honda Civic Si

Preferably all made by Tamiya except maybe the Nascar kits which could be Revell.

(I know I could think of at least a few more ...)

That would have to be a 1971 Ford GT HO Phase III, which was (in 1971) the world's fastest 4 door production car. 

Or....a 1978 Ford XC Cobra.....

I'm not particularly a Ford fan.....it's just that these cars were tough.

I'd like to see my current car (2000 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi) or my old 1976 Jeep Cherokee Chief...That was a pretty cool ride...

I'd also like to see a series of "NASCAR Wrecks" kind of like the NAPA commercial where that knucklehead brings in Michael Waltrip's destroyed racecars!!! LOL

1969 Fairlane/Torino hardtop (not fastback), 1973 Gran Torino/Sport hardtop (not fastback), 1968 Ford pickup (F100), 1977 Ford pickup (F250), 1990 Ford pickup (F150), 1978 Maverick 4-door, 1989 Cougar, 1984 T-Bird, 1978 Toyota SR5 pickup, 1979 Chrysler Newport 4-door, 1974 Chevy Nova, 1979 Mercury Capri.....just to name a few, lol

Oddball selections, I'm sure, but these are some of the vehicles I've owned over the years.  Always thought it would be cool to have a collection of them.  So far I've only found four others for my stash.  If anyone would happen to run across kits that could build any of these, let me know!!

leemitcheltree wrote:

That would have to be a 1971 Ford GT HO Phase III, which was (in 1971) the world's fastest 4 door production car.  Or....a 1978 Ford XC Cobra..... I'm not particularly a Ford fan.....it's just that these cars were tough.

in 1966 & 1967 you could buy a four door hemi in the Dodge. I've seen two of them, and believe it or not both were painted red. These cars would run close to 160mph.

gary

leemitcheltree wrote:

That would have to be a 1971 Ford GT HO Phase III, which was (in 1971) the world's fastest 4 door production car.

That's the one but actually it wasn't the fastest, that's a marketing myth built up over the years. Forgotten about the XC Cobra but another good choice and how about Geohagan's E49 Charger

1 /24 84/ 86 Saleen Mustang

1 /24 Special Service Package (SSP) Mustang

Any of the MFP cars from the movie Mad Max

1970 Boss 429 "Lawman"

'89 Ford Taurus SHO

'89 Ford Probe GT

Nascar New cars

All 1/24 or 1/25 scale

squeakie wrote:

a 1951 Hudson Hornet (NASCAR!)

That would be cool.  Then I could build Doc Hudson in his racing colors!  A great companion for King!   I do have plans to build Darrell Cartrip & Mario Andretti from the movie as well.

http://carstoys.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/darrellb_large.jpg

http://carstoys.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/mario_large.jpg

I'd actually like to see a kit of my old car, an '86 (IIRC) Ford Escort EXP hatchback.  I loved that little car.

http://www.answers.com/topic/ford-exp

lol lots of love for the domestics in here

Personally, I'd love to see the McLaren F1 roadcar.

I would like to see mainstream kits of:

1. Andretti's Lotus 79. After all, he is 1 of only 2 American F1 Champs, and the 79 is one of the most beautiful F1 cars.

2. A Cobra Daytona coupe. 

3. Gurney's Eagle F1 car would also be nice.

4. NASCAR COT with window/door frames for each manufacturer (isn't the rest of the body the same for all of them?).

GeorgeF wrote:

'89 Ford Taurus SHO '89 Ford Probe GT Nascar New cars All 1/24 or 1/25 scale

I think Revell made a first Gen Probe. I can't remember the year though.

I would like to have a second Gen Ford Probe ('93-'97). Goofy name, but it was my first car and I love the lines on it.

AHA!

As it turns out, the Probe available in kit form is a 1/25 kit by AMT. It is a Probe GT, either an '89 or '90  depending on the website.

I'm still waiting for a model of my current vehicle: a Chevy HHR.

I can't find it in kit, die-cast or even Matchbox format.  They have everything for the PT Cruiser and the Chevy SSR, but the HHR has been grossly overlooked. 

I'll second the HHR, but the panel version is what I drive.  It hauls several of my rc boats and gear to the lake nicely.

I'm building 1/12 scale model cars since 30 years now, later in 1993 I discovered the Tamiya Caterham, the best kit ever made in my thinking. I built more than 13 kits with lots of variants and would lie to see the new Caterham Superlight or an old Lotus seven from Tamiya ( 1/12 of course)

http://www.modelersite.com/PDF_Fotos_VII/Caterham.htm

cuchulainn wrote:

AMT made a Taurus SHO kit back in 89 or 90. I built a couple. I believe they can be still be found on EBay.

I found models of both cars that I was looking for '89 SHO and Probe GT both on ebay.

More rally cars in 1/24th:

Mk 1 Lotus Cortina

Austin Healey 3000

Mk 1 Escort Rs1600 & the London Mexico 1600

transformation kits for the Tamiya Mini for the other years it ran in the Monte Carlo

Fiat 1800 Spyder