Post by fish on Mar 24, 2012 13:04:21 GMT -6
I had to share this story with you guys.
A little background 1st. I'm not sure how many of you have built the AMT '65 GTO kit, but it does not make for a good hardtop. You have to glue the hardtop roof in place and it does not fit worth a shit...not to mention all of the bodywork needed at the "C" pillars and top of the windshield frame (not fun places to do bodywork).
I was aware of a resin caster was making copies of the original '65 GTO hardtop promo bodies, but kept putting off getting one because of the price. I kept thinkin' " I order one soon"...
So I was able to procure a AMT '65 GTO donor kit from Cal a couple months ago then went directly to Missing Link Resin's website to order a body only to find the hardtop body was no longer there...uh-oh. So I emailed Missing Link to find out the deal...their response "We haven't offered that body in years"...uh-oh again.
So now what is a Fish to do ?? I quick search on ebay and nuthin'. Well last week a new, unused Missing Link '65 GTO body came up for sale on ebay and I was victorious...I even paid quite a bit less than if I would have bought it from Missing Link 6 years ago ;D
Here's a sneak peak
There is a moral to this story. If you see a resin kit/body you want...you should buy it. You never know how long it will be around...I got lucky.
A little background 1st. I'm not sure how many of you have built the AMT '65 GTO kit, but it does not make for a good hardtop. You have to glue the hardtop roof in place and it does not fit worth a shit...not to mention all of the bodywork needed at the "C" pillars and top of the windshield frame (not fun places to do bodywork).
I was aware of a resin caster was making copies of the original '65 GTO hardtop promo bodies, but kept putting off getting one because of the price. I kept thinkin' " I order one soon"...
So I was able to procure a AMT '65 GTO donor kit from Cal a couple months ago then went directly to Missing Link Resin's website to order a body only to find the hardtop body was no longer there...uh-oh. So I emailed Missing Link to find out the deal...their response "We haven't offered that body in years"...uh-oh again.
So now what is a Fish to do ?? I quick search on ebay and nuthin'. Well last week a new, unused Missing Link '65 GTO body came up for sale on ebay and I was victorious...I even paid quite a bit less than if I would have bought it from Missing Link 6 years ago ;D
Here's a sneak peak
There is a moral to this story. If you see a resin kit/body you want...you should buy it. You never know how long it will be around...I got lucky.
