Model dragster in Hod Rod Magizine

[VegasFastback]

According to Hot Rod this is a model of a '70 dragster. It sure doesn't look like one to me.

 

[cudak888]

And according to Lindberg, this is a '71:

Makes you wonder what would happen if Hot Rod talked about that one...or if they reviewed both kits side-by-side. Laugh fest.

Honestly - our cars have taken more crap over the years than the II.

-Kurt

 

[Boss1Ray]

Think about how many Craigslist ads are incorrect. Keep in mind parts get swapped around.

SO the what seems to be a 73 Mach 1 by the pic of the front bumper and grill

THAT is advertised as a 71 or 72 - might actually be a 71 or 72 with the wrong stuff. Or vica versa...

I see it all the time. There was a 70 hardtop on CL that they kept advertising as a 71 or 72!

Oh well.

Ray

 

[Mister 4x4]

Honestly - our cars have taken more crap over the years than the II.

Yeah... no kidding. WTF is up with that, anyway? ::shrug::

 

[cudak888]

Honestly - our cars have taken more crap over the years than the II.

Yeah... no kidding. WTF is up with that, anyway? ::shrug::

Doesn't take much to deduce. The critics panned it when it came out, and the public internalized that opinion, rather than trying out the product for themselves.

40 years down the line, the effects of those critics remain firmly rooted in folks minds.

I'll bet you that 90% of the '71-73 detractors haven't even sat in a Sportsroof (much less driven one) to judge - for themselves - whether the rear window is a "mail slot" or not.

-Kurt

 

[Mister 4x4]

I like to think of it as being more like looking out of a 'gun turret.'

 

[cudak888]

I like to think of it as being more like looking out of a 'gun turret.'

Well, they say we have the big fat Mustang "tanks..." :whistling:

-Kurt

 

[JimNiki]

The biggest rear window in the world with the smallest amount of visibility ...6 inches... Go figure?

 

[cudak888]

The biggest rear window in the world with the smallest amount of visibility ...6 inches... Go figure?

More amusing (read = ridiculous) are the seemingly large rear windows on any number of automobiles made today which point more at the sky than the traffic behind due to wedge bodystyles (not to mention that the view is obscured by a pair of huge headrests and gratuitous C-pillar padding).

-Kurt

 

[rpmcarter]

HA.... looks like they love Mopars to me

 

[hyena429]

My freind had that model..It is horrible!! He showed it too me cause he knows i got one..I was like who ever did that model was on drugs..lol

And yup..Critics mostly. other car companies helped fuel any bad things they heard too...I find it odd that they call our cars heavy..Yet you never hear anyone call a 73 Camaro heavy and fat and bloated....Camaro and Firebird and Trans am, heavy and mostly heavier than our mustangs..1973 Camaro curb weight..avg 3600-lb."some sites state 3450"...1973 Trans am curb weight 3700-3850

I still like the story my dad told me about our years of mustangs when he was young...Before he got to hear any critics...He owned a shelby gt 350 with a 289 hi po..Got it off the show room floor in the late 60's...he said it was early in 1971..He was at our local race track on opening spring day...He told me he would never forget seeing a brand new 1971 mach 1 SCJ "could of been just regular CJ" 429 come rolling into the parking lot..Black with silver stripes...he said it made his shelby look like a pile of crap..lol

 

[cudak888]

Yet you never hear anyone call a 73 Camaro heavy and fat and bloated....

Not to mention that the 1970 redesign receives a completely unreasonable amount of kudos:

"...timelessly elegant, handsome, mature and universally praised"-Curbside Classics

"...a gorgeous design inspired by european sports cars gave the new Camaro immediate appeal. The sleak long hood, short deck fastback body was longer, lower, and wider than the first generation Camaro."

-OldRide.com

"Styling, not performance, made the next generation a virtual "classic" in its own time."

-How Stuff Works

"The styling of the second generation Camaro was stunning. The fact that it holds up so well forty years later is a tribute to the design team."

-Bruce Caldwell, AutoTraderClassics

"...entirely new body was created for the already legendary performer from Chevy. The wait had been well worth it when on February 26, 1970, the new Camaro entered the marketplace. Limited to a single body style, a two-door coupe, it was lower, longer and about the same width as the old style. The sleek silhouette gave the impression of speed and agility, and many compared its looks to that of the most exotic sports cars coming from Italy."

-Collector Car Market Review

Apparently, every single "improvement" that was bad for the 1971 Mustang was good for the 1970 Camaro, right down to the huge windscreen and front end resembling a Mustang II getting castrated - the hard way. Ho, ho, ho, even Santa can smell the bull up in the North Pole.

As for "Italian" styling...well, I'll let the following pictures speak for themselves:

Erm...doesn't that Camaro look a bit "borrowed?" Say, from this?

I probably wouldn't be half as harsh on the Camaro if it weren't for the unreasonably biased, one-sided praise that it gets.

-Kurt

 

[JimNiki]

Good post with good facts...

But let's not let the truth get in the way of classic GM BS self indulgence.

 

[cudak888]

Good post with good facts...

But let's not let the truth get in the way of classic GM BS self indulgence.

I wouldn't blame the company as much as the fans. I found a few references to the second-gen from the GM corporate site; all based on fact (mainly a history of engine specs), with no marketing chatter.

-Kurt

 

[69 Rustang]

I built the model Hot Rod reviewed as a kid! I still have the body somewhere--the rest is gone though.

 

[Mister 4x4]

I went to Hastings today and bought this: http://www.round2models.com/models/mpc/connie-kalitta-car

Reminded me of the model pic in the original post.