Model King AMT Monte Carlo Stock Car 1/25 Scale Plastic Model Kit 21876
This is a Model King AMT Chevrolet (Chevy) Monte Carlo Stock Car 1/25 scale plastic model kit. This model kit includes a detailed racing chassis and interior, authentic racing body work, a 427 racing engine, and includes two waterslide decal sets!
History:
This is a great model for those of us who like to build vintage Nascar models. This kit comes with two sheets of decals which give you plenty of building options. The real 1972 Monte Carlo was perfect for Nascar, with its long wheel base and rear-ward engine compartment, it won many races. Bobby Allison, Coo Coo Marlin, Charles Glotzback and Neil Bonnett were some of the drivers who campaigned the 1972 Monte Carlo.
About the Chevrolet Monte Carlo:The
Chevrolet Monte Carlo is an American-made two-door coupe
introduced for model year 1970, and manufactured over six generations
through model year 2007. It was marketed as a personal-luxury coupe
through most of its history, with the last model version being
classified as a full-sized coupe. When it was discontinued in 2007, it
had outlived many competitors that were either discontinued many years
earlier or changed in concept to either a four-door sedan or small sport
coupe.
From 1972 until the cars end of production, the Monte Carlo was a solid success in NASCAR
racing. The big (1973–1977) bodied cars were the dominant body style
through the years until 1980, when NASCAR mandated the move to the
smaller cars being built by Detroit. The 1981 and 82
stock (referred to as the "flat-nose") Monte Carlo was raced by very few
teams and as such only won three races in those years. Starting in 1983
with the addition of the
SS nose, the
Monte Carlo SS
became the dominant body style in NASCAR through the rest of the decade
when the car went out of production. The car came back to racing in
1995 when Chevy brought the car back into production and it sparked a
mild bit of controversy as NASCAR allowed the car to have wider rear
fenders, and as such deviated from factory sheetmetal, that up until that time the race spec cars had to use. The car brought Chevy repeated NASCAR
Manufacturers Cup awards until it again was discontinued from production, and was replaced by the Impala for racing.
(source:
Wikipedia)
