AMT 1068 1/25 George Barris The Chrysler Powered Fireball 500 SSXR

Build Barris' Ball of Fire With AMT! Only from the KATS at AMT! Scale Modelling at its BEST! George Barris is known around the world as the "King of the Customs." He turned everyday cars into outright celebrities, featured in TV shows and on movie screens too! So naturally, George and his Barris Custom crew were the ones who designed and built a high-powered, sleek-styled roadster, named after and featured in American International's 1966 motion picture called :Fireball 500." It starred three of the decade's favourite young actors: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Fabian! Starting as a stock 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, one of the Fireball 500's outstanding features was its dual-cowl cockpits, streamlined into twin curved windshields. Another very exciting feature of the Fireball 500 was the paintwork. A super high-lustre paint finish that took seven men, six days and forty coats of hand-rubbed lacquer to get the wild multi-coloured blends from pearl white to deep burgundy.
The Kats at AMT are proud to bring you this very special edition of George Barris' vintage Fireball 500 kit!
KIT FEATURES
Window parts in clear and yellow-tint options
Pad-printed Firestone tires
Complete bonus trailer
Expanded decals with 3 historic door logo options
Bonus commemorative photo insert
Retro Deluxe "rare issue" commemorative packaging
This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted.