The Sharks always had that classy look to them. I remember eying them back in the late 1960's while in high school, in the America's Hobby Center catalog. My first AHC catalog was like 4 bits (two quarters) in junior high around 1967 - 68 sent in an envelope along with their application form, receiving the catalog a month to 6 weeks later.

Then all pay phones and most home phones had rotary dials. The only cell phones were car or truck mounted or if portable looked like a large brick, service was expensive, only for the well to do or business people.

It took 3 weeks to receive a reply after mailing a letter. An order to Sig, AHC required a money order and a 3 to 4 week wait (lived in Hawaii). Ditto for ordering plans. We didn't think anything of the time delays. Then in the mid 1970's we had UPS 2 day air. That was a real treat (and cheaper than airmail).

I guess that is why we didn't mind building. Pace of life was a little slower.