I think I remember when they were for sale but I wasn't into that style. I was also 17 and my car took every dime I made that I didn't spend at the burger joint.
Looks a bit like the manta ray. I think Lindberg had one around that time called like the gt200 or something like that which was a bubble top.
Love the box art; their ****s are sitting right on the rear axle. Maybe having 2 antennas makes up for the discomfort.
It's 1/12 scale, always wanted one when I was collecting large scale models... love the halibrand kidney bean wheels.