Peavus

It is a Henderson Ace and only came in the 1st issue Chrysler roadster. If you have seen.this motorcycle it does not have a front brake but a brake lever on the handlebar. It has a clutch lever on the other end of handlebar but actually had a left foot clutch and a gas tank mounted clutch stick lever. Indian bought the Ace company and released a1928 Indian Ace with a front brake. That was the last year the Indian Four would would carry the Ace name with Indian. The kit motorcycle is also missing a intake manifold and carburetor and three seat springs. I date it as a 1927 Ace but Schwinn had bought Henderson which fell in line with their Excellsior motorcycles in 1918 and sold this 4 cylinder up to 1932. The Henderson brothers worked for Schwinn Henderson but left to form the Ace company around 1920 until their bankruptcy After which Indian acquired them and sold the Four until 1942 WW2. I built one but had to scratch build the missing parts and photo-reduced Henderson Super X tank decals and cut off the fog lights. It makes a decent looking motorcycle when finished

It does look like the picture that Casev posted of the car on the right from what I can see.

I have only been able to post pics of my 68 road runner conversion on this site on the day I joined the forum. For a reason unknown to me, I can’t upload anymore. But the 30 coupe I got was supposed to be the final #5 and has a GMC on a Chevy. I don’t have or have seen a kit of the roadster or coupe to say what parts are in them either. But I can say I saw. 40 standard coupe sample in green plastic that was also purported to be a pre-production sample but I picked the 30 coupe instead. All I am doing is sharing my story to the forum and the rest of you can debate it. I was told by the seller that it was a pre-production sample of the to be re-released kit. If it is, it is like Mr. Mettalic said, a piece or model history.

Not the coupe. The roadster kit was first

I just bought a pre-production built sample of the five window model A coupe that is due to be released in July( according to modelroundup). It is molded in grey plastic with a GMC blown motor with Halibrand wheels. There are no chrome parts on this car and is the number 5 final sample before kit production. I know nothing about the optional kit parts but what I see in the sample is very cool and should be a good seller for Revell.

I had a 210 hardtop back in the day. Not many of those made

Harley knucklehead drag bike in 1/8th or the 1/25th Harley parts pack would even be better

Well squeeze some glue

Bonneville was 123 inch wheelbase

Well I have a ruler and it’s not correct. I am not wasting my time building a kit that doesn’t look right after finishing

Wheelbase for a 61 Catalina was 119 inch. Wheelbase for a 62 Catalina was 120 inch. AMT got it wrong again but who would care, right? Just make a 62 body fit a 61 Ventura chassis, throw some extra tires in and some retro box art and make some money. There are too many inaccurate kits on the market and unless “we the people” demand better, it will only get continue. They did the same thing with the 68,69 Plymouth GTX, road runner kits.

I just picked up the Polyglass gasser 2 and did a comparison with the annual amt Bonnie and the annual body wheelbase and overall length is longer. 1961 Catalina was a shorter wheelbase but in 62 a Catalina was the longer wheelbase and the same as a Bonneville. A 62 Catalina was a separate trim package on the long wheelbase. Since the Polyglass gasser is a shorter body I suspect that they just used the 61 Ventura chassis. So this body is not correct for a 62 and no scripts on the body. I am disappointed in another incorrect kit from amt but because of all the inaccuracies makes the kit a gasser

The thin indentions on the sides of the hood appear to be for intakes. I do know that the amt 53 Stude kit has a 392 hemi motor that fits right on the 40 Ford kit chassis motor mounts and it has a twin supercharger. Wouldn’t take much to fit it under the Lindberg hood with a supercharger poking through each side of the hood.

I have the Lindberg kit of the 40 coupe in pink plastic. Problem I had was the grill surround isn’t stock or the running boards. The rear windows above the trunk don’t have the same shape as the amt body. But the the hood actually fits the amt 40 sedan delivery body I am working on better than amt’s Own hood. Best part is the Lindberg hood is louvered but lacks the hinges. The Lindberg kit I have is dated 1991.

AMT chassis will not fit the Johan body. The wheelbase is 1 scale inch too long. AMT chassis is for a Dodge and not the 1inch shorter wheelbase of a Plymouth.

Mpc got the promo contract for Dodge from 68-70. Johan 69- 70 got promo contract from Plymouth. Johan made 68 fury promo but no B bodies that year

Another thing that I did was fill the underhood scoop cutout in the 68 hood. I have found if I don’t it will leave a ghost cutout line after painting. I think the thinner plastic on the cutouts, has a different expansion rate than the thicker plastic surrounding the cutout on temperature changes. As the thicker plastic around the scoop cutout warms, it expands enough to push the thin plastic cutout line up. It’s doing the same on the other side of the cutout line. No matter how much sanding and paint the cutout line will always show on top. Anybody on the forum ever experienced this or is it just me?

Sorry but I still can’t upload anymore pics. But some more memory came back on those pan head motors. I still have 3 or 4 of those resin motors that I have not used. I recently saw the original issue all chrome Revell Harley show bike. The front forks were detached from the frame but it looked good. The buy it now price was $15 and someone got it before I finished paying. The last mint original parts pack Harley kit sold for over $200. They are so rare that no one ever sells theirs. I once heard Revell had some request to re issue those kits but they didn’t think they could sell enough. I would post pics of those kits if interested but I still can’t upload anything. Starting to lose interest anyway.

The 1/25 Revell Harley motorcycle parts pack. For those that don’t know, Revell came out with these motorcycle parts packs and included a Harley show bike, a triumph show bike, a bsa, and a Honda around 1963. A friend cast the motors in my truck with resin. I opened the top end of one motor to add the rods and pistons. I do have the whole motorcycle and a couple more parts packs but they are too rare to build. Revell re-released these once when the movie “Grease” was out but they didn’t come chrome like the original first issue. I am still unable to upload more pics but I keep trying.

I have more pics but unfortunately I have been unable to upload them. I thought it was my I phone but att says it’s the webpage for some reason but I will try later.

Easier for them to shorten the wheelbase than screw up the body. I can only think it was a cost saving thing. I bought too many of those kits and only needed the 68 for parts. Made the mistake buying those amt kits before looking at one. Some bean counter at amt convinced someone there to just use a Coronet chassis. I looked at my mpc 68 coronet r/t, mpc 69 r/t, mpc 68 Charger and they all have the same chassis as the mpc 70 coronet r/t. The back of the chassis is flat to fit a flat rear bumper. Look at a Johan 69 Plymouth and the back of the chassis has a peak in the center for the peaked bumper. Now a 70 Johan rr has a straight chassis at the back just like a dodge and the trunk and bumper are not peaked. But the 70 johan still has a one inch shorter wheelbase versus a dodge. Not worth the trouble trying to fix the incorrect amt body. The 69 Johan body is accurate and the easiest one to back date to a 68. I just happened to have a spare 69 body to make a 68.

I have more pics but unfortunately I have been unable to upload them. I thought it was my I phone but att says it’s the webpage for some reason but I will try later.

This was a project around 15 years ago. I started with a 72 GMC short step side. I cut the front clip off to replace with a Chevy front end. The resin bed was from All American Resin( now defunct). The Chevy grill was opened and the body sprayed with black lacquer and candy flames over a cream base coat. The two Harley pan head motors in the bed are Revell parts pack motors and one has the top end removed showing pistons and rods. The cardboard boxes are photo reduced actual Harley oil cases from the early nineties.

Missing Link has some super cool 3D printed red resin 68 Belvedere, road runner tail light lenses that I will be using. They look better than the kit pieces and cancel out having to paint the red, just paint the black around the backup lense and the white for the backup light. Check out Missing Link Resin