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I would like to have a correct 57 Ranchero from Revell to replace the outdated incorrect kit they already have, I don't have anything against resin but I prefer a styrene kit if it gets available.

The quality is nice, I ordered a DD 12V-71 Engine, a KW Torsion Bar Suspension and a KW 86" Aerodyne Roof, and the only thing I can see is a couple of air bubbles on the underside of the edge on the roof, nothing else.

100% for me. I have seen most of them and took a chance on a couple.

That's why I buy almost all my new kits from the US...that and the ridiculous prices on the kits we can get over here.

I got my order from Kelly yesterday, so P&P lives.

KJ has Peterbilt rims, not with that exact enter cap as they are from Peterbilt's brand new trucks but they are oval hole Peterbilt rims. . http://kdhumphr.wix.com/double-take-replicas#!124-peterbilt-rims/ca84

You beat me to it.

How bad don't we need more modern Peterbilt and Kenworth truck kits.?? The kits we have available to us are from the late 60's and 70's, and if we stretch it, some might fit in the early 80's...nothing new for over 30 years except for the Moebius International kits of course. Well Italeri has done some more modern American truck kits but they are 1:24th scale,

Yes you are right Bill, I used the wrong term but you knew what I meant anyway. The inboard intake ports are paired like the middle exhaust ports on a Chevy SB. You are welcome JC, I wish you well on your project.

The exhaust side of a 221-302 Ford is not that wrong as the ports are evenly spaced, the two middle ones needs to be a bit further appart to be correct tho', the intake ports on the Ford are also evenly spaced and the middle ports are siamesed on the Olds so you probably have to do something about that as the intake is quite visible.

After what I have read about these engines the Buick/Pontiac and the Olds are based on the same basic design but Olds took their own way on some things so they differ in the head/valve cover area. Olds added one head bolt per cylinder on the intake side but otherwise the pattern are the same, so if you don't use that bolt hole you can use Olds heads on the Buick block but the other way around is not recomended. But as I haven't really worked on them I can't know for sure. The Jo-Han Olds F-85 is the only kit I can think of that can have this engine.

As far as I know it was Rover that bought the Buick/Pontiac/Oldsmobile aluminum 215 from GM back in 1963 and I believe it was in production until 2006. Holden uses Chevy engines, but of course can the 215 have been the starting point fo the Brabham engines anyway. I don't have the kit so I can't look but the old Jo-Han Olds F-85 kit can have one, in that case it should be the Olds version with slightly different heads and valve covers.

You can do fittings from Plastruct hexagonal rods, they come in different sizes and you can do a lot of fittings from one rod. If you know where things go and what they do it's easier to do it right, to plumb a dry sump oil system you almost have to have some knowledge of how it works to be able to do it correctly and JC's diagrams are a good help on the way. The DSOPSHU diagram on his Fotki album is a bit simplified and they forgot a very important part...the engine itself and all it's hookups, but the other diagrams are better. The ignition system is not that hard, in NASCAR they use one distibutor and two coils and two ignition boxes (mostly MSD 6's) through a switch where one coil and box are for backup, the ignition boxes are often mounted on or under the passenger side of the dashboard. The firing order should be 13726548 and the Ford engines number the cylinders from the front 1234 on the passenger side and 5678 on the drivers side, the distributor runs anti-clockwise, but...as long as you dont split the ignition wires in the middle on the distributor cap one can't really see how you have wired it if you don't go very close.

Very nice build.

One of the best models I have seen of this car.

I don't think Pegasus does any other disc brakes, and the difference in 19 an 23 inch wheels aren't that big, about 4 millimeters total so I think they would work just fine.

Of course you can, here is my version of the old AMT kit built about 16 years ago.

It's not only this country, it's going on over here too. The "political correctness" tends to be more and more silly for every day.

The 348 came for the 1958 model year and the 409 came for the 1961 model year so for a 58 Impala it should be 348. The visual outside difference between them is the placement of the oil dip stick, drivers side for the 348 and passenger side for the 409, the 348 was available with tri-power but not the 409 as it had 2 X 4 barrel instead and the most powerful 409 was rated 425 hp in 1963, otherwise they look pretty much the same. The 409 was enlarged to 427 late 1962 for 1963 and they were called Z11 (under)rated 430hp, 50 cars were built and were developed for drag racing. The Revell 58 Impala is a nice kit and I have a couple in my stash.

In my humble opinion the Monogram brand should only go on the original Monogram tooling kits. The way they do it now it's just confusing, Revell branding on old Monogram kits and Monogram branding on both old and new Revell kits, if you don't know your model kit history you can be seriously fooled. AMT was the same before Round 2 took over, after Ertl bought the brands MPC and AMT every model kit were branded AMT-Ertl regardless of the original manufacturer wich was way confusing, Round 2 has corrected that and reinstated the MPC name, and they have bought Linberg and Polar Lights and added them to their lineup.

Lost count a long time ago.

The 302 / 5.0 engie yes...EFI no. I have several of the original issues of the 3 Window Coupe, the Speedwagon, the Roadster, the Tudor Sedan, the 5 Window Coupe and the Rat Roaster Roadster and I have looked in all of them, the only kits with the EFI setup are the Speedwagon Woody, and the 5 Window kits, No EFI in the 3 Window, the Roadster or the Tudor Sedan. I don't know what's included in later reissues after the original issue tho' as I don't have any of them.

Buzzin' Dozen!! Cool engine choise.

Yes the 55 Sedan kit also has poseable steering.

It looks more like the AMT 55 Chevy to me, the Revell 55 chassis has separate exhaust systems.