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These are two of my collection taken from storage in fairly crushed condition, back after I ETS'd from the Army in 1970; both had to be 'recreated' but one as I had origninally envisioned it, and one completely revamped. The Revell '62 Dodge kit was not the best kit the company ever produced; it must have been the first year they did promos, perhaps? I had JoHan kits of '60 and '61 Dodges and Plymouths, as I still have one in 'restored' condition. This 2-dr HT body got whacked and I lucked out in finding another glue-bomb to use for parts. I always thought the hard-top roof lines of the '62s were a crime against an otherwise decent style, so merely reconstructing a windshield frame was a good option, and calling it a roadster. I shortened the chassis and squared-off the passenger compartment to make a two-passenger car, foreshadowing the recent all-drag cars Chrysler makes (Hellcat, Demon, etc.) which I call the "Dragon". I fabricated a four-tail light trunk, ala '60 Pontiac, which accented the Exner long-hood, short deck look (two years before the Mustang, no less!) and copied the low-beam headlight air ducts from the Dodge turbine experimental cars of that year. I also made two hood versions, one with individual scoops, and one with a sort-of '63-4 style one. I photographed it against an advert picture shot from above. It is painted PPG "Hemi Orange" and black. The '62 Plymouth Fury likewise got a roof-transplant, from a '60 or '61 Dodge (JoHan) that I performed back in '63. The roof should have been narrowed to make the proportions better, but I was only sixteen, working with razor blades, hack-saw blades, Duro Plastic Aluminum and old school model cement! The '62 Plymouth rag-tops were very attractive cars, and the wagons not bad, but the hardtops, 2 or 4-door, were an eyesore to me! Both these models came with rather skimpy B-block V-8's (look more like SBC's!) so I put a Hyper-Pak slant-6 from a '62 Dodge Lancer kit in (save just for this project, I guess; it's not the Tex Smith roadster) and named it the "S-6 Fury". Virgil Exner's styling that year lost MoPar sales, and him his job as styling chief. Reportedly he'd planned to put asymmetrical hood scoops and deck 'finlets' on the cars, and it was halted at the last minute by management; I restored them in my version. This would have predated the well-known Pontiac "Sprint" OHC -6 options by four years. It was difficult rebuilding both these models, as they were very damaged; the latter roof had been crushed, and parts of the c-pillars were long gone, plus the earlier model 'glass' was hard to adapt. Thank goodness for BMF, two-part body filler, and epoxy! It is now DupliColor white lacquer, with PPG spot clear. I wish I still had my JoHan '61 Dodge Pheonix to rebuild; ugly fins, but killer grille and front clip Wick

These are two of my collection taken from storage in fairly crushed condition, back after I ETS'd from the Army in 1970; both had to be 'recreated' but one as I had origninally envisioned it, and one completely revamped. The Revell '62 Dodge kit was not the best kit the company ever produced; it must have been the first year they did promos, perhaps? I had JoHan kits of '60 and '61 Dodges and Plymouths, as I still have one in 'restored' condition. This 2-dr HT body got whacked and I lucked out in finding another glue-bomb to use for parts. I always thought the hard-top roof lines of the '62s were a crime against an otherwise decent style, so merely reconstructing a windshield frame was a good option, and calling it a roadster. I shortened the chassis and squared-off the passenger compartment to make a two-passenger car, foreshadowing the recent all-drag cars Chrysler makes (Hellcat, Demon, etc.) which I call the "Dragon". I fabricated a four-tail light trunk, ala '60 Pontiac, which accented the Exner long-hood, short deck look (two years before the Mustang, no less!) and copied the low-beam headlight air ducts from the Dodge turbine experimental cars of that year. I also made two hood versions, one with individual scoops, and one with a sort-of '63-4 style one. I photographed it against an advert picture shot from above. It is painted PPG "Hemi Orange" and black. The '62 Plymouth Fury likewise got a roof-transplant, from a '60 or '61 Dodge (JoHan) that I performed back in '63. The roof should have been narrowed to make the proportions better, but I was only sixteen, working with razor blades, hack-saw blades, Duro Plastic Aluminum and old school model cement! The '62 Plymouth rag-tops were very attractive cars, and the wagons not bad, but the hardtops, 2 or 4-door, were an eyesore to me! Both these models came with rather skimpy B-block V-8's (look more like SBC's!) so I put a Hyper-Pak slant-6 from a '62 Dodge Lancer kit in (save just for this project, I guess; it's not the Tex Smith roadster) and named it the "S-6 Fury". Virgil Exner's styling that year lost MoPar sales, and him his job as styling chief. Reportedly he'd planned to put asymmetrical hood scoops and deck 'finlets' on the cars, and it was halted at the last minute by management; I restored them in my version. This would have predated the well-known Pontiac "Sprint" OHC -6 options by four years. It was difficult rebuilding both these models, as they were very damaged; the latter roof had been crushed, and parts of the c-pillars were long gone, plus the earlier model 'glass' was hard to adapt. Thank goodness for BMF, two-part body filler, and epoxy! It is now DupliColor white lacquer, with PPG spot clear. I wish I still had my JoHan '61 Dodge Pheonix to rebuild; ugly fins, but killer grille and front clip Wick

These are two of my collection taken from storage in fairly crushed condition, back after I ETS'd from the Army in 1970; both had to be 'recreated' but one as I had origninally envisioned it, and one completely revamped. The Revell '62 Dodge kit was not the best kit the company ever produced; it must have been the first year they did promos, perhaps? I had JoHan kits of '60 and '61 Dodges and Plymouths, as I still have one in 'restored' condition. This 2-dr HT body got whacked and I lucked out in finding another glue-bomb to use for parts. I always thought the hard-top roof lines of the '62s were a crime against an otherwise decent style, so merely reconstructing a windshield frame was a good option, and calling it a roadster. I shortened the chassis and squared-off the passenger compartment to make a two-passenger car, foreshadowing the recent all-drag cars Chrysler makes (Hellcat, Demon, etc.) which I call the "Dragon". I fabricated a four-tail light trunk, ala '60 Pontiac, which accented the Exner long-hood, short deck look (two years before the Mustang, no less!) and copied the low-beam headlight air ducts from the Dodge turbine experimental cars of that year. I also made two hood versions, one with individual scoops, and one with a sort-of '63-4 style one. I photographed it against an advert picture shot from above. It is painted PPG "Hemi Orange" and black. The '62 Plymouth Fury likewise got a roof-transplant, from a '60 or '61 Dodge (JoHan) that I performed back in '63. The roof should have been narrowed to make the proportions better, but I was only sixteen, working with razor blades, hack-saw blades, Duro Plastic Aluminum and old school model cement! The '62 Plymouth rag-tops were very attractive cars, and the wagons not bad, but the hardtops, 2 or 4-door, were an eyesore to me! Both these models came with rather skimpy B-block V-8's (look more like SBC's!) so I put a Hyper-Pak slant-6 from a '62 Dodge Lancer kit in (save just for this project, I guess; it's not the Tex Smith roadster) and named it the "S-6 Fury". Virgil Exner's styling that year lost MoPar sales, and him his job as styling chief. Reportedly he'd planned to put asymmetrical hood scoops and deck 'finlets' on the cars, and it was halted at the last minute by management; I restored them in my version. This would have predated the well-known Pontiac "Sprint" OHC -6 options by four years. It was difficult rebuilding both these models, as they were very damaged; the latter roof had been crushed, and parts of the c-pillars were long gone, plus the earlier model 'glass' was hard to adapt. Thank goodness for BMF, two-part body filler, and epoxy! It is now DupliColor white lacquer, with PPG spot clear. I wish I still had my JoHan '61 Dodge Pheonix to rebuild; ugly fins, but killer grille and front clip Wick