Identifying an old engine & some tonneau covers.

[Lordmodelbuilder]

Thank you for any help.

Edited May 13, 2016 by Lordmodelbuilder

[Snake45]

The black tonneau cover looks familiar. AMT 260 Cobra, perhaps.

[Ace-Garageguy]

The engine appears to be a representation of a 4-rotor Wankel, configured for a front-engined application (unlike the Chebby Aerovette and the Mazda 767/787); I have NO idea what kit it may be from.

Edited May 12, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mark]

The Wankel engine block is from an MPC Chevy Vega kit.  I'm pretty sure it was in the '73-'75 annual kits.  The Corvette kits also included one, but I think that one had an automatic transmission.

[Lordmodelbuilder]

Snake45, I have an old AMT Cobra kit & the tonneau cover is similar,but doesn't fit.

Ace & Mark,as for the Rotary, I should have known it came in the MPC Vettes & Vegas.

Thanks for your help guys. Hoping someone knows where the tonneau covers came from.

Edited May 14, 2016 by Lordmodelbuilder

[Ace-Garageguy]

 

 Hoping someone knows where the tonneau covers came from.

The white tonneau in the foreground is from the old 1960 MPC Corvette kit. It's to the right below the instructions in this shot.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

I believe the black tonneau may be from the same kit, seen in the left upper quadrant of this photo, to the left of the rolled rear pan, and under the exhaust pipe.

[Lordmodelbuilder]

Ace, I was just looking closer at the 1st pic you posted & did see both of them.

I do have an old MPC junker 60 Vette & they are in fact for that kit.

Thanks for the help everyone. Now to figure out the last one.

[GLMFAA1]

The larger cover is from I believe the T bird kits in the 60's

If not then some of the early 60's yearly releases, that were NASCAR convertible 3 way kits POncho's Chevy or Fords

greg