Drag Monster Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I just purchased a lot of kits and there was a AMT Red Alert Chevelle in the batch. I inventoried the kit and it is missing the radiator support (shown in the instructions) but the body in the kit has the support molded in. I have searched the internet and every 70-72 chevelle body I could find does not have this piece molded in. Any clue what kit this body is from? There are no numbers or writing molded in the underside of the part. The chassis hood and interior fit perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 That's definitely an AMT body. The tool that produced the body started out as a 1970, from which the promotional models (and a $1.00 no-engine, no optional parts kit) were manufactured. The promos and $1 kit would have had that molded-in radiator wall. The Red Alert kit was run so many times over several years, that for one run someone may have set the tooling up incorrectly putting that radiator wall into the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drag Monster Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Mark, I believe you are correct I found this image and it looks like the same body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Is it a 1970 Body or 1972? The Red Alert kit was a 72 , where as the actual car was a 1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, gtx6970 said: Is it a 1970 Body or 1972? The Red Alert kit was a 72 , where as the actual car was a 1970 I'm seeing (barely) the '72 turn signals in the front fenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Looks like a '72 body. The 1:1 was a '70, but the kit was always a '72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drag Monster Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Very Strange the body has both the 70 & 72 turn lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcarfan27 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Might be a very early issue, before the parts got corrected. Anyone have a 71 annual to compare it to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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