Motor City

Thanks to all for your suggestions. I'm at work, so I don't have any promos in front of me . To clarify, the early AMT promos used nail heads from 1948 or 1949 to probably 1952, slotted screws in 1953 and 1955, nails in 1954, and slotted screws from 1956 onward (disclaimer: don't quote me on all of those years as I'm going from my memory). I think all of my Jo-Han promos have the nail head or non-slotted screws. Some of the promos have the nails in so tight that there is no way to get a pair of pliers on the nail head, and a putty knife or chisel is too thick to pry up with. Is there some other effective tool to pry these up without damaging the head or gouging the chassis? I have a few windows to reglue, as well as a few chassis to straighten out from kids leaning too hard on the models when playing with them. I could also use a couple of screws for a '56 Roadmaster 4-door hardtop. These are smaller than the screws used on the AMT models of the 60s. Thanks, Jim

Hi, I was wondering what is the most effective way to remove old nails that were used instead of screws to secure the body to the chassis on old AMT promos and many Jo-Han promos. I saw on another forum that using a soldering iron on the nails will heat them up enough to remove them from the body. Wouldn't that melt the plastic mounting posts? Thanks, Jim