Mark

You want to find the reissue of the stock Revell woody wagon. It was originally issued as a "build it either way" kit with both wagon and sedan bodies, and stock and custom wheels and tires. For some reason, Revell has always reissued the wagon with only stock wheels/tires while issuing the sedan (sedan delivery for a while) with only custom wheels/tires. You do not want the 1/24 scale woody with the Chevrolet engine. That is a totally different kit.

Ask the tool truck guy. I'm sure he wouldn't mind selling another one!

Salvino won't be doing one in 1/16 scale...

I think Cycolac came in in the early Sixties, as I understand AMT started using it during the 1961 promo model run. If that is true, you've probably got acetate which shrinks in addition to warping. Any repair will likely be temporary at best.

The instruction sheet, or a full-size copy, would be neat to have. It would dictate the sizes and shapes of the blocks and sheet material needed to remake the kit. The wheel/tire units and steering wheel were probably bought from another company, or maybe farmed out to a supplier. The Ace and F-B car kits are made up of sheets and blocks, gluing them together would make the completed "block" more resistant to warpage. The bumpers and trim parts in the F-B kits are all stamped into a sheet of thick aluminum foil. I'd like to see someone cut those parts out with a pocket knife. A plastic steering wheel is also included. The Berkeley car kits consisted of a single block milled to a rough shape, making it tougher to shape some areas because the grain of the wood isn't always going in the preferred direction. Trim parts in the Berkeley kits are cast soft metal. The Chrysler D-Elegance concept car has a roof/window unit vacuformed in clear acetate. The builder is supposed to finish off the interior, then mold in the roof and paint around the windows. Tires in all of these kits are probably off-the-shelf hobby items, maybe the same ones used for some airplane kit or toy. Believe it or not, one partial F-B kit I have (Chrysler Imperial) is pretty close to 1/25 scale. The proportions of the model, as built according to the instructions, would be pretty accurate. These companies offered a number of cars never offered in "mainstream styrene", like a Packard Caribbean, Buick LeSabre and Chrysler D-Elegance concepts, and other interesting cars.

Ex-MPC '36 Chevy.

The tires in the Ranchero kit are the old promo/Junior Craftsman kit tires, with the center web trimmed out. The kit tires were different, the center hole had either a rib or a notch on its perimeter. Apparently the kit tire tooling didn't turn up so the promo tires had to be pressed into service.

My understanding is that, during the 2009-2010 reorganization of GM, the rights to Corvette promo models (possibly all GM promos) was given to a charity, and the charity hired a company to get them produced. The guy who was putting together the deals to get them manufactured passed away, and nobody else there had any knowledge or interest in continuing them. The last few promos didn't sell in any big numbers, anyone involved with them was probably looking at declining sales and diminishing returns on them. I am surprised that no kit manufacturer has stepped up...maybe it shouldn't be surprising with a lot of kits of recent cars ending up in closeout stores, nobody wants to take a chance on a new Corvette kit.

Wish I could help, but in occasional checking of "wooden" car kits on eBay over the years, I haven't seen more than a couple of Ace kits. Most were Jeepsters. I've got a couple of Berkeley car kits, a couple of F-B car kits, and even a Megow cardstock/wood Jeep that was manufactured during WWII. No Ace kits though. Keep looking though, an instruction sheet could turn up.

Doesn't Academy have the Accurate Miniatures Corvette tool? If I remember right, they announced a reissue.

Nope, just a stock promo model body minus the windshield frame.

Hard to find prior to the recent reissue...

All of the AMT Courier kits are the short wheelbase version. The Bush Baby is a 4 x 4, completely different chassis from the others (including a different frame).

I wonder what existed that was of value. The original Manx body isn't of any value, only because Meyers couldn't hold a copyright on it. Half of the people who bought a Manx body made some minor change to it (like filling the recess for the hood medallion) and then used it as a "plug" for making a mold, to make knockoff copies...

The Frontenac overhead valve conversion dates back to the early Twenties, if not earlier. Developed and sold by the Chevrolet brothers (Louis Chevrolet was only associated with his namesake car company in its first couple of years of existence).

Great save on that body. I too have a spare Hornet sedan body as well as a set of decals I got off eBay. My plan involves building it the way Jo-Han would have done it had they made a kit. Why they made them as funny cars is a mystery, as nobody ever ran a Hornet funny car. They probably just wanted to get more use out of that chassis. I'd like to find a beat-up Hornet hatchback body, I think it would make a neat looking funny car if stretched and modified like other funny car bodies were.

I bought a partly assembled Hawaiian to get the new tires and wheels. The side panel of the kit box reads "made in USA, packaged in USA, wheels and tires molded in China". Atlantis apparently did not get the tooling for the new wheels and tires, and will have to tool new ones again. Personally, I didn't think the new tires and slicks were an upgrade, I just needed them for the particular car I want to build.

There are notations next to each section that should indicate where they go. Looks like the black panels are on the hood, the pattern panels would go on the body side above the styling crease, the Bolero Camaro panels would go on the lower half of the door under the crease. I would make a copy of the sheet on paper, cut it apart, and fit the panels to the body before cutting the sheet itself. I too have that sheet and intend to use it.

They were not shown on the box art for the kit they came in.

Changes in ownership and multiple moves can be blamed. People put in charge of moving or storage are often not given the resources they need, and are forced to prioritize. Old drawings and files are usually the first casualties. Older tooling sometimes doesn't get high priority either. I believe the Tom Graham Revell book mentions older tooling inserts were sometimes found in offices, where they were used as ashtrays.

You'd have been disappointed with the original issue, it was molded in dark blue.

The Australian Impala looks like it has regular wheels without the Rally wheel slots, but has Rally wheel center caps and trim rings. That combination looks good but wasn't offered here. Another option might be the simulated mag wheel covers from the Lindberg '66 Chevelle kit.

The Gremlin was a match race car, in 1970-71 the subcompact cars were not yet legal for NHRA Pro Stock. The kit box looks like a C-209 kit, if so that is a 1972 (not much difference anyway). The '72 kit did not have a separate grille insert piece like the '70 and '71 kits. Incidentally there was no '72 promo model, only the funny car kit. Sadly, Jo-Han never offered a stock Hornet kit, not even a snap version. The interior bucket and chassis to look for would be the Jo-Han Javelin/AMX Trans-Am racing version. The chassis has the rear suspension detail molded in and the inner front wheel wells are incorrect though. The interior bucket is a very close fit though, the side panels need to be tweaked a bit.

Nope, '67 dog dishes were a one year only deal, different from other Chevies that year.

If you want reliable, then I guess you don't want Reliable...