Mark

No coupe, only the panel and cabriolet (which MPC and Ertl mistakenly call a roadster). The panel body was later altered to create the Vampire Van body (it still fits the stock Chevy fenders).

The AMC crowd seems to be getting into 3D print, big time. A good thing, as it's unlikely any of the mainstream kit manufacturers will do anything AMC beyond reissues, and only then items that can be done without rework or repairs. I haven't seen the S/C kit, but I have seen two two-seat AMX kits as well as an early Javelin. I'm heavily invested in already paid for Jo-Han stuff so I won't need those. But if someone does a Spirit lift back, I'm in for a couple.

The Hubley Chevy metal kits are 1/20 scale, as are their Ford Model As.

Pre-1936 Chevrolets were limited in popularity as rod material due in part to their structural wood in the bodies. The wood deteriorated quickly compared to all-steel bodies, causing doors to sag and roofs to leak. Rodders generally weren't crazy about working with wood. Though Chevy outsold Ford most years of the thirties, the Fords generally hung in longer. Too, the speed equipment available favored Fords, even more so when other V8 engines came in that could be adapted to the Ford transmissions. The Ford suspension and driveline was strong enough to stand up to other V8 engines because they were somewhat overbuilt. Chevies were built to a price in those days, and not what you could call overbuilt.

Besides the AMT '37 and Monogram '39 kits, those are it. MPC didn't choose the best body styles for the '32. The panel isn't 100% correct (should be on a longer wheelbase). They should have gone with a roadster instead of the cabriolet, and maybe a coupe instead of the panel.

I should have suspected that someone had a 3D kit or parts. The Jo-Han kit hasn't been manufactured in around 25 years. Though it was one of the last kits made by Seville, 25 years is still a long time, long enough that no "cheap" ones are out there. I'd guess that a 3D kit will have more of the details right. Whether or not the body is correct is another matter (like resin kits, they often look great in pictures).

The battery box went in the trunk area. You had to unscrew the chassis to change the battery (batteries). I believe it used AA batteries, not sure if it was one or two.

The S/C had minimal changes besides the paint scheme, engine, and scoop. The interior in all 1,512 S/Cs was charcoal gray, an available color on other AMC cars that year. The red/white/blue headrests, shifter, and tachometer (attached to the steering column with a hose clamp) were the only changes. The engine was the 390 available in AMX and Ambassador models that year. AMC did not have "big" and "small" block engines, so the 390 fit wherever the smaller V8s already offered in the Rambler fit. Other Rambler models could be had with a 343 V8 that year. That said, the S/C kit is pretty much an altered 1966 American hardtop kit. Jo-Han did not make American or Rogue promos or kits after 1966. They dusted off the idle 1966 kit tooling in the early Seventies, removing the side trim from the body, adding the V8 engine (the earlier kits had straight six engines), and reworking the chassis to add separate exhaust and rear axle detail. Interior trim details, grille, and taillights are still 1966 spec. The rear axle is incorrect too. Jo-Han was tooling the Sox & Martin '71 Barracuda kit at the same time and copied its parts for the S/C.

Pretty much like the annual kit except for the loss of the battery box and related parts. This issue may have included the then-new AMT hollow Goodyear Stock Car Special tires for the racing version. Other kits with similar style box art included the '64 Impala (Round 2 has that box art for the current reissue), '66 Mercury (used by Round 2 for a reissue), and '65 Bonneville. There was a Mexico only reissue '66 Impala hardtop that used a similar style box also.

Mitchell!

That's the second issue, from 1968-69. It did still have the clear headlight piece, but not the battery box or other parts for the working lights. This was the only reissue of the full detail kit prior to it being converted to the Modified Stocker in 1971.

If the car had been stolen, it would have been impounded so that the rightful owner could get soaked for towing and storage fees. With everything of value liberated from the trunk.

2 in 1 comes from it including both the Badman and street machine parts. Two sets of wheels and tires, grille and grille outer trim, Badman exhaust dumps and street machine parts to tie into the molded-in exhaust system detail.

The cam cover was on the plated tree in those kits. I believe the '77 reissue kits have two of them for some unknown reason.

The Great Unloading has begun!

If it is a '66, it was only made once, in 1966. The '67 has been reissued several times.

MPC decals of that era are going to be problematic. Next set you get, give them a coating to hold them together.

If you must buy a kit for parts, think about a Round 2 reissue '67 Charger. It will have the glass, as well as a chassis similar to the original '66 kit unit.

AMT '64 Corvair. Available only as a promo or Craftsman series kit, the latter molded in yellow.

The good 3D printers are most likely hobbyists who know the subject matter and know what other hobbyists expect in terms of quality. 3D seems to have attracted "printers" who will crank out whatever they think will make money, with no knowledge of what they are making or what it should look like. I doubt the first group would have sent something like that out.

Fuel tank/spare tire area is different between Charger and Coronet. The MPC Charger kit underbody was originally used in their '65 Coronet, they made other minor alterations for the Charger but that area was the most obvious change.

The pro street '70 Coronet had the DOHC Hemi parts. That kit's tubbed floorpan is different from the one used in the GTX and Roadrunner.

Clear coat. Polishing anything metallic or pearlescent will knock edges and corners off of the particles in the paint already there.

I wouldn't overthink it. They likely used the parts layout from the previous pro street issue in error. The kit will be the stock one this time around.

If it's a promo model, it will be made of acetate as opposed to styrene. Acetate doesn't just warp, it can be a combination of warping and shrinking. I have heard about, and read articles about, various fixes but have never heard about any of them being permanent.