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Afraid I don't have any to spare Lenny but the back bumper from the new tool AMT '62 fits the AMT '61-'63 annuals like it was made for them if that helps. Tail lights are slightly different between the 3 though if that matters. Front bumper and hood are different enough to not fit without quite a bit of work though unfortunatly. Not to mention the grilles also being different between all 3 years..

Thanks Carl. 🙂

Thanks Alex. It took a lot of grinding. Not done yet, have to radius around the window openings and true them up before I can start paint. My buddy Steve-O printed them for me. I think he bought the file from Z-Force but it may have been another vendor.

Decided to use the tri-carb flathead from the Revell '32 sedan. fit in with minor mods, kinda surprised it was so easy actually. Only mod I had to do to the engine was file down the attached motor mounts. On the frame I cut out the small tranny mount and engine mounts and added pins that will go into holes drilled in the mounts on the engine. Pretty simple swap.

Well it looks like Keith is out of the decal business too. One of the members here posted last week that Keith told him that his order would be the last set of decals he would be printing. It's a shame but that's how it goes in this hobby. If you want something get it when you see it because it might not be there tomorrow.

HOK candy brandywine over silver. [IIRC, thier orion silver base]

No worries David. I'm familiar with the kit. Built this one 19 years ago [😲] and I have one on the table right now with a resin sedan body. But making things "work" is what hot rodding's about, right? 😉

I've always loved the look of that orange box art hotrod. Gonne do one like that one day.😉

Thanks Jim, I looked for a set of finned heads and a 2 or 3 carb intake I thought I had stashed away over the weekens but no luck, I'll find a set eventually though. Actually decided on the dark orange, more of a pearl or candy rust shade. gonna save the dark blue for a more involved '37 Chevy coupe project I have in mind and have been thinking about for a few years now but haven't pulled the trigger on.

That's why you use the 40% off coupon and get it for 29.99.

Oddly enough I had remembered seeing a set in a kit I recently got as a door prize at a show a couple months ago. Checked earlier today , theres a set in this kit along with the newer white letter tires.

I had this '65 Elky body forever. Bought the kit new back in the very late '70s Probably '77 or '78. Rebuilt once a couple years later with the "never ending line" graphics obviously painted by a 14 year old hand. LOL all that was left sitting in a box for decades was the parts in the pic. I had been thinking about rebuilding it using the excellent Revell '65 hardtop kit as a donor but didn't seem necessary with the kit being reissued a couple times since then. I also have a re-builder '64 wagon I had toyed with the idea of cutting up for the project but not fond of that idea. So when the AMT '64 kit was announced, I knew what I was going to do. I think it's time has come.

.I did some cleanup on the body around the window openings. The body is quite thick and uneven so it'll take more work. I also pinned the body/fender assembly. held the body in place. drilled some holes and put lengths cut from strait pins in. glued the pins to the fenders in back and body in front. Now the body will stay put and I can easily pit them and take them apart during assembly

Looks fantastic Mark.

I've known all that for a long time Peter but thanks for adding it so those who are not familiar with the problem will know. To be clear, I never said it dosen't happen, just that it dosen't happen in every case. I dug out some stuff I built back in the late '80s with these tires last night to see how they have been holding up. First issue MPC Dodge Daytona molded in dark metallic grey, slight melt, edges of rims slightly soft in places. First issue MPC Pontiac Fiero molded in red, moderat melt, soft rims edges, I wouldn't re-use those wheels. First issue AMT A-Team van molded in black, MPC tires used instead of kit tires. Minimum melt. slight markings on inside lip of rims. Wheels definitly re-useable. So, wht didn't the Camaro wheels melt too? That's the point of the post, not what could have been done to prevent it or whatever ,, just why this particular set of tires and wheels? I didn't do anything to clean them up before use or anything like that, just painted the letters, [with Tesors flat white bottle enamel BTW,] and threw then on the car. Also, have anyone had the MPC Desert Dog truck tires do this? seems they should have been made from the same vinyl .