Dave Darby

I'm going to pop the seal on this thread and say all that extra effort really paid off. The paint detail work really wakes/breaks up the molded parts. Beautiful build with super nice detail. I love it!

I believe if there was a separate gas cap, that would have been a feature of the Autolite Special/Mach 1/Iron Horse/etc variation that used a portion of that tool. I don't have my annual kit instructions handy, but I'm sure Mark B would know. But I'm pretty positive the gas cap was always molded in.

I often wonder if the sliding inserts that form the sides of the body for the Craftsman tool would interchange with the ones in the annual tool. That would get you a long way towards there.

I should have said, which are "also" too short. I assumed you knew I was aware that those rocker covers were used only on the smaller 368 Lincoln Y block, the 56-57 Continental, specifically. I never expressed or implied MELs ever used those. But like I said, incorrect rocker covers aside, it's about as close to an MEL engine as AMT got to anything else they made at the time. (1960).

Most recent issues have the stock parts included. There were only a few reissues in the 1970s and 80s that didn't. Appears it's getting reissued this year.

Except for one thing. The AMT 25 T kit does come with a 90 degree offset magneto that does work with the Latham blower. So other than the rocker covers (which I'm pretty sure are too short in real life), it's not all that far off from an MEL engine. Given the time period when the kit was conceived, we can call it a 430.

Now that is super cool.

Hi Steve, That's a nice looking build. I like the wheels and color. However, this doesn't really qualify as a review. You don't mention what issue (release) it is, nor do you mention what it has a for parts, or any other basic description. As for the 1964 style instructions, they were adequate then, so I am not sure how they wouldn't be adequate today. What would you like you see changed about them? I think "On the Shelf" might be a better spot for it.

The only thing Larry got wrong was the issue AMT redid the Ala Kart into a street rod. That was not in 1969, but in 1973, for the Street Rods issue. That version was issued only once. The 1969 release still built an Ala Kart. The new tool Ala Kart also suffers from a way too squarish nose, hood and cowl.

Union in Japan ended up with some of those tools, including the 48 Fords and VW, if I recall correctly. From there, who knows.

Me either. And it's killin' me! Been seeing some great previews on Facebook. Some amazing builds to be seen. Tim Boyd, Terry Jessee and Jim Keeler are there.

It is. It's really good for lowering '25 Ts as well. Like this survivor that came to me with a stock front axle.

That's one of the reasons I used the AMT fenders. That and I like the AMT radiator shell better. When MPC did the small block chevy powered version in 1978, they moved the radiator forward a bit and put mounting ears on the lower sides of the radiator shell. While I'm not planning on running a hood, I think I remember test fitting an AMT hood (which I think is shorter) and it fit fine. That said, I'll give it a test fit tomorrow and get back with you.

Here's a couple of Woody Wagon clones from Monogram. One's painted, the other one is polished plastic.

Looking good Steve, I've got on sitting on AMT chassis and fenders I need to wrap up someday.

I don't know about "they" (mixing and matching part inserts from different tools isn't that simple), but we certainly can.

Not everybody reads this forum, or is privy to this information.

I owned a full size 57 with a Y block, and I grew up them, but that fish nor fowl version doesn't bother me any more than the Lincoln engine in the 25 T. I'm just hoping the unibody 61-63 F100s are in the future plans.

For context, John G works for Round2, who manages the AMT brand: JohnG says: July 31, 2014 at 7:40 pm This is only a portion of the molds, but goes way beyond the latest catalog. Some tools were never sampled in this program. I can say without a doubt that the early 60’s Ford trucks are long gone, unfortunately.

Pretty sure the 60 tool is gone as well.

I owned a real 57. Neither the fenders nor the valance are the same. The 57s and 58s have a slightly flared out round opening to accommodate the round parking lamps. The 59-60 fenders have the parking lights inboard of the fenders.

This won't be a reissue. This will be a clone tool similar to way they did the Nova wagon. But with the 57-58 having slightly different front fenders than the 59-60s (owing to parking light shape) I'm not really foreseeing too much in the way of different year variants either. But I could be wrong, and I hope I am.

Looking great! What paint did you use on it?

Now that's one groovy TOC page!

Dave, that's 217.