Dave Darby

Well aware on both counts, but would still like them back. Especially since I have a 40 sedan that's missing one of the headers. As far as the Moon discs go, the ones in the sedan were almost identical to ones in the 25 T. They definitely don't stick out too far.

That is way cool. Enjoyed looking at the build photos. I like how you modified the roof from the Monogram 37 Ford convertible. Where did you get the front tires?

You must not have bought the current issue then. It has everything you see in Don's photos. This is the box to look for.

I'm up for a few more. I just wish they would re-tool the old chrome side exiting headers and Moon discs.

Other than Holleys and the occasional Rochester and Carter 2 barrels MOST carburetors are bare diecast. That makes them silver. Everybody has that one I'd think. I always chuckle when I see a gold painted Stromberg 97 on a model.

Thanks. I wish the Revell kit would have been around back in 1992 when I built this one. Hood and grille are much nicer. But the AMTs are more fun.

You could always make it a 40 Standard. The '39' hood actually has the correct 40 Standard trim.

Looking great! What paint did you use on it?

Bumpers (and guards) are different too. Although you may be able to modify the 40 bumpers to match. This is a 39 with 40 headlamps. Also, the Monogram 40 Ford Pickup uses the 40 Ford Standard hubcaps. Correct for a 40 PU, but not for a 39.

Looking really good Tulio!

Nice review. I'd like to offer a couple of corrections tho. Those white wall tires are not for the stock version. They only fit the chrome reversed wheels. Previous versions of this kit came with a pair of skinny Firestone tires for the front and a pair of drag slicks for the rear to be used with the stock steel wheels and poverty caps. As far as the burnouts knocking those poverty caps off, I kinda doubt it. If they were full wheel covers yes. Let's just say he popped them off to run at the strip and left them off.

Not sure where you could get a better detailed 430, but the Lincoln's shared the the underbody with the 61-66 Thunderbird so the new tool 62 Bird might be your ticket for a better 'chassis. (They're unibodies).

Looks good! I picked one up on clearance too. The last one, sadly. If I had known/remembered they had those nice vintage Edelbrock valve covers I would have picked few up before they went on clearance.

Very nice build of a pretty cool kit. You may have noticed (If you look closely at the chassis that MPC tooled this directly off of a built AMT 49 Merc kit. You can see the seams on the oil pan, and on the top of the chassis you see the trunk liner pattern. MPC took a similar route with the 53 Flip Nose pickup body. If you have one of the MPC 64-67 Corvettes you will see the engine has a very close resemblance to the Revell 55-57 Chevy engine (at least the long block).

Absolutely. And honestly it's better looking than an actual Sedan Delivery. To my eyes at least.

What's incorrect is the Model A Sedan Delivery isn't simply a sedan with a rear door and blanked out windows. It is a completely different and longer body.

My money is on Mark. After all, he's owned most of the kits he's mentioned and has the parts to compare. Another kit that received similar treatment would be the 64 Impala, which lost all of it's clear headlight lenses. Also, in some cases, the clear tools were lost or misplaced, necessitating new tools. The 57 Chevy, 25 Model T and 40 Willys for example.

I like it too. How did you do the headlights?

You are close regarding the chassis. However the 70 Coronet was an already existing MPC tool. The chassis under the Road Runner was a newer tool that originated with the Road Runner/GTX duo. The compromise was likely to make it work under both bodies. Down the road, when Ertl decided to reissue the 70 Coronet, they discovered the original chassis insert was being used for something else. (Probably the DOH Charger). So they just slipped in the Road Runner/GTX chassis/running gear for a more modern undercarriage. (And it was probably easier for them.)

Very cool build. The taillight panel is the custom grille from an MPC 67 Corvette.

What a sweet build! I started to do almost the same thing about 15 years ago and never finished it. Perhaps it's time... I did do a Clone of the original issue using parts from the Blue Bandito. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration!

The Original flathead version has been on my bucket list ever since I saw in one of Andy Southard's books. I'd probably use the rolling stock from the Revell 40 Ford on it. For the later Roth version simply pick up a Beatnik Bandit.

Looks great! I did the trade show/catalog build for AMT back in the 1990s for that kit. (I also dug through my old magazine collection to find an ad that showed the hood stripe graphic they used for reference.) The stripes on my build were trimmed down from the Eliminator decals.

Many of the old AMT tools were scrapped around 1973-74 under Tom Gannon's management. Very likely that was one of them. He did the same thing for Monogram with most of the old Aurora tools.