R. Thorne

Thank you, gentlemen. PM sent, Rick.

I am making some progress. The body foil is done, now finishing the detailing on the interior. Gonna make the T-handle 4 speed shifter tonight, hopefully. I have found a (close enough) intake manifold. I have 3 engines coming from Ebay (2 with headers)that I will look at and choose the closest appearance to the Hooker super comps. One engine will have the correct (4gc) carb. The front tires are still a problem. Most stockers and super stockers run about a 28 inch tire with 4.5 inch tread width and overall width of 6-6.5 inches. In 1/25 scale this equates to 1.120 inches tall by .240 overall width. The closest I can find (T-46 from scenes unlimited) are Continental (!!!) front drag tires with an o.d. of 1.022 and .260 width (about 25.5 inches 1:1). I really don't want to buy another kit to (maybe) get the right tires. Surely someone on here has built a stock or super stock and come up with a suitable front drag tire?? Thanks for the help guys. Ron.

More newbie questions. Availability of edelbrock single plane T-M 1 type intake manifold for small block chevy? Also, front drag tires (7.10-15 in 1:1) moroso preferably. Is it my imagination or do all the carbs in model kits have less than average detail to them when compared to everything else in the kit? I base this only on the limited pictures available of carbs and the 1 model kit I have. Thanks, Ron.

Espo: thanks for reply. Yes, it was a 220 horse, carb also came on 1966 327-250h.p. Snake45 and Rodent: Considering those, but am leaning toward the 1969 nova kit for the headers and then purchasing another engine from a 1957 chevy from eBay cheap for the 4gc carb. Ron

High octane: yes, I have. Qjet, Holley, afb, etc., but no 4gc. Thanks, Ron.

W-409: I considered converting the hood to flat, but I am not painting the body of this car as my 1-1 car was white in color, too. I did see the quadrajet on fireball's site last week and thought about ordering one if I could find a model car kit for my present race car [1974 GTO/Ventura stocker that runs in (are you ready?) J/SA]. Small world, huh? As for the 4gc, call me anal if you will, but I want the carb to be correct, if possible. Thanks, Ron.

Espo, the Rochester g series (1g, 2g, 2gc, 4gc, etc. ) was GM's most commonly used carb from the early fifties up to the late 60's. The "c" signified choke mechanism, by the way. The number designation was the number of barrels (or venturis) in the carb, so 4gc was a four barrel carb. The 4gc was available up to 1967, I believe. At that point, it was replaced by the quadrajet with the huge secondaries. The 4gc secondarys are roughly the same size as the primaries. Thanks, Ron.

Thanks, Espo. The nova kit might be worthwhile for the engine and headers, but I would still need the 4gc type carb. Car was a 4 speed stick car with hooker headers. May just build headers from scratch along with 6 point roll bar. The el Camino kit will give me the flat hood, then. By the way, the last model car I built was in the early 60's. Ron.

First post here. I am building a 1966 chevelle station wagon model of the 1-1 car I used to have many years ago. I bought the California wheels kit that came with a 396. My car had a 283 with the 4gc (not qjet). I have been trying to find a kit that would come with this engine or the engine by itself. It appears the 1957 bel air kit comes with the stock type carb. Any other kits that would have the 283 type with 4gc carb? Anyway, what kit would have the best detail (especially the carb) ? Also, in order to get the flat hood (kit came with the rs hood) , it looks like I will have to buy the 1966 el Camino kit, correct? Thanks, Ron.