Casey

I'm not done. Here are a few more options, because I have a good variety of pie crust slicks on hand. #1-#3 are about the same O.D. (1.200"), but #4 has an O.D. of 1.112". Any of the four below will fit properly with a little wiggle room side-to-side. I don't have the kit's rear axle/leaf springs to determine of they'll rub on the top of the wheelhouse or not. #1 -- AMT Firestone Deluxe Champion 'Gum Dipped' 7.50x15 pie crust slick: #2 -- AMT newly tooled double-groove pie-crust cheater slick (Barris Surf Buggy, etc.): #3 -- I believe these are the 'no name' early AMT pie crust slicks Bill mentioned. No sidewall markings whatsoever: #4 -- M+H Racemaster Dragster 7.10 x 15 pie crust slicks (no idea on the source):

Here's a 'modern' AMT Parts Pack pie crust slick inside the '49 Ford's wheelhouse. You can fudge it and call it good, but the inner sidewall rubs against the frame and the outer sidewall against the inside of the quarter panel"

Totally Out of Stock? i.e., they're sold out of them, so if you want a kit marked TOS, don't snooze in buying one elsewhere. Looks like they changed to "Out of Stock" now. Maybe Brett Barrow knows for sure, as he used to work at Stevens, IIRC.

Scribing works on panel gaps, too...and it's still free. Straight out of the box: After scribing the door gap (the backside of a slightly blunt-ended x-acto knife blade is my tool of choice): Notice the shadow line under the drip rail shows no noticeable visual change, even though the gap at the top of the door was scribed to the same depth as the front and rear door edges. Below you can see light passing through the gap at the door's rear edge, and how I've slightly rounded the lower corners of the door: The trunk lid gap has been scribed deeper, too, though I didn't take and 'before' pics.

https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/chevys-baby-riviera-the-1964-super-nova/

But wait, there's more, and from Chicago, too. Less focus on automotive subjects, but still a look back at what was: https://designyoutrust.com/2018/11/wayne-sorces-cityscapes-captured-nyc-and-chicago-in-gorgeous-color/

That poor Monte. These Brownstones(?) are probably selling for $1.6M renting for $9K/month now.

Nothing recent comes up via search, but this might be the same material?

I like that, too. How much longer until the Moebius '64 and or '65 Chevy II kits drop?

More from Langdon Clay here: http://news.spaceforarts.com/langdon-clay-cars-new-york-city-1974-‐-1976/

https://designyoutrust.com/2018/10/parked-cars-under-streetlamps-in-1970s-new-york-city/

Ah, that sounds more reasonable. I think all the '36-'39 Ford and/or Chevy kits available make great gas class cars, even if they run a straight eight Buick:

"Known internally at GM as XP-836, Chevrolet’s answer to the Ford Mustang is shown here in clay model form in November of 1964":

The vintage AMT Firestone Deluxe Champion 'Gum Dipped' 7.50x15 pie crust slicks should fit inside the wheelwells just fine, as they are a bit narrower thane the modern parts pack pie crust slicks:0

^This. I found the 1962 NHRA Gas class rules found here: http://nostalgiagassers.com/nhra-rules-gas-coupessedans-g-1962/ Fitting into the B/Gas class required a 9.00-10.99 lbs/cubic inch displacement ratio, so using a '64-ish 364 c.i. Buick V8, and a 1940 Ford Coupe weight of approximately 3276 lbs (2970 lbs stock), gives the desired a 9.00 ratio. The 306 lb weight difference could be accounted for by the addition of later model steel wheels, slicks, and other parts, and the Buick engine adds 130 lbs by itself, so I think it's in the 'believable' range. The Street Section Class adds a more requirements (full stock type interior with rear seats present, etc.), so no stripped down, remove-everything-which-weighs-anything type mods.

Just another Round2 re-reissue with a movie tie-in.

Sorry, no progress since the November 2013 post.

Maybe it will get reissued some day, but it's no longer happening. See also Barris' Bed Buggy, Elegant Farmer, Touch Tone Terror. It happens. Kits are announced, art work is readied, and there's an issue with the model itself. Do the forthcoming Rat Trap Vega and the Ridge Runner Pinto share the same chassis and maybe engine, too? Not sure how generic the cars in this series are.

I always thought the 'kinked' ladder bars looked odd, as I don't recall seeing any real ones which looked like that, but the bend does make adapting them to other vehicles easier. The exhaust dumps always seemed slightly out of place to me, too. They look like they were well thought out, custom fabricated, and specifically designed to fit this exact car:

I think you're right, but I haven't looked at the NHRA classifications for B/Gas yet to see what the weight breaks were. I did some online research last night regarding the Navarro heads (which are included in the Revell '48 Ford Custom kit and what I was considering using in this car), and they don't provide a significant power increase, so that engine is out. I had originally set aside the early Buick V-8 from an AMT '66 Riviera pre-painted kit for use in this car, so I may go that route, albeit with some backyard mods like Ricky mentioned: With the original photographs being on film/slides, and now appearing on a screen, it's hard to determine the exact color, but I would agree red seems more likely than pink. Still, I'm sticking with pink.

No, but there is a very nice '93 dually on eBay right now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-RESIN-CAST-DODGE-CLUB-CAB-DUALLIE-TEST-SHOT/183525100441?hash=item2abaf2cb99:g:9s0AAOSwC8pb5CGm:sc:USPSPriority!53222!US!-1:rk:8:pf:0 That's about as close as you will find, to be honest.

Thanks, NIko. I like that the car is fairly restrained (well, despite the pink paint) and still close-to-stock appearing, which being honest, makes things simpler and easier when building the 1/25 scale version. I realized the steel wheels I planned to use were not an ideal fit inside the front tires, so I test fit the front wheel parts from the AMT '62 Pontiac Catalina, and they are near perfect. The wheel lips stand a bit too proud of the sidewall, but the tire is perfectly sandwiched between the wheel halves, and there is decent backing plate detail on the backside, too: I looked through my decal bin to find some crossed checkered flag decals, and I found a near perfect match. Then, after finding the decals, I enlarged the picture and realized the crossed flags are actually painted on the building in the background, and not in the Ford's quarter window. Problem solved. I also finished most of the sanding and scribing on the body shell, got the right rear fender, firewall, and both front inner fender splash shields glued in place, test fit the grille and hood trim, drilled the filler tube hole in the left rear fender, and ordered a set of Parts by Parks 15" Moon discs. A productive day.

Was this variant based upon the Sedan or Wagon? Or maybe neither?