EricT

I wonder if anyone will attempt to cut out the hood and add an engine?

Mark, My intention was to build the actual TV car that Dean Jeffries built, Not necessarily the car as owned by Britt Reid, so to speak. We can imagine a lot of things like for example, If this car had all this armament, Bulletproof glass etc. Wouldn't Britt Reid have had his car built with Dual Exhausts? He would want the most horsepower possible for all that additional weight, right? But we have a single exhaust in the kit, which is what the Imperial Jeffries used probably came with from the Factory. I agree, that the chassis is incorrect. I put my 1964 AMT Imperial up to compare, one of them is wrong, since they do not match. Also, the Oil pan is shallow and the Transmission sump pan too big. The Torsion bars are too shallow also. Not going to spend a lot of time making corrections. A 440 engine would have been great, but Round 2 is catering more & more to younger modelers, like Level 2 kit's. This kit is not perfect, but makes a striking shelf model when finished. Eric

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All, Anyone notice that the Chassis Tooling for the New AMT Green Hornet Black Beauty kit is missing a Gas Tank ? I did and although you would probably not look at the under body that much, I thought it was best to add one. I tried to fit some spares and found that the best one was the Gas Tank from the Revell 1957 Word Wagon kit. There are two complete tanks in that kit. One is smaller for the Sedan version, and that one is perfect for this fix. You will not be using the larger tank it will be for your wagon. I used the Bottom Tank part without the curricular sending plate and after attaching some sheet polystyrene to cover those rectangular holes in the rear of the Chassis, I attached the tank bottom to the chassis with the brackets toward the rear of the chassis. To make the tank larger and closer to the look of a 1966 Chrysler Imperial gas tank, I cut off both side ends of the upper tank part. the First segment only on each side, and attached them to the each side end of the mounted lower tank part. This extends the tank one segment on each side. Be sure to sand the parts to smoothly fit before attaching. I added two pieces of Evergreen Polystyrene "L" angle to make upper tank brackets. Here are the photos of my Black Beauty Chassis, now with a Gas Tank. If you don't own or want to buy a Revell 1957 Ford Wagon kit, you can find these gas tanks on eBay for about $6.00. Look for Revell 1957 Ford Sedan gas Tank 1/25 Scale. I think the chassis looks much better, Any comments ?

I noticed this thread and that it hasn’t been updated since 2021. I just placed an order with Jeff for two kits. His products look excellent as his Website looks legitimate. I was concerned about a couple of things, first: No mailing address listed, second No phone number. Third and must concerning was that there is no Shipping information as to approximate turn around time for orders. I felt with Model Haus for years and Don always stated in clear wording “ Allow 6-8 weeks for orders” he would return phone calls and later replied to email in a reasonable amount of time. Anyway, after reading all these comments I am not getting a good impression about Motor City. I have sent two messages asking for an approximate shipping date and have received no response. So what I will do, now that my credit card has been charged is that I am going to wait 90 days. By Federal law a mail order business must either complete the transaction, contact the buyer as to when the item will be shipped or issue a refund. if I hear nothing, I will file a claim with my credit card company. hope I don’t have to!