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Those are beautiful pieces of engineering but with those rods they're definitely not the ones submitted for NASCAR use, also the NASCAR engines didn't have roller cams as they weren't allowed. In fact when Bobby Allison won the race in California in one of the Penske Matadors they were caught running a roller cam and claimed they didn't know that they were not allowed. But somehow I don't see Penske Racing not knowing every little clause in the rule book.

Didn't Pete Jackson make a complete gear drive for these that he ran in a AA/FD?

I'm thinking it looks like two of the inline four barrel carbs that Ford used on the Trans Am Boss 302 engines. I think they are Autolites but were Weber or Delorto copies.

The Revell pickup that was originally released as the Moving Violation kit has an injected SOHC Ford in it as the kit engine. And if you want a 427 Ford engine without the chrome or even the shiny clear bond coat that hides a lot of the detail Atlantis now has that in their lineup, also that's the engine that the Thunderbolt engine is based on.

To kinda work off of the 50/50 creamsicle bars I'd go with the same orange and Tamiya Racing White for the interior since it's a little off white and not a pure white.

The photo that is on the website shows a STOCK '57 Bel-Air hardtop, and the only hardtop that Revell currently has molds for is the snap version, but the stock version hasn't been released for quite awhile, the version that is currently in the catalog is the snap HOT ROD/CUSTOM version, that is probably why they are saying it's a new release is that particular kit hasn't been in the catalog for quite awhile and definitely not since the new ownership. I admit I am probably wrong, but all of the clues point toward the snap version, I just don't see Revell tooling up a new two door hardtop since they sold off the one they had to Atlantis and their own photos show a stock Hardtop version and not a sedan.

I believe that the '57 that is going to be reissued is the snap version of the '57 Bel-Air since the previous '57 that has been around since the '60s and was last released as the Ed Roth version has been purchased by Atlantis and is on their current list of new releases. The '57 based on the '55 & '56 kits were the 150 Black Widow kit and a 210 series sedan not a Bel-Air.

Me three?

I was thinking the same thing.? A little grinding on the inside and take the ol' standby # 11 blade to peel out some rough edges and it's on its way to a great farm or woods truck.

If you want to make a cool hot rod version of the old GM four cylinder engine find one of the Mickey Thompson Attempt I kits and use the engine and speed equipment from the four cylinder. I'm going to use that engine in an AMT '29 A Roadster with a powerglide behind it.

With all the new Craftsman series kits making a comeback and those releases with all new tooling I'm still hoping for a '64 Chevelle Malibu, (NOT the SS version)

Steve, I'm unable to make out any of the interior details, but I would really be happy if it was at least offered an option for the factory bench seat w.

I've been a Marine mechanic since the early '70s and my younger brother had a blown fuel Chrysler Sanger flatbottom and the majority of the boats that I've experienced and all the ones we've owned have all been left hand drivers, even though the Sanger was originally a center steer, my brother had a photo array from an auto wind camera that had around 15-20 frames of it going through the traps at a race in the L.A. area when the engine came apart or a prop blade came off (after the crash it was hard to tell which had happened first) it was from the first owner and was way before any of the safety cocoons and the boat is upside down facing backwards down the course with the driver flailing along on the water in front of the boat and it still went through the traps at over 170 mph.

I am too!! I'd like to get a couple of just the boats with running gear I have enough old Chrysler "First Edition" hemis for them, I am going to build a close replica of my younger brother's Sanger blown Chrysler flat bottom.

I hope this '96 has the camper shell since it's the only one of the originals that had a shell, but if I remember it was not a dually but the shell fit the dually's pretty well.

I made a mistake like that when I was MUCH younger but later found out it was just a misprint?

The Monogrt/Revell 1/24th scale roadster is a modified reissue of the original '32 Li'l Deuce kit, some of the mods that are easily swapped are the Corvette rear axle that can be replaced with the one from the 1/24th scale T-bucket kit and the engine in the ZZ Top Eliminator coupe is the Pontiac block heads and transmission with small block Chevy exhaust headers and intake stuck on. But it has a really close pedigree, just like the fore mentioned T-bucket kit has its ancestry in the original Li'l T kit that was originally released way back when... all this reminiscing makes me want one of the Peabody and the Professor "Wayback machines" to get a few of those older kits at a reasonable cost.

That looks like a fairly easy p'cup to get the right parts for, but getting a round tuition may be the bad part of the build. The Lindbergh/AMT '34 Ford truck for the cab, grille shell, and bed, the '32 five window coupe from Revell for the chassis running gear, (gotta stay Ford here, just a personal thing for us old timers) fenders (without a spare indention in one of them) hood and headlites, the Revell Dan Fink '32 for the door panels and using its rear seat for a bench in the truck cab, (if it doesn't look right I'll use the buckets) and an overhead console from any of the Revell '26 T kits, tires and wheels from the Revell '32 five window again. With all those parts and pieces (except for the overhead panel that will be built with some .010 sheet.plastic and one of the stereo faces from Detail Master and a few gauges that I think will look better up there than cluttering up a nice smooth dash) maybe I can get the ambition to start on it before the snow flies??.

If you used a four bar set up like the one in the Revell Foose pickup and airbags you can raise the bed floor for suspension clearance and that will give you room to raise your fuel cell up, and it doesn't have to be that wide you could leave enough room on the sides to fit a .090 plastic or aluminum tubing exhaust system down each side and use the X-pipe from a Boss 5.0 2013 kit so it's a little more modern and it won't look like you robbed the exhaust idea from the late model Ford Lightning. Even if NASCAR had been using it for a couple of decades.?)

If it was my truck I'd probably go with the last set, but the 4x4 six lug wheels are pretty sharp too. But I REALLY like the "Beemer" style.

I think that what looked like a gap in the original picture was actually a tricky reflection from the chrome trim.

I think they are talking about the heights of the individual letters as in fonts, not the height off of the body for the individual letters.

I'd like to see that wagon/SUV body style released too. (or instead?)

After seeing the Coral I'm thinking of going one of a couple of different ways to get a custom color that would be really close, but still different. Tamiya metallic orange with a transparent orange/amber mid coat and clear top coat or HOK sunset orange, with a clear top coat, and last but not the least favorite would be a Createx gold powder with transparent red as a carrier and a HOK Kandy Persimmon mid coat and a clear top coat.

I hope this 4 door will cause some interest in some of the other modern 4 door cars. There are a couple I'd really like to see, like maybe a Kia Stinger GT, or their K-5. This would be even better if they are planning on issuing one of the SUV/Wagon style bodies too.