Chuck Most

AMT made a '56 as well (American Graffiti box art), and I think Monogram did a '56 in 1:24. Not sure about '55, but '55 and '56 were identical. As far as the proposed project? Go for it!

I guess I'm full of it too! Yes, the Revell Deuce kits were only my second choice, but still.

IF the tooling still exists (and that would be a big, huge if...) Premiere- Studebaker Champ and Corvair Rampside AMT- '58-9 Lincoln Annual kits AMT '69 Lincoln Continental MPC '32 Chevy Cabriolet- bring back the panel van variant!!!! And #1... Aurora '34 Ford Street Rod

Jimmy Flintstone casts a Divco, and if I'm not mistaken, so does R&R.

Wow- you had me at the AMT vs. Revell debate. I feel the same way- somehow, the AMT stuff just seems to have that 'old styrene mojo' working in its favor. I think you did a better job explaining it than I ever could. Oh, and the car is shaping up to be pretty killer!

Oh, and I do remember the Challenger promo's box art- had some cheesy saying on it like "This model may cause the rest of your collection to come unglued".

When Aurora went belly-up, didn't Monogram buy the molds? A few of those kits were reissued by Monogram, but many suspect the majority of them got scrapped.

(Slapping forehead) Forgot all about the Revell-tool 3 window, even though I have half a dozen of them in the stash and, yes, it clearly is the Revell kit in the pic. I stand by everything else I said regarding the tires, though.

It goes pretty far beyond just having an engine. At least from the way I'm looking at it. When you crack open a Trophy Series, what's the first thing you see? Right- sprue after sprue of parts. Most were marketed as 3 in 1, but with a little bit of creative parts use (not to mention kit bashing) you could build quite a few different variations of one particular kit. Not to mention the fact that the Trophy Series kits were among the first fully-detailed kits of their time. Other manufacturers had kits with mutliple building options, but as far as I'm concerned, nobody ever topped AMT in that respect. And yes, other manufacturers would have stumbled onto it, but it was AMT that took the idea and showed it to the world, and proved it was a good idea. And they STILL managed to do it better (and for a longer period of time) than any of the other guys.

Love it! I'd buy one of these diecasts if it weren't for the fact they're available in resin.

Maybe it still would have existed, but would it have been nearly as diverse? I wasn't around back then, but looking at it from where I sit, without the series AMT introduced in the early '60's, particularly the Trophy series, I think we'd still be getting simplified kits with sealed hoods and seats molded to the tub.

About time. Now, when this one's done, what do you say you get back at that Marauder build?

Hey, Jairus- did Jeff Koch weep when he saw that Impala SS rendering? (That '70's Sketchpad is one of the few Hot Rod sketchpad articles I remember, and remember well.)

Were those manufacturers doing kits as part of a series at that time? I know Revell does it today (Goodguys, Early Iron, Car Show, etc.) but was anybody but AMT doing series runs back then?

A bit too spendy for me, not to mention it's in a scale that's inconsistent with much of my collection. If it had halfway decent interior detail I might spring, but I've never seen one of these up close. Sure looks nice in the box art photo, though.

What Dave says. As long as this kit has been reissued since the late '80's, it's always had the same big and little tires used in the '37 Ford kits and similar to the newer Revell Deuce kits. Would be cool if they threw in a set of tires with separate whitewalls, though.

I'd have to echo the 'AMT Trophy Series' sentiment. Where would the hobby be today without them? Would there even be an auto modeling hobby today without them? A close second (for me anyway) would be Revell's Deuces. Maybe not as historically significant as the Trophy Series, but still a great series. I will say that AMT Ertl's 'Prestige Series' does NOT belong on any 'best of' list of kits and are best left forgotten in the sands of time.

I'm building a four-banger powered Deuce as well (mine's a five window, though), so I'll certainly be keeping an eye on this one.

Oh, I'm saving those Lincoln rollers for a special project. No idea what its going to be just yet, though!

Still need to finish up the details on the car hauler trailer, I think I'll wrap that up before I do much on the camper.

Future reference- the wheels from the Revell Lincoln MkVII kit are very cool- still kind of a billet style, but styled to resemble a wide-5 wheel. They even have the old-school V8 emblem engraved on the hubs. Since the Lincoln kit used the same tires as the Chevelle they fit those tires like a glove.

I spy some Revell pro street Malibu wheels in the mockup.

Microsoft Paint + boredom + wishful thinking =

Sweet. Love the 'forgotten Road Runners'.

I actually asked about the Challenger promo a few years back at the local Dodge dealer. Don't remember what it cost, but it was the price that put me off. I ended up buying the AMT kit at the hobby shop half a mile away. Still haven't built the thing.