Dave Metzner

Of the 12 original AWB cars that Amblewagon built for Chrysler I'm pretty sure that 9 were automatics and three were 4 speed cars. I believe that in the process the drive trains for each those cars as well as some body panels came from A990 donor cars. The original cars were delivered with 2x4barrel cross ram intakes - Injectors were added after cars were delivered. If memory serves me right all six Dodges went to teams and 5 Plymouths were delivered to teams while one of the Plymouths was retained by Chrysler as a testing Mule- (seems to me it ended up sent to one of the teams to replace a wrecked car) The AWB cars were originally built with 8 3/4 Chrysler rear ends but every photo we've been able to find of survivors ( and most clones) show Dana rear ends we have good photos of at least three survivors and all have Danas. The Strickler car was one of the three original 4 speed cars therfore it has the 4 speed - on the Plymouth side - the Golden Commands AWB cars were Automatics therfoer the Plymouth AWB kit has the automatic. It's also quite likely that some automatic cars got converted to 4 speed cars.

We're working on Mavericks and same years of Comets - my best guess is a first kit sometime first quarter 2025 - Maybe, March / Aprilish. We're getting close to mock-ups, might see tooling started before end of 2024 test shots take a couple months at best - box art , instructions and decals take a while - so yeah sometime late 1st Quarter - early 2nd Q of next year is a reasonable guess. As for 68-72 Chevy Trucks - we're working on getting 3D's now I'm expecting 3D files around the end of this month - if everything were to go smoothly we might see the first kit in that series by mid year 2025 maybe a tad sooner if everything goes without a hitch Without a hitch is the key phrase here! I just unpacked first test shots of our 1964 Comets - I haven't glued anything together yet, but the pieces look pretty good No box art instructions or decals have been started yet - best guess for these is early 2025 - stay tuned for news on those kits. These are my best guesses NOT PROMISES! There are lots of moving parts to get all these things done and parts don't always move smoothly. We do have a few more new pieces in the works beyond those mentioned here

Some research material for the AWB Dodge was a series of photos with measurements of an absolutely correct Red AWB clone with the tall injector stacks correct interior etc. With street legal exhaust system and big fat street legal rear tires. Thanks to our good friend John Mueller

BTW the Black California licenses plate on the red car is a 1965 Passadena California plate... Go Granny, Go Granny Go!

no release dates yet, we have a long way to go before any finished product is on a boat. Tooling hasn't even started yet -the good news is that most of the content for both cars is already tooled - mechanicals are same as Plymouth kits... I wouldn't expect first kits to arrive before 4th quarter of this year maybe later if container shortages persist ... and, above all, I make no promises or guarantees! Over 25 plus years of doing this, I have seen how often production schedules end up in the dumper!

1972 Coronet and Keyser, thanks for the tutorial on California Black plates. I hope to be able to use that info when planning license plate decals for the super stock version of these kits! Car on box art MIGHT be bright red and sitting in front of a rickety old garage!

Here's a real 65 sedan angle of photos is not quite same as the photo of our mockup bur the slope of hood and deck lid are pretty easily seen here - our body follows this shape.

I know the decal choice for Model King's AWB car, but that's not for me to reveal here, it is one of the six original Dodges ... As for the Sedan - I have no idea! we haven't gotten that far yet. I keep hearing Jan and Dean's "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" in my memory! "Parked in a rickety old garage is a brand new shiny super stock Dodge" I'd like to know if there's a way to nail down California Black Plate numbers for Pasadena in 1965?

Backup lights - optional - a little dab of white paint- on each tail light housing and - presto - instant backup lights. If you look REAL close the backup light lenses are actually represented.

Will have new correct Dodge Dash and steering wheel.

Here are a few photos of the two mock ups for the new Dodge kits. These are 3D grown mock up bodies on existing chassis from previous Plymouth kits. Other than some minor revisions, what you see here is pretty nearly ready for tooling to begin.

yes both Grilles will be in the kits

The sedan is based on the Plymouth - it shares the interior which is essentially the Super Stock interior... the Dodge kit will essentially be same mechanically as the California Flash S/S kit..Other versions of the Sedan could be done later, but this kit is basically an A990 Hemi Sedan... A max wedge car like the Plymouth Belvedere is another possibility in the future - a bone-stock, bench seat - grandma's grocery getter not as likely, anytime real soon, as that requires an entirely new interior...Same problem with the Plymouth Belvedere as the bone stock interior really would have to be developed to make that oe into a factory stock version.

Stock hard top not currently in development, not as easy to do as the race cars - they have same interior as corresponding Plymouths only need to do a dash and steering wheel for the Dodge - the stock hardtop is a complete interior - more parts, more cost.. with the PL kit redilly available, we decided to hold off on the hardtop it wouldn't be out of the question in the future, just not in development at this time...

The Sedan will have an 8 3/4 rear end, same as Plymouth Satelite and Belvedere. The AWB car will have the Dana, as the real car we're doing has that rear end in it, also, I just checked my reference photos of the Lee Smith AWB Plymouth (the original car in the Mosley collection) That car has a Dana in it!