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!

Just found photos of Tailights without backup lights. The way taillights will be done in this kit - like Plymouths chromed part with red to be painted clear red - this may mean that there is not enough difference between taillight with backups and taillight without to make two different sets of parts simple difference would involve painting backup lenses white or not... I need to study this a bit. as for the Chrysler 8 3/4 rear end, I'll see if I can find good references this is not any guarantee that I can add it to the new kit but I'll try to get that done.

This will esentially be an S/S Hemi sedan with S/S exhaust - S/S hood etc. All details of final content of kit box are not set in stone at this date. Thought is basically to do an A-990 car.. but to include stock wheels and poverty hubcaps, maybe some streeet tires... Let the builder do a street version or a race car? We're still working out a few details on that.. Dave

65 Dodge Hemi Sedan is also in the works -

Also under development at Moebius Models is a 1965 Dodge Hemi Sedan. This will be similar to our 65 Plymouth Super Stock Sedan and will share mechanicals with that kit. Please note that the chassis seen here is not exactly as will be seen in the final kit. The final kit will have S/S Hemi underpinnings.. Here are some 3D images of the Dodge.. s with the forthcoming AWB car this only exists in 3Ds at this tiem. I anticipate mockups after Chinese New Year ends (Feb11) Kits on shelves later this year..Maybe sometim this summer?? No promises at this date Thanks, Dave too early to set that date!

Here are what we think will be final 3Ds for the 65 Dodge AWB hardtop. This set of images DOES NOT show a complete chassis, just enough to show placement of wheels in body. The new kit will share the chassis and mechanicals of the 65 Plymouth AWB kit. It will include Hilborn injection set as well as carbuerators. I would expect release date to be late Spring - Early Summer - Project is only a set of draawings and the parts from the Plymouth mockups have not been made yet and tooling cannot start until mockups ar approved. Mockups will be done after Chinese New year (around Feb 11) These are posted as a preview of this upcomming kit release.

OK, so, her's the revised body - side windows are taller now - the vertical openings were about 2mm too small - that would translate to about 2 inches at full size! Not a lot, but still noticable! I'll have this example on the table at the DAAM show on Sunday along with the painted build up with the earlier test shot body

Here, is the New Moebius 1965 Chevy II Gasser. This is a third test shot. as of this date there is no box art, only the very start of an instruction sheet and no decal sheet. There are a few minor items to be revised before production..... BUT this is a good idea of how the finished model will look.. My best GUESS is store shelves before the end of the year..

Yes it's real! This is just the first test shot - not ready to go in a box yet! I don't have a release date yetr - I don't even have a date for the second test shot yet - there is no box art or decals yet either! If all goes well it should be available before the end of the year! OH. and, yes the race car chassis and interior fit in the Nova sport coupe body with minor modifications to the body

According to Jim Schild and Larry Griffith's book"Authenticity Guide 1965 Dodge and Plymouth Altered Wheelbase Hemi Hardtops" only three of the twelve original 1965 altered wheelbase cars were built with 4 speed transmissions, they were the Melrose Missile Plymouth, Dave Stricler's Dodge and Bob Harrop's Dodge. all others were built with torque-Flite transmissions. This is the information in the book that's why the kit has an automatic. Now, what happened to the other 9 cars after the teams had them for a while is a good question... Actually there were only 11 of the 12 originals that stayed with teams the White " Mule" car was run for a short time by Golden Commandos before the Bronze & White car - that white car went back to Chrysler and did not become one of the Plymouth team cars

Just a couple quick words on these kits. First kit coming out will be a short bed '66 Flareside with the six cylinder engine - Hopefully on the boat by early 2019. Second kit will be the Model king '65 Service bed version - again sometime early 2019. Steve's truck is the short style side, and it is a future product - there is NO release date for it yet. Tooling also exists for a std bed Styleside and the 4x4 - again these are future products no dates fro them yet..