Anyone have a review of the AMT '64 Impala 'Super Shaker'?

[MeatMan]

I guess I'll try this again but with pics. This is the Super Shaker.  Seems like a decent kit but I've yet do build it.  I unpacked it for this thread. There is a choice of the stock or a custom front end, though the custom grille doesn't show up anywhere on the box art but looks like the previous posters pic.  Different scoop and looks like different mags.  I hope this helps John.

 

Edited November 28, 2015 by MeatMan

[unclescott58]

Dennis, your kit is missing a lot parts to build a nice model of a '64 Impala. ? You'll need a body, chassis, and interior. ?

[MeatMan]

Just wanted to answer John's questions at the start of the thread.  If anyone wants a full box pictorial I can post that as well.

[Bob Ellis]

T408 Street Shaker had chromed reversed baby moons in place of the chromed mags. The mags were un-chromed with the other body parts. T408s chrome set was pretty bare except it did have the display disc brake and fire extinguisher. 

[Casey]

Thanks, Dennis. Is a "Street Rods" sticker included, by chance?

[Exotics_Builder]

Other than decal sheet, tires and being molded in white, this appears to be the same as the 1998 reissue.  Didn't see a "Street Rods" sticker in the box, but didn't look hard.

 

[stavanzer]

You know after looking at this kit, in the pics supplied, I'm going to hafta pull the trigger,and get one of these!

Thanks for the pics. Got any more of the rest of the kit? A look at the decals would be nice too.

Thanks, Alan

[pharoah]

Thanks for posting the pictures ,Dennis

[Casey]

Got any more of the rest of the kit? A look at the decals would be nice too.

Head over to eBay, where there's always someone selling or parting out the newest kits:

Edited November 30, 2015 by Casey

[Bob Ellis]

Pad printed tires? I can't see through the bag.

[stavanzer]

Thanks, Casey. That helps. It confirms that my next two kits will be the AMT '64 Impala and the Moebuis '61 Pontiac.

[Casey]

• Factory pad-printed Goodyear Polyglas GT Tires

[RiskiestLion]

i have this same kit what is the part betweeen the blower and hillborn on the crome stamp out ?

[Edsel-Dan]

They are the Backs for the Custom Seats

[tim boyd]

The Hilborn injector manifold in the Round 2 reissue '64 kit is from the '63 annual kits.  One is included in the '63 convertible kit I have, and I'm pretty certain it was in the hardtop also.  Not in the '64 kit are four pairs of very short, plated injector tubes that go with the manifold.  Those are in the Prestige series '63 hardtop, and subsequent reissues of same.  They're on the plated tree, on the side with the custom parts.    

The second-issue Super Street '64 (with the Woodward Avenue box art copied from a GTO ad) included all of the clear parts from the annual kits, including the light transfer bar pieces.  The battery box was not included.  Engraved headlamp detail was added to the grille, though in the kits I have seen the detail is "clocked", or not aligned correctly.  This was corrected with the Street Rods series and subsequent issues.

I used to think that there were two separate '63 hardtop tools; one for the kits and another for the promo/Craftsman kit.  They are probably one and the same.  The slide for the hood area would be different for the two versions (kit with separate hood, promo with molded-in hood).  The engine, firewall, and some other parts probably got moved over to the '64 kits back in the day.  When the simplified engine was later added to the Craftsman version of the '63, they probably altered the body tooling and tooled a new hood instead of looking for the original slide (which may not have existed by then).  That would seem to be the most logical explanation...

Thanks Mark for the tip on the injectors in the Prestige Series and subsequent reissues....took me a bit of looking to find them, but yes, there they are.  Drilled 'em and painted 'em last night...will mary them to the manifold later today....then.....where to put 'em?  Gasser?  Jr. Fueler?  Hmmm.....Thanks again.  TIM t

[MeatMan]

Thanks for posting Casey, I've been offline a couple of days.  I never even looked at the decal sheet and I love it!!

[Casey]

On 11/27/2015 at 5:14 PM, Mark said:

 The second-issue Super Street '64 (with the Woodward Avenue box art copied from a GTO ad) included all of the clear parts from the annual kits, including the light transfer bar pieces.  The battery box was not included.  Engraved headlamp detail was added to the grille, though in the kits I have seen the detail is "clocked", or not aligned correctly.