Fixing a 1960 promo body

[junkyardjeff]

Looking through a aunts attic today I found a 1960 Falcon promo that is mint except the body has the usual warping,is there any way to fix the body or time to find a better body.

[Snake45]

I don't think those warped old acetates can be fixed. I hear that anything you try to do them just makes them even worse.

[junkyardjeff]

Everything else is mint including the chassis so I am going to see if I can get a newer early 60s falcon body to fit on it.

[ChrisBcritter]

You may have an issue fitting a kit body to a promo chassis - it may not look warped but it will have shrunk a bit. Overall length of the kit chassis is 6 11/16", and the distance from the front to the rear screw hole center to center is 6 5/16" (I just now measured it). You may want to check that. Of course the good news is all the chrome, taillights and glass should fit fine - maybe the interior if you're lucky, with a bit of adjustment.

There have been a few resin bodies on eBay - good luck with it!

[gtx6970]

You may have an issue fitting a kit body to a promo chassis - it may not look warped but it will have shrunk a bit.

This is the problem with most of the early promo cars...they dont just warp.....they shrink.

In my experience..fixing one  is futile.

IF .....you can straighten it. The warp comes back in time

 

[junkyardjeff]

I will use it for parts,I was looking on ebay and it seems the 61 and newer promos do not warp.

[StevenGuthmiller]

I will use it for parts,I was looking on ebay and it seems the 61 and newer promos do not warp.

Your best bet might be to sell it as is as a surviving promo and then use that money to go on a search for a '60 Falcon kit, built up or glue bomb.

The sale of the promo will not be likely to pay for the styrene kit, bit it will get you part of the way there.

 

Steve

[junkyardjeff]

Here it is and its just good for parts,I was hoping to use the chassis but its warped too but it does have mint bumpers,wheels,glass and maybe the interior.

[1930fordpickup]

People like those 13 inch wheels for the stock look Jeff. I will say that I have checked out a warped Comet that was done as a drag car at the point of launch. It looked cool.  

 

[Can-Con]

There's a few people making resin Falcon kits. I'd try to get just the body from one and use all the good parts on it.

Edited September 17, 2016 by Can-Con

[von Zipper]

Your best bet might be to sell it as is as a surviving promo and then use that money to go on a search for a '60 Falcon kit, built up or glue bomb.

The sale of the promo will not be likely to pay for the styrene kit, bit it will get you part of the way there.

 

Steve

That's good advice , there was a promo just like yours on ebay a week or two back and some one bought it for $24.00

[Gaear Grimsrud]

Looking through a aunts attic today I found a 1960 Falcon promo

luckily you found it in your aunts attic and didn't buy it

[disabled modeler]

Man that is a bummer...I love restoring old promos and collecting them.  Far as I know there is no cure for the old body I have some like that myself.  I have a 61 Kit buildup I am trying to restore it was heavily customized sadly.

[junkyardjeff]

I see them on ebay like that and no way would I buy one unless I needed parts.

[Maindrian Pace]

I've got one just like it. Every single '60 Falcon promo turned into a banana. They were horrible. A resin body and a '61 promo chassis or cut down Ranchero chassis fixes them up pretty well, though.

[Tom Geiger]

My 1960 Falcon promo as a lot worse than yours!  My roof was gone and someone had burned a hole in the hood.  Total trash.  But I used parts of it as you see above. I built a 1960 Ranchero with the bumpers, and that was long before Round 2 redid the tool with a '60 grill.  The interior went into an Aussie resin (I think it's more like fiberglass) 4 door sedan.  

[Psychographic]

Here it is and its just good for parts,I was hoping to use the chassis but its warped too but it does have mint bumpers,wheels,glass and maybe the interior.

Cut that thing up and make a cartoon car out of it! It's already got the arched shape that most cartoon cars have.

[Snake45]

Cut that thing up and make a cartoon car out of it! It's already got the arched shape that most cartoon cars have.

That was the first thought I had, too.