Anyone like to see this one again ?

[Art Anderson]

Nah.

This one, yes!

Tooling apparently is LONG GONE.

[Mark]

Tooling apparently is LONG GONE.

A lot of that stuff was gone even in the Seventies...the choices made for the USA Oldies series were likely dictated more by availability than desirability...

[High octane]

I would rather see the stock version.

Ditto!

[Johnt671]

When I saw the dual engine frame for the hearse I thought of a Fiero kit I have. A dual engine Fiero would be a wild build.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Tooling apparently is LONG GONE.

Probably had a lot to do with the '60 Plymouth wagon kit.

Glad I picked one up when I did!

 

Steve

 

 

 

[High octane]

Beautiful build Steven as I remember riding in a brand new one from Chicago to Buffalo, as my dad had borrowed it from a friend for the trip.

Tooling apparently is LONG GONE.

Tooling apparently is LONG GONE.

[russosborne]

I would love to see the Heavenly Hearse again, or honestly any/all of the Jo-Han kits.

I realize it can never happen short of a time machine, but that wasn't the question.

Russ

[Edsel-Dan]

If we could get one of the Ambulance/Hearse kit, we could likely get all four

Or at least the Stock pair

They were they same tooling with different inserts

I have built enough of them to see the Ambulance "Full-View" Corner light

location holes in the underside of the Hearse roof

 

I still have a built Roarin' Rambulance dragster

and stock Ambulance as well as Hippy version & Stock Hearse

 

Definitely wish ANY Jo-Han kit could be re-issued

But with Moebius pulling out from the ones they were testing

(And the IMC kits announced) we will likely Never see re-issues of them any time soon If Ever!!!

 

Any news on the Curbside kits last announces\d b the New IMC, as well as the

Turbine and 59 Dodge that Moebius Was Looking at running???

 

I would LOVE that 59 Rambler wagon again!!

Especially with the SFPD decals that were to be included!!

 

 

[disabled modeler]

hey Mark, what pieces are you missing? Maybe I can help...

Al....its missing the...

drive axle parts...and the decals are dried up and bad....think that is all..???   I have a Heavenly Hearse one too that got damaged in our storm we had.

[thatz4u]

Al....its missing the...

drive axle parts...and the decals are dried up and bad....think that is all..???   I have a Heavenly Hearse one too that got damaged in our storm we had.

what was damaged on the Hearse?  nothing for the other one

[martinfan5]

JoHan is dead, and its never coming back,  its time people accept that fact.

And no, I dont want to see that one brought back from the dead. ,  the one I want to see is the stock version, or the Heavenly version( I believe that one was a 2n1)

[StevenGuthmiller]

JoHan is dead, and its never coming back,  its time people accept that fact.

That is the sad fact.

We can dream i guess, but it's time for all of us to realize that these kits are not coming back......period!

At this point, you either bite the bullet & pay for an original, or forget about it and move on.

Short of a resin caster resurrecting it, there's about as much possibility of anyone producing a '66 Caddy hearse or ambulance as there is the chance of a orangutan flying out of my behind. 

 

Steve

[Daddyfink]

Sadly most of their kits are now desired mainly by a niche market in the hobby that will most likely build them box stock. And quite honestly, most of them are only really good for that. 

I for one have little interest in most of their kits, I find the boring and not really my cup of tea. Some of their race cars are quite nice and honestly, those would sell even better and to prove it, just take a look at how many of them have been done by other model companies. 

And that is my point of view 

[slusher]

This

Would love to own 1 or all of these. Many of the Johan kits are just not my interest...

[Rob Hall]

JoHan is dead, and its never coming back,  its time people accept that fact. 

People seem to refuse to believe real facts...JoHan has been dead for 25 years or so, attempts to reproduce a few items went nowhere..best to just enjoy what is out there.  

[disabled modeler]

what was damaged on the Hearse?  nothing for the other one

Al...it will need the body,glass,long body side landau bars,rear door ass.,maybe interior tub too..? If i could find those parts I can restore it.  Thanks for asking.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Sadly most of their kits are now desired mainly by a niche market in the hobby that will most likely build them box stock. And quite honestly, most of them are only really good for that. 

I for one have little interest in most of their kits, I find the boring and not really my cup of tea.

Yes, everyone has their own interests, but I personally find them anything but boring.

Just the opposite, I find most of what's on the market now boring.

If your interests are mainly Corvettes & muscle cars, pre-fifties rods & "tri-five" Chevies, you're set.

If you're like me & your interests are full sized cars from the 50s & 60s, your main option is the Johan, AMT & MPC annuals.

If you're looking for a full sized Mopar, Oldsmobile or Cadillac, Johan is basically your only avenue.

 

Steve

[Daddyfink]

Yes, everyone has their own interests, but I personally find them anything but boring.

Just the opposite, I find most of what's on the market now boring.

If your interests are mainly Corvettes & muscle cars, pre-fifties rods & "tri-five" Chevies, you're set.

If you're like me & your interests are full sized cars from the 50s & 60s, your main option is the Johan, AMT & MPC annuals.

If you're looking for a full sized Mopar, Oldsmobile or Cadillac, Johan is basically your only avenue.

 

Steve

Proving the fact that there is a drivers seat for every driver. 

[Art Anderson]

When I owned my hobby shop here in Lafayette IN, back in the 1980's, a funeral director from a town in Northern Indiana stopped in, inquired as to whether I would have any interest in a bunch of JoHan Cadillac hearse kits.  It turned out, he thought every one of his fellow undertakers would love to have one of the kits he had in his inventory--it seems that he bought (this would have been perhaps 1982 or so--a small run of 3,000 of that kit, polybagged, and had big ideas of having them built and painted as "promotional models"--and his motive in stopping into my store was to find someone who would paint and build them, so he could sell them.

I've often wondered what ever became of that stash!

Art

[thatz4u]

When I owned my hobby shop here in Lafayette IN, back in the 1980's, a funeral director from a town in Northern Indiana stopped in, inquired as to whether I would have any interest in a bunch of JoHan Cadillac hearse kits.  It turned out, he thought every one of his fellow undertakers would love to have one of the kits he had in his inventory--it seems that he bought (this would have been perhaps 1982 or so--a small run of 3,000 of that kit, polybagged, and had big ideas of having them built and painted as "promotional models"--and his motive in stopping into my store was to find someone who would paint and build them, so he could sell them.

I've often wondered what ever became of that stash!

Art

see if you can still locate him, Google him

[Daddyfink]

As I have stated before, I love their race kits and some of their stock stuff and I will not pass one up if I find one at a cheap price and mostly for the novelty of it. Doubt I would ever build them, but, I know they are hard to find, hence I will buy them. 

If they where still in production, I really doubt I would be buying them up

[Art Anderson]

see if you can still locate him, Google him

Except for two problems:  First, I never did keep the guy's business card--as I felt at the time that it was too far-fetched an idea; and Second:  I don't recall the name of the Funeral Home, nor the town where it was located now.

Art

[Greg Myers]

More Hobby Lore 

[Mark]

Except for two problems:  First, I never did keep the guy's business card--as I felt at the time that it was too far-fetched an idea; and Second:  I don't recall the name of the Funeral Home, nor the town where it was located now.

Art

There was a funeral home in the Midwest that commissioned a couple of 1/43 scale diecast hearses...they may have advertised in Model Car Journal or possibly the "other" model car magazine.  They may have had Jo-Han run the hearse kits also.  I have seen Jo-Han hearse kits for sale in the distant past, without boxes.  As I recall, they were molded in black but were the later version with the surfboards included instead of the casket from the first issue.

[Art Anderson]

There was a funeral home in the Midwest that commissioned a couple of 1/43 scale diecast hearses...they may have advertised in Model Car Journal or possibly the "other" model car magazine.  They may have had Jo-Han run the hearse kits also.  I have seen Jo-Han hearse kits for sale in the distant past, without boxes.  As I recall, they were molded in black but were the later version with the surfboards included instead of the casket from the first issue.

I would bet that it was the same funeral home in Indiana.   In thinking about it, I believe the guy was located in North Judson IN, but that encounter with that undertaker was about 1986 or so--and yes, those were simply bagged shots of the then-current JoHan Cadillac Hearse.

Art