Cal Custom 40-40 scoops, which kit ?

[Greg Myers]

Chris Drysdale ask: " Greg, I think that's the first time I've ever seen someone scratchbuild realistic hollow Cal Custom 40-40 scoops! Or did they come from a kit?? If so, which one? "

I've been trying to find out myself. I thought they came frome an original Revell "55 - '57 Chevy kit'

 

[Mark]

The Revell opening-doors '55 has the Cal Custom aluminum scoop that attaches to the top of the hood.  I don't know where the scoops pictured came from. 

[mk11]

Here's the closest ones I can think of...

 

Edited December 1, 2017 by mk11

[FordRodnKustom]

The Pie Wagon has similar but not exact

[Greg Myers]

Thanks everyone. We've covered the obvious.

Now where the heck did these little two part jewels come from ?

[Greg Myers]

57 minutes ago, Mark said:

The Revell opening-doors '55 has the Cal Custom aluminum scoop that attaches to the top of the hood.  I don't know where the scoops pictured came from. 

Not the same 

 

[Greg Myers]

55 minutes ago, FordRodnKustom said:

The Pie Wagon has similar but not exact

and they are for the smaller two barrel carb and not two piece, but still good stuff.

[Greg Myers]

Just love that old "Hot Rod: stuff.

What ever happened to "Hot rod primer" ?

[Mark]

39 minutes ago, Greg Myers said:

Not the same 

 

What's different about it, other than the slanted front of the 1:1 piece?

[Can-Con]

45 minutes ago, Mark said:

What's different about it, other than the slanted front of the 1:1 piece?

Pretty sure he means not the same as the kit scoops they're looking for , which are,,

[Greg Myers]

2 hours ago, Mark said:

What's different about it, other than the slanted front of the 1:1 piece?

Yep, ther both scoops.

 

Edited December 1, 2017 by Greg Myers

[Mark]

Well, I wasn't the one that thought they were in the '55 kit (which does have one like the larger/single scoop)...

[Greg Myers]

Thank you for the helpful contribution.

[Muncie]

not sure about the kit - there are some here. https://www.shapeways.com/shops/maple-leaf-modelworks   from forum member spex84 

[oldnslow]

the difference is one (the ones in the first pics ) bolts to the carb , the other bolts on to the hood .

[Greg Myers]

To clear this up, these are the scoops in question. They were in an early model car kit issued in the mid sixties.

They were two parts two to a kit.

The 1:1 scoops were made by Cal-Custom and were available for two and four barrel carbs.

The scoops we're looking for here are the four barrel scoops.

The question is, what kit did they come in? 

Edited December 2, 2017 by Greg Myers
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[Greg Myers]

Mr. Watson my dear misguided friend, the carbs and manifold are from the original AMT '32 Roadster HEMI. another dead end in the search for the origins of the Cal-Custom CARBURETOR scoops.

There is no debate here as to the availability of the Cal_Custom cast aluminum style BOLT-ON HOOD scoop in the early Revell '55 - '57 Chevy kits, as was never stated other than "Mark's" post.

You seem to have a bug up your butt about something I've said or done. Whatever it is I am truly sorry. Hope you get over it.

All I'm trying to do here is ascertain the origins of the two scoops i dug out of my parts bin with a cloudy 70 year olds memory thinking they were from an original Revel kit I built in 1962.

This oldsters memory seems to be the crux of all this.

Again I am truly sorry for the confusion.

So maybe you and Mark could put your brains together and come up with the origin of those CARBURETOR scoops. Chris Drysdale and I would appreciate that as I'm sure would a few others.

 

 

[Spex84]

Christian, you know me now.  Greg was being helpful to me in starting this thread. The "obvious" comment was not directed at you in the first place. I appreciate the feedback of members who recalled various different air scoops that are similar but not what I was looking for.

The title of the thread clearly states "Cal Custom 40-40", which is the official name of the 1:1 scoop in question, as pictured in Steve Milberry's post and Greg's "to clear this up" post.

If you have the parts in front of you, on the tree with other parts that will indicate which kit they were found in,  I'd appreciate a photograph.

 

 

 

[Casey]

[keyser]

Thanks Casey. You're more tolerant than I sir. Doubt you'll get gracious thanks from Greg. It's the rest of our problem, not his.

Chris, Casey is correct. Eldon/Doyusha Invader. Suggest you use another spokesmodel next time, or just PM Mark, Casey, me, a few others. 

Here's huge picture from Showrods .com. Great place to look for obscure speed parts and great builds. 

Credit to Mike Scott for the build. 

[Spex84]

Funny, I assumed Doyusha Invader from the start, as it was the ONLY kit I was aware of that had 40-40 scoops...but all the photos I could find of it were too small to make any conclusions, and they appeared to lack the "V" shape of the front openings of the scoops on Greg's model.  So I couldn't say for sure.

Looks like Greg's were modified to be more accurate to the 1:1 item...now that I look more closely, I can see that the unbuilt version in that original photo has not been modified and has a blunt front, just like the Doyusha scoops. 

I think we can call this one wrapped up for now, thanks for your help.

 

[Greg Myers]

and a point of clarification, I didn't modify the scoops. I do notice the front one on the build up is a little bit better than the back one. 

Funny thing is, I don't remember ever owning the Invader kit or anyone that did, but that was a long time ago. 

[Greg Myers]

Not so sure, check out this site, http://coffincorner.proboards.com/thread/15681

Just the wrong shape 

[Greg Myers]

Kit scoops are nowhere near these.

Edited December 4, 2017 by Greg Myers

[Greg Myers]