Game of "Name that Part"

[Oldcarfan27]

It's time again for a Rousing Round of Name That Part!

I just got a box full of miscellaneous parts. (Thanks, Alan A.) Many parts here are either unfamiliar to me or I'm not sure which kit they came from. Extra  Brownie points if you can name which kit version the part came from. By the way, I encourage others to add their unknown parts to this post. Let's have fun.

Here we go....

#1. A chrome tree - some of the small parts look like Ala Kart, maybe the double kit with the Model A?

#2. small block Chevy - not familiar with the headers, any ideas?

#3. Firebird hood - fits the original MPC 68 and the reissue 69 I have,  but it doesn't show up in either instruction sheet. May be molded in light grey. 

#4. 90s Silverado hoods. - Molded in yellow and gray. Does not match the hoods in the old annuals. And I've never seen the AMT kits molded in yellow.

#5. Unknown interior bucket, molded in army green. Dashboard shape has me stumped. Any guesses?

Edited April 28, 2018 by Oldcarfan27

[Oldcarfan27]

Here's more....

#6. All chrome Chevy engine.

#7. Generic early hemi (392?) Molded in blue.

#8. Amt Torino grille, but my reissues don't show the GT emblem. Early issue?

#9. Die cast grille. This one's probably an easy one. But did it belong to a SPECIFIC kit, or were they all the same?

#10. Rear double doors. These are siamesed together and look like they came that way. There is also glass and separate interior panels attached. MPC?

[Oldcarfan27]

More...

#11. Looks like a mailbox attached to a wooden gate or fence. Molded in aqua.

#12. Artillery wheel, molded in white.

#13. 2 fenders, stuck together at the mounting posts.

#14. 1/20 scale wheel

Which was once attached to this...

Note: the front tire is an ancient piecrust drag slick that was grooved in the tread area like a sprint car tire. The rest of the Caddy is a sad nightmare. But I'm still going to try to salvage some of the parts from it.

I think the 1/20 front wheels were related to the kit from this part...

#15. Know what it is?

Hint: it was just reissued recently. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

This is the chrome Chebby engine. The kit comes with a Potvin-style front blower, and a 2X4bbl carb setup:

                                                

Edited April 28, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[Oldcarfan27]

Some more:

Resin copies, but what were they copied from?

#16, snow plow. Front

And back.

#17. Looks like an RV toilet. Anybody know from where?

#18. This is a strange one. It looks like an old 50s Univac computer, but I have no idea what it's for or where it came from. The rest of it is a simple block.

[Ace-Garageguy]

The resin box looks to me like an oscilloscope with two VU meters.

Edited April 28, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[Oldcarfan27]

  On 4/28/2018 at 5:28 AM, Ace-Garageguy said:

This is the chrome Chebby engine. The kit comes with a Potvin-style front blower, and a 2X4bbl carb setup:

                                                

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I thought it looked like a Revell casting, especially with the separate transmission. Cool!

[Oldcarfan27]

  On 4/28/2018 at 5:31 AM, Ace-Garageguy said:

The resin box looks to me like an oscilloscope with two VU meters.

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Oh, Ok. Probably for a shop diorama. 

[Toner283]

#13 looks like the rear fenders from the Monogram Red Chariot 1930 Ford Phaeton. The only issue of that kit molded in red that had those fenders in it. By the molded in red Early Iron series reissue, almost all of the original optional parts were long gone.

[1930fordpickup]

The snow plow looks like a copy from an old kit, that is now in the GMC truck. I think it started in a Jeepster kit. 

Edited April 28, 2018 by 1930fordpickup

[Ace-Garageguy]

#1 is definitely first-issue Ala Kart / '29 Ford double kit.

The giveaway is the little part at the upper right on the first photo. It goes on the hood of the Kart.

[alan barton]

The double door and the artillery wheel may both be from the Revell 37 Panel Delivery.  Can't think of anything else they could come from - the MPC gangbusters 32 Chev panel had separate doors.

Cheers

Alan

[Greg Myers]

Diecast 1930 Model A grill, Hubbley 1/20thish kits all the same.

This would be a little more fun if there weren't so many all at once, a little hard to digest.

Edited April 28, 2018 by Greg Myers

[Oldcarfan27]

  On 4/28/2018 at 1:35 PM, Greg Myers said:

Diecast 1930 Model A grill, Hubbley 1/20thish kits all the same.

This would be a little more fun if there weren't so many all at once, a little hard to digest.

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Just take small bites, no rush, this is just for fun.

Anyone else care to add more?

I like seeing oddball parts too!

[Snake45]

I was thinking the 1G Firebird hood might be a resin copy of the 400 hood from the original '67-'68 ('69 too?), but that hood was molded in clear and IIRC didn't have any underside detail. So, not that. 

[Oldcarfan27]

  On 4/28/2018 at 4:04 PM, Snake45 said:

I was thinking the 1G Firebird hood might be a resin copy of the 400 hood from the original '67-'68 ('69 too?), but that hood was molded in clear and IIRC didn't have any underside detail. So, not that. 

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Not a copy, it is plastic. Just don't know what issue it came from.

[SSNJim]

Concerning #4, the yellow hood is from a 1/24 Testors Custom Chevy C1500 Pickup. I just pulled the hood off mine, and it is identical. They were Quick Builders. There were a few kits from the same tool, the first being the Van Halen truck which I think was molded in red, and there may have been others. MPC did do a regular cab long bed kit in yellow before being taken over by AMT, but if it doesn't match the annuals, that's not likely to be it.

Edited April 28, 2018 by SSNJim

[Casey]

#5: I would guess either Revell or Monogram, very early '90s, some type of prototype/show car (Banshee, Mach III, etc). That dark green plastic was used for a few kits of that era, when Revell and Monogram merged.

#7: The blue early Hemi engine looks like the engine from the Monogram Slingshot dragster kit, but the exhaust header tubes are different. 

#13: The cycle style fenders are the rear fenders from the Monogram 1932 Ford Deuce Five Window Sport Coupe kit-- the part number, 58, matches the number on the instruction sheet, and the 1/24 Monogram Red Chariot kit(s) have different part numbers.

#14: The 1/20 5-slot wheels are from one of the 1/20 MPC Ford van kits. There may have been a 1/20 MPC Corvette kit with the same 5-slot wheels, though.

#16: The resin plow looks like something Don Loomis cast.  Possibly the other items too? Maybe that jim.... seller on eBay?

 

 

[stavanzer]

The Resin plow is a Don Loomis piece. The chrome is Ala Kart.

[Chuck Most]

  On 4/28/2018 at 5:52 AM, 1930fordpickup said:

The snow plow looks like a copy from an old kit, that is now in the GMC truck. I think it started in a Jeepster kit. 

 

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Just to clarify- The GMC kit is an entirely different piece- it was newly tooled for the Revell reissue. The MPC plow even had a (molded plastic) chain- a detail Revell completely overlooked on their plow. You can get the MPC Jeep plow from Replicas and Miniatures Co. of Maryland but I think the other guys are on the right track of this one being an old Don Loomis casting. I know the  R&M Co. product well, it was the first resin part I ever bought.  You're dead-on with the Jeepster being the resin plow's origin. 

 

  On 4/28/2018 at 5:01 PM, SSNJim said:

Concerning #4, the yellow hood is from a 1/24 Testors Custom Chevy C1500 Pickup. I just pulled the hood off mine, and it is identical. They were Quick Builders. There were a few kits from the same tool, the first being the Van Halen truck which I think was molded in red, and there may have been others. MPC did do a regular cab long bed kit in yellow before being taken over by AMT, but if it doesn't match the annuals, that's not likely to be it.

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You're right- the MPC/AMT 1500 kits had small hinges molded to the bottom rear corners where the hood fits against the cowl, while the photos show round pins that the Testors kits have. I think even the AMT promo hoods had the hinges, but there were mounting pins molded to the front edge to fasten the hood to the core support. 

#10 is from a Revell '37 Ford Panel truck, and that may also have been the source of the artillery wheel shown in #12. The same wheels are included in the pickup variant. 

As far as the Firebird hood- I want to say the most recent reissue (AMT/Ertl) reissue of that one came with two hoods, one of which was close to the one shown, but I'm not certain of that. 

[1930fordpickup]

Thanks for that added info Chuck. I was thinking that the truck was an MPC for some reason, should have double checked before I typed. 

 

[Oldcarfan27]

I knew you guys would come through! Thanks for filling me in. It's good to know where the parts came from.

Did anyone figure out the headers on the tan small block Chevy, the origin of the Torino grille, or the aqua mailbox thingy?

Last is #15. I know where this one came from. I want to see who can figure it out first. See my hint and then see Casey's answer for #14.

[Chuck Most]

The headers look like they might be from one of the '55-'57 Chevy street rod pickup kits... but I'm not entirely certain of that. I don't think the engine itself is from one of those kits. 

[stavanzer]

Chuck. I sent that plow to Patrick. I did get it from Don Loomis, so your guess is correct.  I have a whole tub full of Loomis resin bits. All the Resin in Patrick's box came from Don.

[ChrisBcritter]

  On 4/28/2018 at 4:52 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

#8. Amt Torino grille, but my reissues don't show the GT emblem. Early issue?

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Early issue. From a current listing on eBay:

Car's listed as a '68 but the rear bumper says '69.

Edited April 30, 2018 by ChrisBcritter