MPC Funny Car Chassis Question

[Carmak]

Did the MPC Mr. Norms Charger, the Superhemi Coronet or the Spyder Cyclone funny car kits use the same chassis as the recently reissued Judge funny car kit?

I have some original built kits with missing and partial chassis' I would like to restore.

Thanks

Carmak

[Snake45]

You might be able to find the answers by looking at the instruction sheets here: 

http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/straightline-competition/

[Carmak]

Thanks Snake! Forgot about that site.

 

[gtx6970]

I know the STP Super Hemi and Mr Norms car are the same as well as the 68 Color Me gone car ( never had the Cyclone to say for sure ) I can tell you the 67 Color Me Gone is all its own chassis and body tins

 

I would venture to say the recent Beswick GTO is very similar,,,,, if not the exact same chassis .

The AMT cougar is different for sure

[Mark]

MPC had several different early funny car chassis.  The usual plan for MPC was to decide which stock kit bodies they wanted to use, then adapt the chassis with the closest wheelbase.  That's why there were Coronet and '70-'71 Mercury Cyclone funny cars which never existed in the real world.  Some chassis could be molded with different length side rails for different wheelbases.

The '67 Color Me Gone Charger, the Mercury Cougars, and the Unswitchable '67 GTO used the same chassis, but there are at least two lengths to the side rails.  I know the Color Me Gone chassis is a tad longer than the Cougar's.  The '68-'70 Mopars (Chargers and Coronets) all used the same chassis, and I'm pretty sure it was reworked and used under Challengers and Barracudas as well.  I have a later version with extra mounting points for the front radius rods, apparently different kits used each location. 

There was a 1970 Logghe Brothers chassis also, first molded with separate side rails like the early chassis.  Later kits had the chassis with the side rails, front crossmember, and interior floor molded as one piece.  This chassis was used under the Mercury Cyclones, a couple of Firebirds and Camaros, and a Maverick.  In 1972, MPC tooled an all-new narrow, modern chassis and started using it, but some kits were issued with the 1970 style chassis a couple of years after that.