Can-Con Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mark said: Looks like AMT '65 GTO. I'm looking at mine right now. Very close but not a match. AMT GM A-body definitely, '65 Chevelle or Olds Cutlass maybe? Nothing I have anyway. Edited June 10, 2019 by Can-Con
Dave G. Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 Is this a quiz, It's sitting in a body shell is that not the match to the under body ?
gtx6970 Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 Screw bottom chassis. im guessimg midsize gm ..maybe 65 or 66 impala
Mark Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, Can-Con said: I'm looking at mine right now. Very close but not a match. AMT GM A-body definitely, '65 Chevelle or Olds Cutlass maybe? Nothing I have anyway. Which issue are you comparing to? Early issues have the original chassis, which was butchered for the Modified Stocker issue. Ertl tooled a new chassis when they restored the stock version. The one pictured would be the Pre-Modified Stocker original chassis. I've never seen a later one molded in white.
Mark Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, gtx6970 said: Screw bottom chassis. im guessimg midsize gm ..maybe 65 or 66 impala AMT '65-'66 Impala kit chassis had no floor area under the interior. The underside of the interior bucket formed that part of the chassis.
Can-Con Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, Mark said: Which issue are you comparing to? Early issues have the original chassis, which was butchered for the Modified Stocker issue. Ertl tooled a new chassis when they restored the stock version. The one pictured would be the Pre-Modified Stocker original chassis. I've never seen a later one molded in white. One of the later issues. I didn't know they did a new chassis when it was restored. But then again, you didn't specify which issue. I do have a pre- mod stocker chassis but I'd have to dig for it.
Mark Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 The one pictured has the two screws at the back, which would mark it as an early chassis (besides being molded in white). I checked a 1969 reissue (last one before the butchery) and it's identical. It's not a '64 chassis because those have screw holes in front also.
Can-Con Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark said: The one pictured has the two screws at the back, which would mark it as an early chassis (besides being molded in white). I checked a 1969 reissue (last one before the butchery) and it's identical. It's not a '64 chassis because those have screw holes in front also. I dug my old one out and it's just as you said. Exact match. I apologize for the confusion, like I said, I didn't know the chassis was part of the redo on the GTO. Too bad they didn't do a better job on the restoration.
Mark Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 That restoration was the first thing like that, that Ertl did. They got better on later projects.
afx Posted June 11, 2019 Author Posted June 11, 2019 So AMT '65 GTO is the consensus? 14 hours ago, Dave G. said: Is this a quiz, It's sitting in a body shell is that not the match to the under body ? No, the chassis is not correct for the the body which is a '65 Fairlane.
Dave G. Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 3 hours ago, afx said: So AMT '65 GTO is the consensus? No, the chassis is not correct for the the body which is a '65 Fairlane. I see, thanks.
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