Backdating Milner Dragster

[styromaniac]

I accessed a Milner Dragster resin body ( Fremont ? )  and decal sheet from an eBay vendor recently. In reading up on the subject matter I came across some build threads here and noticed the back and forth regarding some inaccuracies in the More American Graffiti movie car...main one being the Morosso heads on the engine ( which were not available until 1968...the movies Dragster scenes were supposed to be late 1964 ). I think there were some comments regarding the Enderle "hat" as well as the breathers, plug wires, headers etc.                                                                                                                                     Was wondering...if one wanted to do a more accurate representation of a Milner Dragster circa 1964....what would one do to the original MPC Graffiti kit...or it's Ramchargers / Jawbreaker derivations ...to make it more like a '64 front engine rail? Any changes to the rail frame dimensions...wheels...front end?

Edited August 24, 2021 by styromaniac

[Daddyfink]

I used the Revell Parts Pack SBC to make it more period correct. The engine in the kit is the HEMI with those goofy valve covers and it is total junk. I also used a Tony Nancy FED front axle, AMT Garlits rear wheels and tires, parts box Moon tank and modified headers out of the Nancy kits. 

These threads on the H.A.M.B. have some great info on the real car. 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/more-american-graffiti-dragster.123698/

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/john-milners-dragster.432838/

 

 

Edited August 24, 2021 by Daddyfink

[styromaniac]

33 minutes ago, Daddyfink said:

I used the Revell Parts Pack SBC to make it more period correct. The engine in the kit is the HEMI with those goofy valve covers and it is total junk. I also used a Tony Nancy FED front axle, AMT Garlits rear wheels and tires, parts box Moon tank and modified headers out of the Nancy kits. 

These threads on the H.A.M.B. have some great info on the real car. 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/more-american-graffiti-dragster.123698/

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/john-milners-dragster.432838/

 

 

Thanks for the heads up!