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[Dave Darby]

12 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said:

Back when this kit was new in the late 90's this was the stock box art. As others have said, it does have some nice speed equipment for the flattie. Then about 15 years ago they did the pictured above 2n1 version that had all the street rod/hotrod and stock parts in one box. My hope is that we will finally get some cool box art for this new version because the red box art is not flattering.

The red one was actually built from a Aurora 34.

[keyser]

Didn’t make sense 34 Ford pickup tool disappeared for decades either. 

They’re doing a new tool, their recent kit choices demonstrate they’re quite good at reading market. Where old tool is quite irrelevant. They have what they have, making what they need. Good for them. 

[1930fordpickup]

3 hours ago, keyser said:

Didn’t make sense 34 Ford pickup tool disappeared for decades either. 

The tooling was sitting in a Machine Shop for years.  Not long before this tooling appeared in the Lindberg catalog Michigan passed a law so that Shops could put a lean on the tooling, not sure if this had any idea if this had anything to do with what happened but it was a very close time line.  I am glad that the shop had an idea what the tooling was worth and had a good idea who to call. 

[horsepower]

16 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

Actually, I think there haven't been any releases of the full detail kits in over 30 years except for the modified Monster Truck versions, and the snap kits haven't been available in 25 years or more...

I hope this '96 has the camper shell since it's the only one of the originals that had a shell, but if I remember it was not a dually but the shell fit the dually's pretty well. 

[Rob Hall]

1 hour ago, horsepower said:

I hope this '96 has the camper shell since it's the only one of the originals that had a shell, but if I remember it was not a dually but the shell fit the dually's pretty well. 

It was the green '93 that had it, the dooley did not.

[niteowl7710]

The original 1500 was tooled up in 88 right before MPC was purchased by Ertl and then merged into AMT - which then reissued most of those 88 annuals (1500, Beretta, F Bodies, Mustang, Vettes, etc) as magicly 1989 AMT kits. This is also right at the cut line where the manufacturers stop destroying tooling to create the next version. When you think about kits that survive to this day with ALL of their parts in tact it starts with the Revell kits around that same time frame - '69 Camaro, '32 Ford, and so forth. It's quite possible that given the kits were annuals and never really intended to be reissued in the future (as that just wasn't EVER done with those kits they were either destroyed into a race car of some sort, or the tooling still exists in the final kit form with inserts sometimes long since lost) that the long bed 1500 was destroyed when it was turned into USA 1, and the short bed box went missing along the way making the 454SS impossible. Steve has already said somewhere in the multiple overlapping topics here that AMT never owned the later promo/SnapFast tooling so it doesn't exist at all.

Edited December 10, 2022 by niteowl7710

[Plowboy]

The only thing destroyed on the long bed 1500 was the hood. The rest is just as it was. The chassis was shortened for the 454 SS and the Sportside. If you have 454 SS, you can see exactly where it was joined back together. The Sportside came out the same year as the monster truck. The 454 SS came out the following year. 

[stavanzer]

On 12/9/2022 at 7:37 AM, Mr. Metallic said:

Back when this kit was new in the late 90's this was the stock box art. As others have said, it does have some nice speed equipment for the flattie. Then about 15 years ago they did the pictured above 2n1 version that had all the street rod/hotrod and stock parts in one box. My hope is that we will finally get some cool box art for this new version because the red box art is not flattering.

I have built a couple of these.

To my eye the wheels and tyers are both too heavy and crude, and undersized, at the same time.

The Tyers really look bad to me, although I know they are supposed to have been freshly researched and tooled for this kit. They have never looked right to me.

The kit goes together well, otherwise, and I quite like it.

The Front IFS (?) on the Rod Version is both Heavy and clunky. The Rod Small Block has some top notch speed parts. (valve Covers and Air cleaner). Worth tracking down.

[Luc Janssens]

On 12/10/2022 at 5:16 AM, Dave Darby said:

The red one was actually built from a Aurora 34.

Dave, 

Was the street rod, not more or less based on John Mueller's car?  Remember going to a local speedshop in the Dubuque area, with him where it was getting rebuild, back in 2005.

[Mr. Metallic]

On 12/9/2022 at 10:16 PM, Dave Darby said:

The red one was actually built from a Aurora 34.

@Plowboy, this is what I was talking about.

Thanks Dave!

[Dave Darby]

On 12/11/2022 at 4:50 AM, Luc Janssens said:

Dave, 

Was the street rod, not more or less based on John Mueller's car?  Remember going to a local speedshop in the Dubuque area, with him where it was getting rebuild, back in 2005.

Just the body dimensions. The running gear was carried over from the sedan kit. I got some good shots of John's 34 in 2013. I'll have to dig them up.

[Mattilacken]

And the best news for a while!! The Old Chevys will be back new tooling for many parts as it seems! I also spot the newer dashboard in the 3500! And new lights! 

[1972coronet]

4 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

I also spot the newer dashboard in the 3500!

I was trying to remember what model year the C/K dash changed from the "box" of 1988 to the "curved" of the latter years (I'm guessing it was sometime in the early 90's -- first time I'd noticed the change was in 1995.)

[Rob Hall]

'95 was when the C/K dash was redesigned and they got the driver's side airbag.   The original '96 dooley snap kit has that interior.

[Smoke Wagon]

[stavanzer]

Nice Box Art on the '34. I wonder if it will be Street Rod Only?

[SteveG]

49 minutes ago, stavanzer said:

Nice Box Art on the '34. I wonder if it will be Street Rod Only?

Same basic Street Rod only kit as last issued around '95 but with updated box art and decals. 

-Steve

[stavanzer]

32 minutes ago, SteveG said:

Same basic Street Rod only kit as last issued around '95 but with updated box art and decals. 

-Steve

Thank You, Steve for giving those details.

Any thoughts on if we will ever see the Tudor Sedan again. That is my favorite '34 Ford.

[Richard Bartrop]

1 hour ago, SteveG said:

Same basic Street Rod only kit as last issued around '95 but with updated box art and decals. 

-Steve

Seeing how ICM thinks it's worth making a new tool for a stock model A, that will no doubt be sold at ICM prices, maybe it's worth finding a way to put those stock parts back in.

Just a thought.

[Smoke Wagon]

3 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

maybe it's worth finding a way to put those stock parts back in.

I agree. Hopefully a stock reissue is already in the pipeline. The stock wheels and tires in this kit look great when put on the ‘34 Ford pickup kit as well. 

It would really be over the moon for them to tool up a Fordor body, glass, and interior and make an actual Bonnie and Clyde release, compared to that AMT reissue of the ‘32 Vicky back in the ‘70s. How cool would that be? 

 

[SteveG]

5 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Thank You, Steve for giving those details.

Any thoughts on if we will ever see the Tudor Sedan again. That is my favorite '34 Ford.

As far as I know, we still have the inserts to make the stock 5 window and Tudor Sedan versions.  I'm hoping to get them both done at some point.

-Steve

 

[Richard Bartrop]

55 minutes ago, SteveG said:

As far as I know, we still have the inserts to make the stock 5 window and Tudor Sedan versions.  I'm hoping to get them both done at some point.

-Steve

 

Glad to hear it!

[Can-Con]

1 hour ago, SteveG said:

As far as I know, we still have the inserts to make the stock 5 window and Tudor Sedan versions.  I'm hoping to get them both done at some point.

-Steve

 

Too bad it wasn't reissued as a 2 in 1 same as the last issue. I don't think many people know there's some vintage hotrod parts in the stock issue. 

[charlie8575]

To bad the '34 is rod-only. Maybe I can find a stock one on eBay or a show if I find I don't have one (I don't think I do), but yes, the stock parts should be included. I'd really like to see the '41 Ford woody get a stock re-issue. I'd love another one, as there are a couple of color schemes those look really nice in, and I'd like to do both.

And...ICM is doing a new Model A? Keep talking.

Charlie Larkin

[keyser]

The trailer that was in one of the 41 issues would be welcome too. I’ve never seen one, but @tim boydhas one built. Anyone else know which issue? @Steve G?