AMT (MPC) 1965 Coronet 500 annual kit 1980s Pro-Street kitbash....

[tim boyd]

This was a rescue/restoration of the AMT (designed and produced by MPC) 1965 Dodge Coronet500 hardtop kit i originally "built" (aka butchered at age 11).  I removed the roof, used an up-top from a 1963/4 JoHan Fury kit (IIRC), painted it with Tempo brand 1973 Plymouth Silver Frost paint (leftover from my 1/1 scale Duster 340), and equiped it with Centerlines and gold-lettered drag racing tires.  

I believe this build was pictured in the 1/1 scale mag "Popular Cars" in their regular model car column, circa 1983 or so. 

More pictures here if anyone is interested....   (corrected)  Street Freaks, Pro Street, and G-Machines album | Funman1712 | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.

Thanks for looking. 

 

 

Edited July 20, 2023 by tim boyd

[drodg]

I love it.  I just finished a 65 MPC (AMT) Coronet 500 to somewhat replicate my 1:1 65 500.  The body of that original car I believe looks so much better than the later Polar Lights (AMT) 65.  I really like the convertible too and the wheels etc.  Great job.  

[espo]

Great looking build. Like the paint finish and the new convertible top. Enjoyed looking at your other builds as well. 

[tim boyd]

1 hour ago, drodg said:

I love it.  I just finished a 65 MPC (AMT) Coronet 500 to somewhat replicate my 1:1 65 500.  The body of that original car I believe looks so much better than the later Polar Lights (AMT) 65.  I really like the convertible too and the wheels etc.  Great job.  

David....I so agree with you on the original AMT/MPC body vs. the Polar Lights car.   Moving to today, the Moebius upcoming '65 Coronet kit tooling has many hours of development time invested in making the body as correct as possible....let's hope it rivals the AMT kit for looks when it is finally released....TB 

[tim boyd]

Engine in this one was intended to be a hot-rodded version of the street 426 from 1965 called the "426-S" by Mother Mopar.  At the time, there were really only two good sources of this basic engine....the AMT '49 Merc and the MPC engineered 426 in the AMT 1928 Model A Tudor kit.  That same engine was repeated in the MPC "Ramchargers Dune Buggy" kit from 1968, and IIRC that is the engine I used in this build.  Obviously, I made some changes in the induction department....TB 

[Rattlecan Dan]

That is one sweet looking beast. You did a great job on it. Enjoyed all the other pics as well. Thanks for sharing.

[slusher]

Incredible detailed Coronet!!

[drodg]

20 hours ago, tim boyd said:

David....I so agree with you on the original AMT/MPC body vs. the Polar Lights car.   Moving to today, the Moebius upcoming '65 Coronet kit tooling has many hours of development time invested in making the body as correct as possible....let's hope it rivals the AMT kit for looks when it is finally released....TB 

Looking forward to the Moebius kits and I love the grill on that new release.  

[atomicholiday]

Tim, that stance is perfect.  Looks like it’s going 100mph just sitting there.  Great looking build all around.?

[karbuildr]

Excellent, I really like this and everything about it.

Edited July 21, 2023 by karbuildr

[Flatout]

Good looking Cornet Tim…the stance, color, and wheel/tires all work together for a subtle look on an otherwise aggressive street machine.  I really like the tunnel rammed RB, don’t see that very often.?

[ChrisR]

Cool!!

[carrucha]

Nice build.  Cool stance!