Fat Brian Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Has anyone tried to put the Revell snap 63 split window on the full detail 67 Corvette chassis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Which 67 kit are you referring to, I believe there is a hardtop and convertible kit for the 67. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 It is in my plan. You can do it. Now there are some things you need to consider as to differences between 63 and 67 such as 63 had drum brakes all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) I pulled out the 63 and 67 kits and also noticed that when using the 67 chassis you will have to work with the 63 interior tub to get it to fit properly. Specifically, in the area where the rear wheel wells intrude into the interior. Edited August 22, 2023 by Exotics_Builder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 I can’t imagine that there would be any difficulty swapping chassis between a ‘63 and a ‘67, as long as the kit is the same scale. They were basically the same car with a few minor differences, none of which would have been basic chassis differences. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 3 hours ago, mikemodeler said: Which 67 kit are you referring to, I believe there is a hardtop and convertible kit for the 67. Probably the coupe, the interiors are most likely the closest. Though below it looks like you're better off using the 63 interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 33 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said: I can’t imagine that there would be any difficulty swapping chassis between a ‘63 and a ‘67, as long as the kit is the same scale. They were basically the same car with a few minor differences, none of which would have been basic chassis differences. Steve I agree, it's more about they're being weird aspects of the kit design making it more difficult than it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 39 minutes ago, Exotics_Builder said: I pulled out the 63 and 67 kits and also noticed that when using the 67 chassis you will have to work with the 63 interior tub to get it to fit properly. Specifically, in the area where the rear wheel wells intrude into the interior. Thank you, this is the kind of info I was looking for. I just wanted to be sure there wasn't something odd about the snap kit that made fitting a different chassis harder than it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Harold Bradford at Historic Racing made an excellent conversion kit to turn a Revell 67 Vette into a 63. He used the snap body to start with, but includes an interior with separate seats, a beautiful (correct) fuelie small block and the nicest alloy wheels around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Shark said: Harold Bradford at Historic Racing made an excellent conversion kit to turn a Revell 67 Vette into a 63. He used the snap body to start with, but includes an interior with separate seats, a beautiful (correct) fuelie small block and the nicest alloy wheels around. Don't remember that one. Would be worth getting if still able to get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 14 hours ago, Shark said: Harold Bradford at Historic Racing made an excellent conversion kit to turn a Revell 67 Vette into a 63. He used the snap body to start with, but includes an interior with separate seats, a beautiful (correct) fuelie small block and the nicest alloy wheels around. Interesting, I was probably going to use the engine from the Revell 62. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Fat Brian said: Interesting, I was probably going to use the engine from the Revell 62. The fuel injection from the 1962 is wrong for 1963, they are different. 1962 1963 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Right now, the only fuelie unit in a kit is the AMT 63 Corvette, and it's not very good. If I remember, Harold told me the base parts for his engine came from an MPC 1964 annual kit. He was offering the engine separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Yea, it's not very good, better to get something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosurdaddy209 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I did the roadster swap with the con-air corvette, it’s a modified 63 body with the full 67 chassis, the biggest issue I had was the firewall had to be trimmed on the outside edges and the wheelbase had to be stretched about 3mm in the front 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Nice job!!!!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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