AMT 1934 Ford Pickip

[Junkman]

On 4/8/2025 at 3:13 PM, Chris V said:

A straight reissue of the Elegance Series "Haulin' Henry" version with the headers and Rader wheels would be most welcome!

A reissue with all parts of all ever included would be even moster welcomer.

[horsepower]

On 3/7/2025 at 8:20 AM, stavanzer said:

Thanks for Commenting Dave. I knew you would know about it. Is that the 427 Ford from the '32 Vicki/Phaeton kit? If it is, it would be an easy Kitbash.

One of the neat things that AMT did during this period is that the engines from any of the Trophy Series kits would drop directly into any of the other Trophy Series kits without any modifications needed. Want a real "hot" p'cup? Drop in the430 Lincoln from one of the '25T kits the only thing you might need to think about is the exhaust because unless you're building a highboy version with no fenders the headers from the T kits are ever gonna fit a Resto-mod version.

[Chris V]

4 hours ago, horsepower said:

One of the neat things that AMT did during this period is that the engines from any of the Trophy Series kits would drop directly into any of the other Trophy Series kits without any modifications needed. Want a real "hot" p'cup? Drop in the430 Lincoln from one of the '25T kits the only thing you might need to think about is the exhaust because unless you're building a highboy version with no fenders the headers from the T kits are ever gonna fit a Resto-mod version.

This is a truth with some modification. The Trophy Series kits were designed with interchangeability in mind, but clearance issues are quite common when engine swapping them. However, this doesn't take away from the fact that these simple early sixties' kits are thoroughly enjoyable to build!

On a related note, the Lincoln Y-block engine from AMT's Trophy Series "Customizing Boat Kit" can be adapted to fit the car models of the series using the transmission and bellhousing from the optional Ford FE-Series V8 in the 1934 Ford Pickup. 

 

@SteveG If you're looking for a relatively inexpensive way to revitalize some of AMT's vintage tooling, I would suggest tooling up a small (plated) parts tree with classic hot rod parts to fit the range of 1932 Fords. 

Utilizing the similar parts design and layout of the various AMT '32 Ford kits, a "universal upgrade kit" for the series could include the following parts: 

* Dropped "I-beam" front axle with split wishbones 

* Optional dropped tube axle with "Hairpins"

* Dropped headlight bar 

* Optional '39 Ford "Teardrop" and '50 Pontiac taillights

Given the popularity of these kits I imagine such a parts tree would do quite well as a standalone parts pack as well - perhaps in combination with a set of matching vintage "big'n little" bias ply tires for giving the models a proper hot rod rake... 

   

Edited April 15 by Chris V

[Dave Darby]

6 hours ago, Chris V said:

@SteveG If you're looking for a relatively inexpensive way to revitalize some of AMT's vintage tooling, I would suggest tooling up a small (plated) parts tree with classic hot rod parts to fit the range of 1932 Fords. 

Utilizing the similar parts design and layout of the various AMT '32 Ford kits, a "universal upgrade kit" for the series could include the following parts: 

* Dropped "I-beam" front axle with split wishbones 

* Optional dropped tube axle with "Hairpins"

* Dropped headlight bar 

* Optional '39 Ford "Teardrop" and '50 Pontiac taillights

Given the popularity of these kits I imagine such a parts tree would do quite well as a standalone parts pack as well - perhaps in combination with a set of matching vintage "big'n little" bias ply tires for giving the models a proper hot rod rake... 

   

I'll second that. Maybe add a set of Moon discs and/or chrome reversed wheels to that list.

[stavanzer]

Plus 1, on the Chromed Reverse Wheels!