AMT 1967 issue North American van lines

[BIGTRUCK]

This is a real oddball kit that AMT released in 1967 and claimed its 1:32. Kit # 2020-300 was a new tool according to the Scalemates site. Some parts such as the cab and interior seem to be 1:25 others like the trailer I have no idea on the scale.I compared the 1:25 AMT firetruck cab to this kit cab and as you can see its close or maybe a touch bigger.  A 1:25 scale driver fits in the cab with a slight mod. The truck itself does not have a chassis, the trailer does but looks like at one time this was to be a promotional item with a built in radio. No decals, the lettering is molded into the trailer. Only glass is the windshield , the rear and side vents I will have to make. This kit was mint except the hubs were put on the axles. I was going with the original North American colors but decided to just go box art colors. The cab does not represent any truck manufacturer. If I remember right, this cab was also issued as a semi-dump.

Edited June 3 by BIGTRUCK
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[maxwell48098]

That was the first "truck" kit that I ever built, followed by the IMC Dodge L700 and AMT Peterbilt 359.

 

A.J.

[chuckyr]

Ultra rare!

[TECHMAN]

Beyond different.....  sorta/kinda looks like the GMC/Chevy cabovers of the early 60's, kinda wonder if that's what they were using as a "pattern", but didn't want to end up having to pay GM for rights to build????????   Barely remember seeing these when was much younger.......

Will be watching to see what you end up doing  (know it'll be interesting!!!!)

DJ

[BIGTRUCK]

Slow progress building with it being summer but I am getting some thjngs done. I decided to go with North American VanLines colors instead of the boxart theme. The interior came out ok but that front chrome grille/bumper need some work. I will probably get the bumper in blue and maybe drill out those lights. The white on the trailer is cured so time to get the blue on that. If only that cab wasnt so toy-like. As I said before ,it lists out at 1:32nd but a 1:25th scale driver fits.🤔

[Warren D]

I recall having something similar way back when.  Same cab but mine had a gravel trailer.

[1930fordpickup]

18 minutes ago, Warren D said:

I recall having something similar way back when.  Same cab but mine had a gravel trailer.

Yes that was also offered. I think these look of the Tonka and Nylint trucks of that era. 

I watched and bid on these while buying on ebay before shipping went to high.  The gravel hauler was what I came across mostly. 

[Russell C]

7 hours ago, 1930fordpickup said:

... on ebay before shipping went to high.  The gravel hauler was what I came across mostly. 

Ditto, but just watched the bidding on one or three of these in the last several years. Sometimes a person can score a cheap purchase when they are listed just generically and when none of the collectors spot the auction listing. Took me forever to remember the name of the other kit tonight, but finally dredged up an image. Similar, but different to the later tri-axle original Ertl gravel trailer, two more vertical ribs, I think, and no long horizontal bar toward the bottom. Image from this Dutch site:  https://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/truckkit_instructions/amt/2021-300-amt-dirthauler/amtdirthauleropen.html

Edited June 21 by Russell C
forgot to include the site link