“ BUILDING THE COVERS “ vol # 116 CANDIES & HUGES JAKE’S SPEED EQUIPMENT AWB 1965 PLYMOUTH SEDAN

[M W Elky]

This has became one of my favorite builds I think it just looks spot on . The build is a rather simple resin / moebius conversion. Or what I call a joe Curtis special as he provided the sedan body and decals . The paint is Tamyia bright red . I did steal the wheelie bars from the AMT Awb falcon , and the front straight axle is from the little Red Wagon kit . Until next time thanks for looking   Mike

[Mike 1017]

Great build of a Historic NHRA Legend.  I just got Drag Racing in the 60's and Mercury Drag Racing for my birthday I never realized that those full-size Mercury's actually won Drag Races and set NHRA Records

[papajohn97]

Really nice kit-bash Mike. Did the Moebius chassis/ interior fit within the Fremont resin body or was a lot of surgery required?
You need to line up all your mid-60's door slammers and post a few photos someday, I'm sure your collection way outnumbers mine and most others here. You are one prolific builder!

[M W Elky]

8 hours ago, papajohn97 said:

Really nice kit-bash Mike. Did the Moebius chassis/ interior fit within the Fremont resin body or was a lot of surgery required?
You need to line up all your mid-60's door slammers and post a few photos someday, I'm sure your collection way outnumbers mine and most others here. You are one prolific builder!

John the freemont body fits like a glove as the master joe used for the mold was made from the moebius kit as a word of caution his Awb dodge body is made from the amt kit and requires quite a bit of slicing and dicing to get it to work with the moebius donor kit . In these photos you can see where I cut the chassis plate right behind the fire wall on the blue dodge I also had to cut a piece out of the front sub frame and grind down the edge of the dashboard . I have a couple more of the dodge sedans to build I didn’t find the modifications to crazy and well worth the effort 

[papajohn97]

Wow! Amazing difference in length between the AMT and Moebius '65 Dodges! I would think the factory Dodge and Plymouth sedans utilized the same chassis geometry and AMT probably undersized their Dodge kit?

Thank you for posting these comparisons and for showing the mods required to make the AWB version of the  Dodge sedan using the Fremont resin body with the Moebius chassis. I've built two AWB A/FX cars using standard WB kits (a Revell '65 Mustang FB and a Revell '65 Chevelle) by shifting wheel wells forward on both and neither effort was a picnic. I'd much rather slice & dice the chassis than the wheel openings on a body!