AMT ‘37 Chevy Cabriolet

[Mattblack]

Having ploughed/plowed through the coupe kit I feel your pain... looks like you're knocking this one into shape though.

[NOBLNG]

On 10/26/2025 at 2:34 PM, Ulf said:

Creative improvement of the front fenders. I seem to remember that there is only one rear light in the kit (check the instruktions so you don't have to waste time looking for it).

Thanks Ulf. I researched it a bit and one source says a passenger side taillight was standard equipment on a Cabriolet, and another says it was a dealer installed option.? Anyways this kit does come with two tail lights and the instructions notably say “right side optional”. So I am going to install them both.

[NOBLNG]

…on that note, I think the kit pieces are a little large so I chopped them back a tad and added some red sprue lens. 

 

I added brass pins to the rumble seat steps and drilled holes in the body at the locations that were marked with a very faint raised ridge. I wasn’t happy with the location after mounting the tail lights, so I plugged the holes  with stretched sprue. The pads have a big sink mark in the center and were not sitting perfectly level where the standoffs had the best fit on the fender.

I remounted them lower on the fender and cut the pads off. Drilled and pinned the gas cap too.🙂

 

I made some new pads from 0.156” Evergreen rod and added pins so they can be installed after paint.

 

Edited Saturday at 09:32 PM by NOBLNG

[Kanada Kustoms]

Love the rumble seat steps and taillights... They look great!

Edited Saturday at 06:41 PM by Kanada Kustoms

[Big Messer]

Blue dots and all!

[LennyB]

Greg, you get extra points for the blue dots 😃

[TopherMcGinnis]

Love the blue dots!!!!!!

[Kenmojr]

This gonna be one cool Bow Tie...

[customline]

Okay, okay....I'm following 😀....good stuff going on here.

[NOBLNG]

On 11/1/2025 at 1:40 PM, Kanada Kustoms said:

Love the rumble seat steps and taillights... They look great!

 

On 11/1/2025 at 1:50 PM, Big Messer said:

Blue dots and all!

 

16 hours ago, LennyB said:

Greg, you get extra points for the blue dots 😃

 

15 hours ago, TopherMcGinnis said:

Love the blue dots!!!!!!

 

14 hours ago, Kenmojr said:

This gonna be one cool Bow Tie...

 

26 minutes ago, customline said:

Okay, okay....I'm following 😀....good stuff going on here.

Thanks for the kind comments Guys!🙂 The blue dots I made by drilling right through the red lens that I made from red sprue and pinning it to the standoff with 0.025” Evergreen rod. I countersunk the pin just a touch and added a drop of clear blue.

[NOBLNG]

I added pins to the headlight buckets for easy installation after paint.  The headlights themselves and the bezels are missing, so I am fabricating some from tubing. The ‘37s did not have sealed beams so I think my home-made lens will look OK. I’ve scratched a couple from 5/16 tube but they are a tad smaller diameter than the buckets. The buckets are actually the correct diameter (8-1/2” by my research). I could sand them down but I am waiting for a local hobby shop to open…if they have the 11/32 tube, I will get some of that and try again. Thanks for lookin’. 🤓

Edited Monday at 03:31 PM by NOBLNG

[Kanada Kustoms]

Headlight bezels look good to me... But I'm guessing you want them to come right out to the edge of the bucket, hence picking up the bigger tube, eh?

Edited Monday at 03:45 PM by Kanada Kustoms

[NOBLNG]

9 minutes ago, Kanada Kustoms said:

Headlight bezels look good to me... But I'm guessing you want them to come right out to the edge of the bucket, hence picking up the bigger tube, eh?

Yep! By sanding them down I may get an uneven contour.🤔 I am also missing the hood ornament so I’ll have to scratch one out. I would really love to hinge the hood, but I have experimented a bit and don’t think it’s feasible without some huge ungainly looking contraptions. So it will just be located by magnets.

Edited Monday at 03:55 PM by NOBLNG

[Kanada Kustoms]

I see what you mean... To be prototypically accurate you need the bigger tube!

[NOBLNG]

7 minutes ago, Kanada Kustoms said:

I see what you mean... To be prototypically accurate you need the bigger tube!

That will allow a bigger lens too. Right now it scales out to only 6-1/2”.

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[Big Messer]

12 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

I am also missing the hood ornament so I’ll have to scratch one out

Being the nutcase that I am, what about doing something totally ridiculous, like a fat chicken?

[NOBLNG]

2 hours ago, Big Messer said:

Being the nutcase that I am, what about doing something totally ridiculous, like a fat chicken?

Mmmmmmaybe not.😎

[NOBLNG]

I have the headlights finalized. Bezels are glued in place. The reflector I made from an aluminum pie plate. Lens are parts box pieces.

[Kanada Kustoms]

Those headlights look better than your first try... I see why you redid them!

Edited 7 hours ago by Kanada Kustoms

[Supernurd]

Great job so far!  I built this kit a few years ago with the same winning box art.  It's been sitting in a barn ever since. The frame was warped and the body was twisted and it took a ton of work to correct it.   I almost  gave up.   Ended up stuffing a 409 in it.   

[Supernurd]

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[NOBLNG]

1 hour ago, Supernurd said:

Great job so far!  I built this kit a few years ago with the same winning box art.  It's been sitting in a barn ever since. The frame was warped and the body was twisted and it took a ton of work to correct it.   I almost  gave up.   Ended up stuffing a 409 in it.   

Cool!😎 It looks good in that dark red.👍