Hello & Pro Street Question

[jwood]

First I would just like to say hello! I am a new member and am just returning to the model car hobby. I built cars, trucks and armor until I was about 20 and then I took the next 20 years off.

Now that I'm back into it I can't get enough. I think I've just about drained my retirement on tools and kits over the last four months.

Also, I do have one question. I did look through your forum topics for tutorials on "pro streeting" a model car but was not able to locate any information. I understand the basic idea . . chop up the B frame and add on a pro street B frame.

But, is there any data around as far as what pro street kits will work well with other kit bodies? I have a Monogram '55 Bel Air "Car Show" kit in my stash that I would like to pro street but I'm unsure on what other kit would work well with it.

Any advice, help or information is appreciated!

Thanks!

J

[diymirage]

hi Jesse, welcome abaord

i went through my stash and i dont have a 55 belle aire but i do have a 57

the best fit i could find was AMTs 1970 superbee chassis

all you would need to do is trim the back end and make a small connection between the front and the engine bay

it even fits without cutting out the back seat

(that is asuming the 55 and 57 are the same)

i tried the pro street nova but that one would require a lot more work and doesnt even come with a hemi

[jwood]

Wow! Thanks for the quick response!! It seems like the Super Bee kit works out well with a lot of other car kits. The box also comes with a lot of goodies!

Thanks again for the help!

J

[Corvette.Jeff]

welcome to the asylume!!!!

one thing to think about,they did make a promod tri five kit not to long ago, i think its the strretburner series. but thats full blow promod, if you want a hood kit with a ton of extra detail parts and a good set if wheels and tires pick up a "hot rod magazine" 84' pristreet corvette kit.

Jeff

[diymirage]

Wow! Thanks for the quick response!! It seems like the Super Bee kit works out well with a lot of other car kits. The box also comes with a lot of goodies!

Thanks again for the help!

J

not a problem, this place is a treasury of information

i do love that pro street bee

and the DOHC hemi doesnt hurt iether

[CAL]

not a problem, this place is a treasury of information

i do love that pro street bee

and the DOHC hemi doesnt hurt iether

The DOHC Hemi was a non-production experimental project (A-925) which produced 2 motors, or depending on you source none were actually built. It was Chrysler's answer to the Ford 427 SOHC, but NASCAR baned over head cam motors so they were all single centerline camshafts motors.

It's a street Hemi in the Super Bee, but no such thing as a DOHC Hemi that Chrysler built anyway.

Porsche's Variocam flat six 3.6 Turbo was a 24v DOHC with a hemispherical combustion chamber. I cannot think of too many other DOHC with a true hemi head.

Edited January 29, 2011 by CAL

[Guest]

Welcome Jesse! If you're wanting a street chassis,the Revell '67 Chevelle pro street is a good donor for your '55. Revell also has a pro mod '55 and '57 Chevy if you're wanting to go all out. I have an AMT '55 Chevy project that I put the entire Chevelle chassis under with very little modifications. My favorite chassis donor though is the Revell Pro Street Thunderbird. There are several pro street kits out there. You can usually find them pretty easily on ebay.

Here's a list of kits that I can recall:

Revell

'67 Chevelle

'87 Thunderbird

'8? Lincoln

'88 Beretta

'8? Corvette

'8? Sunbird

AMT

'66 Nova

'67 Chevelle

'69 GTX

'68 Road Runner

'70 Super Bee

I'll send you some photos later of some builds I did using some of these chassis' by PM.

[Eric Stone]

The DOHC Hemi was a non-production experimental project (A-925) which produced 2 motors, or depending on you source none were actually built. It was Chrysler's answer to the Ford 427 SOHC, but NASCAR baned over head cam motors so they were all single centerline camshafts motors.

It's a street Hemi in the Super Bee, but no such thing as a DOHC Hemi that Chrysler built anyway.

There is a street Hemi and DOHC Hemi in the Super Bee Pro Street kit. There never was a running one in real life but there are thousands powering little 1:25 Super Bees all over the world.

[Eric Stone]

The new tool AMT '57 Chevy came in a stock version, and a pro street version.

[jphillips1970]

Welcome back to the hobby there J -

Where in Wisconsin are you located ?

Joe

[diymirage]

The DOHC Hemi was a non-production experimental project (A-925) which produced 2 motors, or depending on you source none were actually built. It was Chrysler's answer to the Ford 427 SOHC, but NASCAR baned over head cam motors so they were all single centerline camshafts motors.

It's a street Hemi in the Super Bee, but no such thing as a DOHC Hemi that Chrysler built anyway.

as Eric pointed out, there are actually parts in the kit to build it iether way, as a street hemi or as the expirmental DOHC

heres a shot of one i build with some boost on it

There are several pro street kits out there. You can usually find them pretty easily on ebay.

'68 Road Runner

if that is the one with the red box art car, be carefull, ive heard several accounts of this being a stock kit that has been mislabeled and does NOT contain a pro street chassis or drivetrain

[Guest]

if that is the one with the red box art car, be carefull, ive heard several accounts of this being a stock kit that has been mislabeled and does NOT contain a pro street chassis or drivetrain

Those accounts are wrong. It only has pro street parts,no stock parts at all,not even for the engine. For some reason, the boxart build has the smaller (wrong) Dragway Specials,but my kit has no name pro street sized tires that look like M/T's.

[Casey]

Here's a list of kits that I can recall:

Revell

'67 Chevelle

'87 Thunderbird

'8? Lincoln LSC

The above three, as well as the current '70 Super Bee Pro Street kit, are the best donors, unless you're Pro Street-ing a very small/narrow car.

'88 Beretta

'8? Corvette

'8? Sunbird

The above three share the same basic chassis, and Rick Dobbertin's Pontiac J-2000 was the original kit of the three. It has a solidly mounted rear suspension and the rearend is very narrow- not very realistic and the wheels and tires will look way too "tucked in" in my honest opinion, on anythign but a compact car.

"AMT '66 Nova"

This chassis is nice, but it locates the narrowed rearend via leaf spirngs, which was common on streetable and non all-out-show-cars back when the Pro Street movement was kicking into high gear (late '80s). My only other complaint is the rear tires in this kit are slicks lacking any tread detail, and are both a bit too small/short compared to the typical M/T Sportsman tires.