AMT Lil' Mixer

[Chuck Most]

ENOUGH with all the 'serious subject' kits already! Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!! Let's have a little fun and revisit our inner six-year-old, shall we?

This is the reissued AMT Lil Mixer, via Stevens International. Unlike the C-600 Ford Tractor kit, THIS Stevens reissue isn't horribly overpriced- mine was $23 bucks at my local shop. The casting quality is pretty good for a kit of this age, and the chrome plating is nice and bright. The decal sheet is also pretty nice!

The engine was the selling point of the kit for me- it's a blown Ford 427 'Cammer. Not the most detailed or accurate version of the engine, but then again, I don't think any 1:25 Cammer I've ever seen was totally perfect. This one is fairly good, though, and might well be adaptable to drag and hot rod applications. I really like the OOT, full-blown, cheesy '60's/'70's Show Rod mojo this kit has going for it, and the bits and pieces seem like they fit pretty well, though I'm afraid of a little touch up on the plentiful chrome plated parts.

And if you're like me, a guy who mostly sees kits as boxes of parts for every other project on your bench BESIDES the kit they came with, you'll find quite a bit to like- four two-piece hard plastic Goodyear slicks, the aformentioned Cammer, some very cool kidney slot wheels, and a whole bunch of other doo-dads for rods and oddballs- the 'Motometer' radiator cap/temp gauge would look very cool on any period rod, be it mild or wild. That big, Z'd chassis could also work for a 'rig rod' project.

I couldn't reccomend this kit to anyone, but the truly distorted among us should LOVE it!!!!

[Foxer]

I see Coco Puffs in that mixer.

[Casey]

FWIW, if there's a Tuesday Morning store in your area you can pick up this kit and the Lil Yeller kit for $9.99 each.

Those are four-spoke rear wheels I see, right?

[Chuck Most]

FWIW, if there's a Tuesday Morning store in your area you can pick up this kit and the Lil Yeller kit for $9.99 each.

Those are four-spoke rear wheels I see, right?

Yes... sans any lug detail.

[2000-cvpi]

FWIW, if there's a Tuesday Morning store in your area you can pick up this kit and the Lil Yeller kit for $9.99 each.

Those are four-spoke rear wheels I see, right?

I bought one from Tuesday Morning, and for ten bucks there is enough parts for the money. I was hoping for rubber drag tires, but I was not too disappointed. I don't think that I will build I it. It is more of a parts kit for me.

[Chuck Most]

Closest Tuesday Morning to me is Lansing... no thanks! This kit for ten bucks is a bona-fide bargain for the chronic kitbasher.