AMT's '51 Studebaker Coupe - Who Knew?

[Casey]

I had no idea AMT made this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-Model-Toys-AMT-Studebaker-Car-1950s-W-Box-/270812352757?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item3f0dac90f5#ht_500wt_1294

[Chuck Most]

I've seen those, didn't know they were from AMT.

[Junkman]

Unfortunately all I ever came across were badly warped.

[Maindrian Pace]

I restored a really nasty one around 20 years ago, I didn't know who made it.

-MJS

[aarondupont]

AMT stood for Aluminum Metal Toys if I remember correctly. The late 50's they went into injection molded plastics. They made cars like the promos. I had a few as a kid. Sure wish I still had them. As the quality on promos advanced, those became "just old toys". Most had the friction motor on a metal frame with those heavy steel axles. No interiors and not all had glass windshields and back glass. I remember having a white 53 or 54 Pontiac two door. No interior or glass. The others are gone from my memory. Aaron Dupont

[Chuck Most]

Model, not Metal, but Aaron's on the mark. I think they did a four-door '49 Ford as well, early versions had incorrect 'sucide' rear doors. That one might have had a metal body, though.

[jeffs396]

Casey, fugettabout the old warped, overpriced AMT Stude, go get a $15 Johnny Lightning at Walmart:

[Craig Irwin]

Jeff. was that at Walmart recently?

[jeffs396]

Jeff. was that at Walmart recently?

Yep, the last one I got there about a month ago.

[scale trucker]

amt orignaly did aluminum cars up till 58 or 59 i think..but i could be wrong..then they went molded plastic..

[Joe Handley]

I've seen only one in person, and it had been restified from a complete clunker.

[Junkman]

Casey, fugettabout the old warped, overpriced AMT Stude, go get a $15 Johnny Lightning at Walmart:

Spot on!

[Harry P.]

AMT stood for Aluminum Metal Toys if I remember correctly.

AMT=Aluminum Model Toys.

[Art Anderson]

amt orignaly did aluminum cars up till 58 or 59 i think..but i could be wrong..then they went molded plastic..

AMT (Alumnum Model Toys--the original company name) made just one cast aluminum toy/model car, that being their first promotional model, the 1947 Ford Tudor Sedan. Starting in 1949, AMT went to Tenite (acetate plastic) for promotional model cars, but used diecast grilles and bumpers out through 1956, that were "flash plated" with chromium or nickel.

Art