Mopar early B body 4 doors?

[realgone58]

I know you can get wagons, but I don't see any 4 door sedans or hardtops. The roofline is the same on Linberg 64 Dodge 330 2 door post as on 4 door sedans and hardtops. I'm going to try to do a 4 door sedan out of the Lindberg kit. Anybody done this before?

[Erik Smith]

Revell did 1962 Dart 440 and Valiant four doors in styrene.

Modelhaus has a 1970 Coronet four door in resin.

R&R Resin has a 67 Plymouth four door in resin - not sure of model, I'll have to check and amend my list.

I have been researching plastic and resin kits of four door and wagon models (slowly building a list) and don't have any record of any other four door B bodies.

There is Johan's 68 Fury four door - but I don't think that was still a B body in 68?

[realgone58]

Yes, I have the '62 Dodge 4 door hardtop. Modelhaus does the '70 and R & R does a '68 Satellite 4 door. The resin '67 is a C-body Fury, just like the Johan '68 kit. Since revell did the '62 in a 4 door hardtop, I figured I'd build my '64 in a 4 door sedan. Surprised no one has done some of these yet........they were popular police cars and taxi cabs. Mine will be all stock, slant six, in an "old lady" color, with dogdishes and white walls.

[TS341]

Soon after the Lindberg kit was released, there was a resin 4 door body done of the Dodge 330. It was made by a modeler out of Colorado, I can't remember his name or company name. I was lucky enough to get one. Every once in a blue moon one shows up on eBay. It should not be a hard conversion if you're so inclined.

Model Car World/MCW also does some early B body two door sedans that can be converted to four doors, too.

Tom Coolidge has the 61 Plymouth four door. Modelhaus has the 60 Plymouth four door. These were the first unibodies.

[Bartster]

ts341: That's a nice cruiser, you should post it in "Under Glass".

[Chuck Most]

The '68 JoHan kit (just finished one a few days ago, if I may say so ) is a C-body, all '65 and later full size Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth models were. So depending on how 'early' you're defining it, pretty much any 1962-64 Mopar product aside from the compacts would be considered a B-body. So far, everything that's available with regards to four-door B bodies that I can think of has already been mentioned. I think the R&R kit might be a Belvedere- they also do a '67 Fury, but I have never personally had my hands on either one.

As an aside- 1964 and earlier 'fullsize' B-body Mopars (which weren't fullsize compared to Ford and GM's fullsize lines, really) are sometimes incorrectly reffered to as C-bodies. The C body designation did not come about until the arrival of the new 1965 fullsize line.

Edited March 15, 2012 by Chuck Most