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The '28 Two door was a MOPAR 413 with some great cast iron Stock exhaust manifolds. Too bad they were just for display, 28_A_04-vi.jpg

Thanks! I'll note that on the list and give you credit. BTW, whatever happened to this kit? Has it ever been reissued?

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Just my opinion: the '32 Ford five window Chevy Small Block has to be the worst rendition ever. :o

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I think I've seen worse, but I can't think of one right offhand. I built one of these maybe 20 years ago. I put a '57 FI unit from a Revell '57 Chevy on it, and I think different valve covers, and I think it ended up looking the part, more or less. I forget what I did for exhausts on it.

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Was there a "Swap Program" ? Or was it pretty much just by design? Or coincidence? :huh:

If the motor mounts all match up, and the distance from motor mount to end of the transmission is the same in all cases, that says to me that somebody had some kind of a plan going on. B)

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If the motor mounts all match up, and the distance from motor mount to end of the transmission is the same in all cases, that says to me that somebody had some kind of a plan going on. B)

I'd have to agree :)

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'49 Ford—Cadillac (not sure this kit was part of this swap program)

These guys were a little bit different with their "axle" holes.

(Made necessary by the use of metal axles used to mount the wheels front and back. :o )

Of course these later year kit offerings had longer transmissions. :(

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I'm not altogether sure that AMT's designers back in those early days really considered "interchangeability" all that much when they started out with the Trophy Series, but it sure did turn out to be very much the case.

Had such interchangeability been planned from the get-go, it seems to me that it would have been advertised from the get-go, and yet I think the first "advertising" mention was in an early "column" by Bud "The KAT from AMT" Anderson (no relation BTW), but that was at least a couple of years after the introduction of the '32 Ford roadster and coupe, and the '40 Ford kits (1959-60), in which time a number of us older teenaged kids pretty much discovered that such swaps were at least possible, even with a bit of extra work on firewalls or inner fender panels.

This "feature" (if you will) may well have been the inspiration for George Toteff when he left AMT to start MPC, and eventually cooked up the idea of the "Switchers" series of kits though. Toteff was an early designer at AMT, and was credited with coming up with the multiple slide core mold concept for one-piece body shells, among other things.

Art

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This "feature" (if you will) may well have been the inspiration for George Toteff when he left AMT to start MPC, and eventually cooked up the idea of the "Switchers" series of kits though. Toteff was an early designer at AMT, and was credited with coming up with the multiple slide core mold concept for one-piece body shells, among other things.

Art

George might be pleased to know that I'm gonna build up a few of those engines with "switchability" in mind. B)

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Thanks! I'll note that on the list and give you credit. BTW, whatever happened to this kit? Has it ever been reissued?

That kit's been gone a loooooong time- I think it was last seen in the '60's.

The AMT kit is a '25, not a '23 as noted in post 21. B)

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The '28 Two door was a MOPAR 413 with some great cast iron Stock exhaust manifolds. Too bad they were just for display, 28_A_04-vi.jpg194-700x466.jpgMWEM.jpg

Interesting to see where they suggest placement for the distributor on the 413 in the above instructions.

Scott

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I've done the 40 ford with the hemi but it needs the firewall modified for the fan belt and fan to fit. Also the pontaic from the 36 fits into the 32 ford but the firewall needs to be modified and a little adjustment to trans.

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The one I found would not fit was the engine from the 25 T into the forty coupe or sedan. It looks like it should but there is interference with black and frame.

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I'm building a '32 Roadster with the Pontiac from the '36 Ford. I shortened the tranny a little to make it fit. Bob is right about the firewall needing modification. I've also put the '32 Roadster Hemi in a Phaeton and that was more of a drop in swap.

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If you look closely at the instruction sheet for that Mopar wedge you will see a cut in the engine where the distributor goes. The placement in the picture is misleading but when I built this kit in the '60's I built it correct and the 2 built engines I've picked up in parts lots both have the distributor in the correct spot.

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I'm building a copy of a car that was built in our area in the early sixties, and is still in town with just a freshen up by its new owner after sitting in forced storage for years. It's the tall T coupe from AMT and for the engine I'm using the flathead from the '34 sedan kit, (the gold car on the box) it takes a little work on the motor mounts on the frame for it to work but I think it'll be worth it.

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Pretty much any engine will go in any car. It just kinda depends on what your particular definition of "interchangeable" is. :D

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That engine is a GM-built Allison. The P-51D in the pic has a Packard-built Rolls-Royce Merlin, although the A models of the Mustang did use the Allison.

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