Building an old school two door sedan.

[Greg Myers]

Here's what you have to work with, some good, some bad. Good luck on the '28.

[Greg Myers]

and Revell

Edited January 17, 2015 by Greg Myers

[Greg Myers]

and on a larger scale, 1/16th Basically all the same kit except for the "Hot Rod"

Edited January 17, 2015 by Greg Myers

[Greg Myers]

one more. Ooops, two more

[Greg Myers]

[Greg Myers]

Vickey ?

[Mike_G]

Demon camber!

[Greg Myers]

Customs ?

[Greg Myers]

Are these the same kit? deep down inside?

[Longbox55]

I think only the body, basic chassis, and interior tub are the same on those kits, Greg. Under the red one, you can see the IFS under it, rather than the beam axle under the yellow kit. I have the yellow one, it did not have any IFS option in it, only a dropped beam axle.

Edit, just checked on the DPMC instruction site, it confirmed that those are the only common parts.

Edited January 17, 2015 by Longbox55

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yes, and the "street rod" variant of the 5-window kit is the same way...only late-model suspension, nothing stock. I would have bought a lot more of each of them (sedan and 5-window) had they been true 2'n1, with both running gear options in the same box, but because they forced the issue, nah.

I can't imagine it really would have cost that much more to put both sets of trees in one kit. And I can only imagine having both major options would sell more kits overall, but who knows.

Edited January 17, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[ChrisBcritter]

On the Revell '26 T sedan: Has anyone here kitbashed that body with the AMT '27 T Touring to build a stocker? If so how was the fit?

Edited January 18, 2015 by ChrisBcritter

[Chuck Most]

The most recent reissue of the AMT 5-window (2007 or so) has the stock and street rod parts in the box, but only the street rod version is shown or described.

[Longbox55]

On the Revell '26 T sedan: Has anyone here kitbashed that body with the AMT '27 T Touring to build a stocker? If so how was the fit?

I haven't tried it with the AMT '27, but the body does fit perfectly on the AMT '25 fender unit.

[Drake69]

http://www.automoblog.net/2009/02/12/coupe-vs-sedan-whats-the-difference/

Sorry, had to leave that link here. Calling a 2-door car a "sedan" and a 4-door a "coupe" cross-wires my thinking everytime.

[John Goschke]

http://www.automoblog.net/2009/02/12/coupe-vs-sedan-whats-the-difference/

Sorry, had to leave that link here. Calling a 2-door car a "sedan" and a 4-door a "coupe" cross-wires my thinking everytime.

Not all two-doors are coupes. Most of the examples show here are sedans, not coupes, which have a shorter roofline, and often only seating for two. If a coupe had a back seat there was usually less leg room, sometimes they had rear fold-down jump seats. The '32 Victoria is technically not a sedan or a coupe, it's a Victoria, a closer-coupled type of sportier two-door that was common in the '20 and '30s.

For decades manufacturers offered coupes and two-door sedans...

'51 Chevy Styleline Club Coupe

'52 Chevy Styleline Two-Door Sedan (note the longer roof on the sedan)

Chevy also offered the Fleetline fastback as a four-door or two-door sedan...

Incidentally, most of the cars people incorrectly call "two-door posts" are properly called sedans. Some are coupes. Depends on the length of the roofline.

[Greg Myers]

Modern terminology doesn't always work on older cars.

Edited January 19, 2015 by Casey