The 55 Chrysler kit did not contain any plastic windshield. Just checked my
unassembled kit to be sure.
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From: mopar2ya <mopar2ya@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 56 Dodge (and other FL) Promos & Kits
>Greg and Colleen Filtz <filtz@xxxxxxx> wrote on Thursday September 23,
>1999 at 3:55pm:
>
>>I have seen 55 and 56 JOHAN Promo Kits on ebay. Did JOHAN or anyone
>>ever make model kits of the 56' Dodge?
>
>Actually, AMT made kits and promos of both the '55 and '56 Dodge. I
>don't think Jo-Han did Dodges until '58; if either company did a '57
>Dodge I'm not aware of it. The '55 and '56 AMT kits are extremely
>rare today. These early kits included sets of 3 cars IIRC; I believe
>one year the other two cars with the Dodge were Buick and T-Bird.
>
>AMT and Revell also did '55 and '56 Chryslers as joint projects. I
>don't believe these were offered as promos but could be mistaken.
>I believe these were done in 1/32 scale. I also believe these were
>made without clear plastic "glass". Revell models of this era did not
>come with glass, or so I have been told by a reliable source.
>
>'55 and '56 Plymouth and DeSoto promos were done by Jo-Han. The '56
>models are much more common having been reproduced in the '80s.
>The '55s (if you can find one) are interesting in that they show the
>manufacturer's name as "Ideal Models". John Haenle (Jo-Han) had to
>change the company's name when Ideal Toy Co. objected.
>
>The various Chrysler divisions assigned promo contracts without much
>(if any) coordination. The '60 model year, for example, saw Jo-Han
>promos of the Plymouth Fury, Dodge Dart Phoenix, DeSoto Adventurer
>and Chrysler New Yorker, while the Valiant and Imperial promos were
>done by AMT/SMP. Later years were even less logical, such as '69,
>when MoPar promos were done by three different companies, two of which
>apparently did their own B-bodies at a time when it might've made far
>more sense for the company who did the Chargers (and was doing the
>Barracuda for Plymouth) to do the Road Runners too...
>
>Mike Sealey
>(sorry for the billboard; this is the backup account I use when
>Lycosmail
>gets constipated...)
>
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