--- Dave Grove Grove Automotive
<groveautomotive@KA.NET> wrote:
> I for one, would buy every model of every finned car
> I could get my hands on if AMT were to produce them
> again.
In addition to the 300-D, AMT does what looks like a
very nice '58 Belvedere 2drHT. Still trying to find
one in stock form. They have commemoratives of Peanuts
characters (the Belvedere is the "Lucy" car) and
Looney Tunes ("Taz") and I guess I could bring one
back to stock if I had to.
Original FwdLk stuff from the original manufacturers,
in 1/25 scale unless otherwise noted:
AMT/SMP: '55-'56 Dodge CRL 2dHT
'58-'61 Imperial 2drHT, conv.
(also '60-'62 Valiant)
AMT/Revell: '55-'56 Chrysler NY 2drHT (1/32)
(later reissued as custom only under
Revell
name)
Jo-Han: '55-'56 Plymouth Belvedere 4drSed
'55-'56 DeSoto Fireflite 4drSed
'57-'58 Belvedere 2drHT
'58 Fury 2drHT
'59-'61 Fury 2drHT
'60 Sport Suburban
'58-'59 Dodge CR 2drHT
'60-'61 Dodge Dart Phoenix 2drHT
'57-'59 DeSoto Fireflite 4drHT
'60 Adventurer 2drHT
'57-'59 Chrysler NY 4drHT
'60-'61 Chrysler NY 2drHT
All the above (with the possible exception of the
Revell car, which was primarily a kit) were available
as promos and probably as frictions as well. The
'55-'56 Dodges were available as part of a 3-car
assembly kit in both years, and are extremely rare
today. Although AMT made kits before 1958 on a limited
basis, '58 is considered the first year for the kits
as we know them today. Jo-Han is believed to have
first offered kits in '59; their MoPar kits were AFAIK
limited to the Plymouth and Dodge, but unlike JoHan's
'59 and earlier MoPar promos, these kits had
interiors. (JoHan offered promos with interiors for
other makes, notably Oldsmobile and Rambler; why MoPar
promos with interiors took so long is unknown, one
theory is that Chrysler didn't care about interiors in
promos at first.)
AFAIK no promo was done of the '57 Dodge, which still
baffles me to this day.
=====
Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
'57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
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