As I have recently purchased one of the "Lucy" Belvederes that AMT makes, I
thought I would chime in with a little review. It is, at best, loosely
based on the '58 Fury body style. The windows are "tinted" totally black to
the point where they are not even windows...just black plastic. The bumpers
are not chrome...they are painted the same color as the rest of the car and
are totally the wrong shape. Part of the engine is sticking out of the hood
of the car and the size proportions of the engine to the rest of the car
seem way off to me (engine is too small). The size of the finz are a bit
exaggerated. In true low-rider fashion, the body sits much lower to the
ground than the real thing and the hubcaps are also drastically different.
In short, if you removed the "Peanuts" and "Lucy" artwork and painted it
some other color than the peach-ish plastic that it ships with, it could
very easily be some sort of drug-lord car. It is only a skill-level 1 model
and includes about a dozen pieces that snap together to complete the model.
Took me about 3 minutes to put this one together. However, despite all of
the inaccuracies, it is still kind of fun as a novelty only. I don't know
anything about the "Taz" car. If anyone gets a line on the AMT '58
Belvedere 2d HT model, please let me know as I have been looking for this
particular model for quite some time. Several hobby-shops that I have
called have told me that it is no longer being offered by AMT. I hope that
this is not the case.
-Brian Carpenter
bcarpenter@barkingshins.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sealey" <mopar2ya@YAHOO.COM>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '57 AMT Chrysler
> --- 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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