[FWDLK] forwardlook models

[Terry & Andree Hoeman <tehoema@MEGAVISION.COM>]

In addition you can add two different Premier models at least.

55 Chrysler Windsor hardtop which I have a copy of and


56 Belvedere hardtop and convertible models again by premiere which were
just shown in the latest Plymouth bulletin which arrived today..

Very poor quality I'd have to say
----- 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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