Brain,
The man you need to talk to is named Jim Amato at Uptown Automotive in Utica,
New York. He is extremely knowledgable about car models. And he's a mopar nut.
His phone number is (315 732 2227)
He's always up for a challenge and I've never seen him fail. If it's out
there, he can find it or he already has it.
Good Luck!
Larry Gardinier
Brian Carpenter wrote:
> 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
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
> > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
|
|
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network