Does anyone know about a particular AMT kit?

[mbwoods]

Does anyone know about a particular AMT/MPC kit?

it is a custom/prototype american pick-up in which the cockpit has moved to the front of the car which tilts up to reveal the engine like this:

from this:
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/ |
________/______|_________
| __ __ |
|__/ \__________/ \__|
\__ / \ __/

to this:
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/ |
/ ______|________________
| __ __ |
|____/ \________/ \__|
\__ / \ __/


does anyone know what it is? i remember seeing this kit some years ago in a model shop

michael

[mbwoods]

drat, it got a bit screw up there

i was trying to draw an outline but my spaces seems to have disappeared!

now ive just realised what i was trying to picture: its similar to a VW type 2 pickup but smaller with the engine at the front rather at the back as in the VW and the cab at the front instead of in the middle

i think the size is more closer to the Subaru Brat? or Dodge Rampage?

i've just found it, its similar to a Chevrolet Corvair with a fleetside nose?

help

michael

[blubaja]

Find a pic. I think I know..Do you mean a Cab Over Engine truck?

Like from this?

To this?


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There were old resin kits like that. They are dam near impossible to find these days tho. If not that, I have no idea what you are talking about. Or do you mean this? ?

Good luck man...
Frank X.

[mbwoods]

yeah your on the right track

heres a link to a website with a pic of a Chevrolet corvair:-

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articl...air_pickup.htm

as this was made in the early 60's, this model is based on a 70's/80's pickup with a rounded front and nose with grill and lights similar to these pics on this site:-

http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/hist..._segment8.html

AMT, MPC or Monogram made a kit of this cab-over pickup in the 80's and it may have been a prototype or custom made - the whole cab tips forward to reveal the engine like on big trucks

michael

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

AMT made a model of the Dodge Deora, which was a custom '60's PU truck that the front glass was made from the back end of a station wagon. History of the real car in the following link:

The Deora Story by Harry Bentley Bradley, the designer of the Deora

In the link below, scroll down until you see the kit. It was recently reissued for a short while. Neat car, neat model.

Model Roundup '65 Dodge Deora

[AstroRide44]

[blubaja]

Ohhhhhhhh...That kit. Sorry, I missed your 2nd post completely. Check ebay. I've seen something like that. But expensive. There was a resin van version like that. I dunno about the pick-up like that.

[mbwoods]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

AMT made a model of the Dodge Deora, which was a custom '60's PU truck that the front glass was made from the back end of a station wagon. History of the real car in the following link:

The Deora Story by Harry Bentley Bradley, the designer of the Deora

In the link below, scroll down until you see the kit. It was recently reissued for a short while. Neat car, neat model.

Model Roundup '65 Dodge Deora

yeah, i think thats it

cheers
michael