Revell snap 63 split window on 67 Corvette chassis?

[Fat Brian]

Has anyone tried to put the Revell snap 63 split window on the full detail 67 Corvette chassis?

[mikemodeler]

Which 67 kit are you referring to, I believe there is a hardtop and convertible kit for the 67.

[Exotics_Builder]

It is in my plan.  You can do it.  Now there are some things you need to consider as to differences between 63 and 67 such as 63 had drum brakes all around.

[Exotics_Builder]

I pulled out the 63 and 67 kits and also noticed that when using the 67 chassis you will have to work with the 63 interior tub to get it to fit properly.  Specifically, in the area where the rear wheel wells intrude into the interior.

Edited August 22, 2023 by Exotics_Builder

[StevenGuthmiller]

I can’t imagine that there would be any difficulty swapping chassis between a ‘63 and a ‘67, as long as the kit is the same scale.

They were basically the same car with a few minor differences, none of which would have been basic chassis differences.

 

 

Steve

[Fat Brian]

3 hours ago, mikemodeler said:

Which 67 kit are you referring to, I believe there is a hardtop and convertible kit for the 67.

Probably the coupe, the interiors are most likely the closest. Though below it looks like you're better off using the 63 interior.

[Fat Brian]

33 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I can’t imagine that there would be any difficulty swapping chassis between a ‘63 and a ‘67, as long as the kit is the same scale.

They were basically the same car with a few minor differences, none of which would have been basic chassis differences.

 

 

Steve

I agree, it's more about they're being weird aspects of the kit design making it more difficult than it should be.

[Fat Brian]

39 minutes ago, Exotics_Builder said:

I pulled out the 63 and 67 kits and also noticed that when using the 67 chassis you will have to work with the 63 interior tub to get it to fit properly.  Specifically, in the area where the rear wheel wells intrude into the interior.

Thank you, this is the kind of info I was looking for. I just wanted to be sure there wasn't something odd about the snap kit that made fitting a different chassis harder than it should be.

[Shark]

Harold Bradford at Historic Racing made an excellent conversion kit to turn a Revell 67 Vette into a 63. He used the snap body to start with, but includes an interior with separate seats, a beautiful (correct) fuelie small block and the nicest alloy wheels around.

[Exotics_Builder]

1 hour ago, Shark said:

Harold Bradford at Historic Racing made an excellent conversion kit to turn a Revell 67 Vette into a 63. He used the snap body to start with, but includes an interior with separate seats, a beautiful (correct) fuelie small block and the nicest alloy wheels around.

Don't remember that one.  Would be worth getting if still able to get

 

[Fat Brian]

14 hours ago, Shark said:

Harold Bradford at Historic Racing made an excellent conversion kit to turn a Revell 67 Vette into a 63. He used the snap body to start with, but includes an interior with separate seats, a beautiful (correct) fuelie small block and the nicest alloy wheels around.

Interesting, I was probably going to use the engine from the Revell 62.

[Force]

1 hour ago, Fat Brian said:

Interesting, I was probably going to use the engine from the Revell 62.

The fuel injection from the 1962 is wrong for 1963, they are different.

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1963

[Shark]

Right now, the only fuelie unit in a kit is the AMT 63 Corvette, and it's not very good. If I remember, Harold told me the base parts for his engine came from an MPC 1964 annual kit. He was offering the engine separately.

 

 

[Can-Con]

Yea, it's not very good, better to get something else.

[Whosurdaddy209]

I did the roadster swap with the con-air corvette, it’s a modified 63 body with the full 67 chassis, the biggest issue I had was the firewall had to be trimmed on the outside edges and the wheelbase had to be stretched about 3mm in the front

[deuces wild]

Nice job!!!!....