AMT 1955 3 Car Assembly Kit circa 1955

[Carmak]

This is an AMT 1955 3 Car Assembly Kit. AMT started doing assembly kits is 1953. They are essentially unassembled promo cars. The kits included paint and tools. 

My particular kit is missing one of the cars along with the paint and tools.

AMT was trying to leverage their promo tooling into kits well before they hit on the magic formula of "3 in 1".

[Carmak]

These are a couple assembled cars from a 1954 3 Car Assembly Kit. I found these cars decades ago with a VERY moldy partial box. Although I was unable to save the box the cars are my oldest built 1:25 scale survivors.

[RSchnell]

I would pay an obscene price to find one of those '55 Ford Victorias that wasn't all warped up. Thanks for posting this, I enjoy seeing stuff like this!

[Mark]

AMT knew they were on to something, as kids were customizing those early promo models.  They took it a step further with the customizing kit, a '55 or '56 Thunderbird that included clay to do the "restyling".  Molding the whole car in styrene (ditching the metal chassis, pot metal bumpers, and cellophane windows), adding an interior, plating the trim pieces, and adding a few optional parts got them the rest of the way there.

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

This grouping of models is waaaay back. My gosh. I started building in about 1959 and I can't remember any of these cool cars. What a blast to see these!

[Brian Austin]

Could Round2 clone these?  Hmmm...

They'd have to create a new detailed chassis for each, but still...

[ncbuckeye67]

Wow, those are amazing! I never knew what AMT actually stood for. Thanks for the history lesson!

[Motor City]

  On 2/21/2025 at 11:30 AM, ncbuckeye67 said:

Wow, those are amazing! I never knew what AMT actually stood for. Thanks for the history lesson!

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The only "Aluminum Model Toy" AMT produced before switching to injection-molded plastic for 1949 was the 1946-1948 Ford Fordor sedan, which came out in 1948 and was a diecast 1/25th scale model.  For 1949, AMT produced the Ford Custom and Plymouth 4-door sedans.

  

[Motor City]

  On 2/20/2025 at 11:51 PM, RSchnell said:

I would pay an obscene price to find one of those '55 Ford Victorias that wasn't all warped up. Thanks for posting this, I enjoy seeing stuff like this!

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My uncle worked at Ford and stored his 1950s promos under the basement stairs.  Some actually did not warp.  I bought some and sold the rest for him in 1978.  You can find a decent '55 with patience.

[Mike 1017]

Never let them go

[Junkman]

A new tool '55 Ford would be such a gap closer between the Lindberg '53 and the AMT '56.

However, those ancient AMT kits are awesome.

Imagine injecting some Styrene into that Caddy tool.

Edited February 22 by Junkman