1957 our next door neighbor was a Boeing engineer on the new 707. Everyone on his team was awarded a new '57 Ford. His was the "woodie" trimmed red and cream nine passenger wagon with a rear facing 3rd row seat. Fun times. I loved that car and quietly cried when we moved several states away the next year. Great show. Nice details.
When just a 7 year old kid, 1961-ish, the first car I remember belonging to my parents was a '59 Simca Aronde! It was pushed down a hill into some trees and wrecked by some hooligans and when shopping for a replacement, the choice was between a gorgeous yellow with dark red interior '53 two-door Ford wagon and a light blue '57 Fairlane wagon. Dad went with the '57. Although I've mostly had smaller and imported cars, I still remember that sweet '53!
I am so glad you are doing these model car videos with some history along with them. Thank you again for doing these. I've been building model cars since my 6th birthday and I'm about to turn 55. LOL!! I also work on full size cars and have been for close to 40 years. They go hand in hand. Again thank you Steve
Way back in 1959 when I was 3 years old I still remember going to the local Ford dealer with my oldest sister ( 20 yrs older ) to trade in her 1953 Chevy for a used 1957 Ford two door that was blue & white. She had that until 1963 when her and her husband traded it in on a new Chevy II wagon. Even as a little kid cars were fascinating to me.
The AMT kit always fascinated me as a kid because I always knew there had been more to it originally. Round 2 reissued this kit about two years ago. They restored some absent parts when they issued that one, using the box art Steve shows at 2:07. But that's the 1969 release when they added the gasser options. To do that they eliminated some of the parts from the original issue which came stock-custom-stylized (and probably a milder drag version). If you've ever wondered why there's extra bullet tail lights and bat-wing tail lights, it originally offered three options for custom front and rear treatments. One rear treatment was a rolled pan and Edsel wagon tail lights. But the gasser version lost the base for those, replacing it with the injector manifold. Another rear treatment was a long extended tail piece that had to be molded in with putty. That one used the 59-cad style bullet lights. I have one that I built with the extended tail, up front I used the pods for vertical quad lights over the rolled pan, I got it to paint and that's about where I ran out of steam. They gave you the stock nose, inserts with quad lights sort of like a '58 Ford, a rolled pan, a set of pods that went over the pan and had vertical quad lights, and then an entire second front end piece that molded in like the tail did. For years this kit came just like the gasser version, with just one custom option but it kept the wild interior with the console and kitchen table style seats. They were molded in blue for most of this time. Then for some reason in the 1990s they updated it with modern custom wheels and did away with most of the custom parts. This version restores it to the full 1969 release and possibly some of the 1963 parts - I never have been able to get my hands on one to go through it. I see the door web they added a piece up to the roof, that was never there before. Still a hole on the chrome tree below the bumper though. I should just do a response video on this and show the original box and versions of this kit. I was able to pick up a vintage built and painted model a few years ago that came with an original box. AMT also has a custom parts pack that is the custom interior from this kit, the seats, console and I don't know what else, but in chrome. They're pretty cheap, I have meant to tack a couple on an order and keep forgetting. Revell's 57 Ford is even crazier, it went from a station wagon to a chop top Ranchero when it was reissued. I remember building one in the late 1980s, they did a "Saintz" custom car series and included the Ranchero version. I want to say the body sides are molded separate from the roof and upper body. Round 2 does some strange stuff, they dumped a bunch of these kits at Ollies Outlets who proceeded to sell them for $15 - less than what it costs your hobby shop to get one. Of course, one store here got them and somebody else beat me to them.
The Revell Country Squire four-door wagon appeared in 1957 and indeed had a multi piece body, there was an un-chopped Ranchero version in 1960 (doors were left too short since it was a cut down wagon) and a couple of reissues before the chopped one appeared. Don’t think it’s been reissued since 1987…?
Thanks for watching and THANKS for your detailed history lesson on this kit. It is true that original releases, then the subsequent re-releases are rarely the same. I'm with you on the unfortunate fact AMT bothered to ADD some silly generic custom wheels in the 1990's BUT dropped the much more useful custom body parts. On another tack, I've heard that the custom tail light treatment replicates a CANADIAN Ford model. I haven't pursued this as fact but somehow remember seeing an article in Scale Auto Enthusiast stating that a Canadian Ford "Meteor" gave its tail light design to one of the AMT kit's custom options. Just one of the thousands of reasons I find model cars and model car collecting / building so fascinating. "The little ones help sell the big ones". Thanks again, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante the Meteor part in the kit was the optional custom grille, though it only included the front piece and not the sides. You’d also have to alter the side trim to produce a convincing ‘57 Meteor but it could be done.
The hole in the chrome tree is probably for suspension parts. I have an older release molded in blue that features chrome plated rear axle/leaf spring halves as well as the front suspension crossmember and center link. I was going to do this one as Smiler Grogan's car in It's A Mad (x4) World but with the neat chrome bits in this kit I picked up another later release for the movie car and will do this one as a street rod.
The very first car that I remember is my parents’ 57 Fairlane. It was black with ivory side trim. My dad tells me it even had the 312. I still think they look fantastic.
I'm more of a Mopar guy as I own 2 57 Imperials and a 57 Plymouth. I've owned a 57 Belair and it was really a great car. But ever since I first saw a 57 Ford at about age 4 or 5 I have loved them. The headlight treatment was just so cool to me. I will own one someday.
That Revell kit exponentially better than practically anything AMT or JoHan ever issued! The gasser wagon is incredibly well engineered and falls together with amazing details.
Steve, I remember having one of those 63' or so model kits. It made me fall in love with the 57' Ford. And............I was born in 1957. My favorite car today would be a mint 57 Fairlane 500 two door hardtop in Dresdon blue and white. No fender skirts or continental kit! As much as I would love to have the factory Paxton supercharger.........a 312 with 4V and automatic would suit me just fine!
I have the Fireball Roberts 57 Ford, that I have yet to build. I live about 20 minutes from Tavares, Florida, the birthplace of Robert Glenn (Fireball) Roberts. The main reason I haven't started it is because I want to paint the car in the 2 tone livery of the era. My paint skills leave much to be desired. My airbrush skills are improving, so once I finish the Don Nicholson 62 Chevy Impala I'm currently working on, who knows? Thanks Steve for the awesome video!
Hi Steve great video brings back memories as a teenager I worked with a guy who only restored and drove 50s Fords. As a teenager I was definitely the only one who had seen more 57s than most of my teachers and as a teen in the 80s I drove a 59' Ford Fairlane with Galaxy trim, chrome fender skirts etc. Black with red and white interior. The high school parking lot was cool with the 5.0 Mustangs and Iroc's but when the old 59 pulled in, it was the Diamond in a goat's ass. Had to park on the highest point because that's where the full size cars had room to park with the "compact only" parking becoming a thing. Of course I was made fun of driving a 30yr old car but lots of car guys loved it and they nicknamed it the Batmobile. Come the weekend tho you could pile 8-9 people in it and the party didn't start until the party arrived in the 59. Thanks again Steve...namaste
This brought back memories of my AMT '56 Crown Vic "StripFowl" 1/25 model. I built it as a drag car, of course. I was probably 10 or 11 when I got it. After building it I tried to make it a "shorty" like guys had done with the tri-five Chevy wagons by removing doors. My execution was horrible and I made quite a mess of it. All good fun and great memories.
Cool! Right up the road from me someone has a 57 ford 2 door wagon for sale, looks to be a good old solid car, I'm a big Mopar guy but that thing sure tempts me!
I love Fairlanes. I've owned a 1962 with the 221 V8 3 speed manual, a 1963 Sport Coupe 260 V8 2 speed automatic, a 1966 2 door hardtop 289 auto and a 1967 2 door hardtop 289 auto.
My memories of youth were building AMT, Monogram, Revell, and Jo-Han kits. This went along while reading CARtoons magazines (Krass n Bernie!) and watching auto related movies and shows. Come to think of it, besides Jo-Han and CARtoons,,,,, not much has changed.
Dude I love learning about cars from you especially with models, I am trying to build all the popular muscle cars from 60’s and 70’s to learn the little differences on the exteriors, love the model stuff Steve!!
Steve thank you so much for doing these model videos love the content...like most of your viewers it brings back great memories....I'm working on my 1:1 scale 72 el camino now...lol
Decades ago I built a 57 Fairlane that had been molded in a sky blue. I built it as a tribute to my uncle's black-and-white 57. I'm thinking about cutting up the model one day and spraying it black and white. Cannot remember the model company that molded it.
Great video! My cousin had a custom '57 before he went off to Vietnam. Removed bumpers, Rader wheels, rolled pans, tuck and rolled interior, and a 390 Thunderbird engine. He lost interest after the war and it sat outside neglected for years. Not sure what happened after he sold it.
The 57' ford is a cool kit. Mine I opened the trunk made brass hinges for it and scratch built a tank in it to become a ''tanker'' shine runner after watching one of my favorite movies Thunder road. Lol also did a 49' merc kit also bonus there was the trunk was already opening. Lol.
Those cardboard and X-Braces to hold it straight are GREAT, because it's exactly what I have to do on my actual '58 Fairlane Club Sedan to fix the floor now! I've searched high and low for a model kit of the 1958 Club Sedan that I can build to put in the back window of this one and can't find it anywhere. lol...(does that kit have the infamous F-Code that NASCAR hates)... great video as always Steve.
I'm enjoying these very much. I have three or four unbuilt '57 Fords (AMT) on the shelf. I'll probably take a look at one of 'em today, and make plans. My workbench is all set up, spray booth is built. I'm learning (s l o w l y) the art of airbrushing, so I might try a two-tone on this. It's a perfect car for that. Thanks!
Hi from Milwaukee! Have you ever done a episode on Corgi cars? In the late 1960s and 1970s I loved those toy cars, Batmobile, Porsche 911, 917, all the F 1 cars. I have about 25 of them mint in the box.
I built one of those as a kid. I really liked the 57 Ford and the 59 as well. I don't like that scene in the James Bond movie where they burn up a 57 Ford. It is either "Dr. No," or "Thunderball."
The addition of the Paxton supercharger made those 57's a different beast. I believe it averaged 117 mph on the Indy track in the Stephen Trophy Trials. It was capable of 130 mph and Ford won 27 Grand National races to Cheverolet's 18 that season. Of course NASCAR banned it.
Do you have many AMC models? My great aunt always bought AMC Ramblers, and we have a 1966 Johan promo she got when she got her fullsized station wagon way back when. I like that the model has features of the car (suspension, brakes etc) embossed on the bottom.
Steve, I'd like to send some photo's of a model I built about 15 yrs ago. I absolutely guarantee that you have never seen this before. It's a 12 car auto transport, and I've owned at least one of every car on it but one, including the truck itself. In fact, the decal on the door is what was on the door of my big truck. I don't know how to send you pics unless you tell me. I'm in the process of building a real life 750hp 1970 El Camino, so modeling does lead to the automotive life. Yeah, I'm no spring chicken either. Just turned 70 a couple moths ago. Thanks. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks. Lloyd
Steve I'd love to see a "how to" on altering the wheelbase for your AFX drag cars. I did see Doug Whyte's (Model Car Muse) take on doing the body. But how about the frame and floor pan? I know this is an old video, and you may not see it. Thanks Paul
Is that promo completely painted all over? I notice the warped parts seem to be bare plastic while the painted areas, in blue, aren’t so warped. Sometimes being painted saved them from warpage.
Hi Steve. I just had a conversation with another person who........well.............disputes the acetate used for early promo kits. [quote] "Bob-O, that 1961 kit NOT made of acetate, it is styrene--Chemical Formula-C6H5CH=CH2, which is the precursor to Ploystyrene. The tires were Plasticized PVC. The kit is very smooth for the simple reason that tool was NEW when that kit was produced and in very good condition." What are your thoughts on that? Everything I could find to read about all points to you being right but no definative answer to what was actually used for the kits and promos. So, if you could clear this up...........
There are a huge debate amongst old car guys in michigan what looks better 57 Ford or 57 Chevy imo I think the 57 Desoto adventurer is the best looking!
Thanks again Steve. I see a '57 Fairlane, I see Lee Marvin from tv's 'M Squad. What do you do when you get a model that is deformed in a box? Got a deformed AMT '65 Riviera?
Fred a friend of my father's had a custom car that was half a 57 Chevy and half a 57 Ford welded together. I never seen it so I dont know what was front and what was rear.
Too bad you didn't display the original amt issue with the great box art..."3in1//stock...custom drag" and besides 57 Fords had one of sleekest styles going, Ford did a pretty fair job of resisting the great era of fin based rocket ship design. Another infectious element of the 57 Ford-- the epic star of Mitchum's cult classic Thunder Road.
THANKS for watching. In some of my other model car videos I show model cars I've built with full paint and detail. Only sometimes will I slap them together with the old Super Glue and no paint. THANKS AGAIN for watching, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Thanks for your reply. I couldn't imagine not painting my models. It is the most frustrating, but ultimately the most rewarding (when it turns out right) part of the build process. However, it does extend the process to weeks or months 😒
Mags ford's tri fives were nice looking cars just like the baby birds seems the last year is always the best looking year of the trinity mags you have to do a special segment on the little red wagon not on bills birthday but on the inception of the vehicle itself its one of the coolest vehicles ever its the one that got me hooked on drag racing as a Canadian kid I found a book in the library in my school called the history of drag racing it was a small red book in the pages of this book was the coolest cars most of them had the wheels in the air most kf them were Mopar but the little red wagon with the sparks Co ming off the tailgate with those big chrome eyes big as life this vehicle made me a true Mopar man yes I like other vehicles too but mopars are thd best to me personally please show the model and do a story on Bill and thd wagon and jf you Wang to slip in how the lrw had a nice home at big daddy's place a.k.a garlits museum then got sold someone else truly a epic tragidy there's no better drag racing museum you should also do a special on big daddy and his museum I have a set of the special collector cards he put out and a have an autographed one in a 2500 run 500 came with a autographed card I got #287 p.s remember the cool monogram and Revell big scale drag cars funny cars the snakes cuda and the Hawaiian charger
If you're looking for content, clean the house weirdy. Don't get so geeked out on model fun facts. Your losing me. I like watching because of your real car enthusiasts' knowledge. Clean the house dog Love your channel though!
You feed my addiction to modeling and cars, i now am feeling modivated to chop the top of this Tyrone Malone Hideout truck.
1957 our next door neighbor was a Boeing engineer on the new 707. Everyone on his team was awarded a new '57 Ford. His was the "woodie" trimmed red and cream nine passenger wagon with a rear facing 3rd row seat. Fun times. I loved that car and quietly cried when we moved several states away the next year. Great show. Nice details.
When just a 7 year old kid, 1961-ish, the first car I remember belonging to my parents was a '59 Simca Aronde! It was pushed down a hill into some trees and wrecked by some hooligans and when shopping for a replacement, the choice was between a gorgeous yellow with dark red interior '53 two-door Ford wagon and a light blue '57 Fairlane wagon. Dad went with the '57. Although I've mostly had smaller and imported cars, I still remember that sweet '53!
I am so glad you are doing these model car videos with some history along with them. Thank you again for doing these. I've been building model cars since my 6th birthday and I'm about to turn 55. LOL!! I also work on full size cars and have been for close to 40 years. They go hand in hand. Again thank you Steve
Way back in 1959 when I was 3 years old I still remember going to the local Ford dealer with my oldest sister ( 20 yrs older ) to trade in her 1953 Chevy for a used 1957 Ford two door that was blue & white. She had that until 1963 when her and her husband traded it in on a new Chevy II wagon. Even as a little kid cars were fascinating to me.
The AMT kit always fascinated me as a kid because I always knew there had been more to it originally.
Round 2 reissued this kit about two years ago. They restored some absent parts when they issued that one, using the box art Steve shows at 2:07. But that's the 1969 release when they added the gasser options. To do that they eliminated some of the parts from the original issue which came stock-custom-stylized (and probably a milder drag version). If you've ever wondered why there's extra bullet tail lights and bat-wing tail lights, it originally offered three options for custom front and rear treatments. One rear treatment was a rolled pan and Edsel wagon tail lights. But the gasser version lost the base for those, replacing it with the injector manifold. Another rear treatment was a long extended tail piece that had to be molded in with putty. That one used the 59-cad style bullet lights.
I have one that I built with the extended tail, up front I used the pods for vertical quad lights over the rolled pan, I got it to paint and that's about where I ran out of steam. They gave you the stock nose, inserts with quad lights sort of like a '58 Ford, a rolled pan, a set of pods that went over the pan and had vertical quad lights, and then an entire second front end piece that molded in like the tail did.
For years this kit came just like the gasser version, with just one custom option but it kept the wild interior with the console and kitchen table style seats. They were molded in blue for most of this time. Then for some reason in the 1990s they updated it with modern custom wheels and did away with most of the custom parts. This version restores it to the full 1969 release and possibly some of the 1963 parts - I never have been able to get my hands on one to go through it. I see the door web they added a piece up to the roof, that was never there before. Still a hole on the chrome tree below the bumper though.
I should just do a response video on this and show the original box and versions of this kit. I was able to pick up a vintage built and painted model a few years ago that came with an original box.
AMT also has a custom parts pack that is the custom interior from this kit, the seats, console and I don't know what else, but in chrome. They're pretty cheap, I have meant to tack a couple on an order and keep forgetting.
Revell's 57 Ford is even crazier, it went from a station wagon to a chop top Ranchero when it was reissued. I remember building one in the late 1980s, they did a "Saintz" custom car series and included the Ranchero version. I want to say the body sides are molded separate from the roof and upper body.
Round 2 does some strange stuff, they dumped a bunch of these kits at Ollies Outlets who proceeded to sell them for $15 - less than what it costs your hobby shop to get one. Of course, one store here got them and somebody else beat me to them.
The Revell Country Squire four-door wagon appeared in 1957 and indeed had a multi piece body, there was an un-chopped Ranchero version in 1960 (doors were left too short since it was a cut down wagon) and a couple of reissues before the chopped one appeared. Don’t think it’s been reissued since 1987…?
Thanks for watching and THANKS for your detailed history lesson on this kit. It is true that original releases, then the subsequent re-releases are rarely the same. I'm with you on the unfortunate fact AMT bothered to ADD some silly generic custom wheels in the 1990's BUT dropped the much more useful custom body parts. On another tack, I've heard that the custom tail light treatment replicates a CANADIAN Ford model. I haven't pursued this as fact but somehow remember seeing an article in Scale Auto Enthusiast stating that a Canadian Ford "Meteor" gave its tail light design to one of the AMT kit's custom options. Just one of the thousands of reasons I find model cars and model car collecting / building so fascinating. "The little ones help sell the big ones". Thanks again, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante the Meteor part in the kit was the optional custom grille, though it only included the front piece and not the sides. You’d also have to alter the side trim to produce a convincing ‘57 Meteor but it could be done.
The hole in the chrome tree is probably for suspension parts. I have an older release molded in blue that features chrome plated rear axle/leaf spring halves as well as the front suspension crossmember and center link. I was going to do this one as Smiler Grogan's car in It's A Mad (x4) World but with the neat chrome bits in this kit I picked up another later release for the movie car and will do this one as a street rod.
AMT had also come out with a 1958 Chevy Impala and a 1956 Ford Victoria that featured opening doors and separate suspension parts.
The very first car that I remember is my parents’ 57 Fairlane. It was black with ivory side trim. My dad tells me it even had the 312. I still think they look fantastic.
Hope this doesn’t mean that when the warmer weather returns they’ll be no more model car content until winter… keep the models coming please Steve.
I'm more of a Mopar guy as I own 2 57 Imperials and a 57 Plymouth. I've owned a 57 Belair and it was really a great car. But ever since I first saw a 57 Ford at about age 4 or 5 I have loved them. The headlight treatment was just so cool to me. I will own one someday.
Nice history lesson on the modeling history of the ‘57 Ford. Thanks for sharing.
Nice reminder of why I chose to be a 57 Fairlane owner!
That Revell kit exponentially better than practically anything AMT or JoHan ever issued! The gasser wagon is incredibly well engineered and falls together with amazing details.
Steve, I remember having one of those 63' or so model kits. It made me fall in love with the 57' Ford. And............I was born in 1957. My favorite car today would be a mint 57 Fairlane 500 two door hardtop in Dresdon blue and white. No fender skirts or continental kit! As much as I would love to have the factory Paxton supercharger.........a 312 with 4V and automatic would suit me just fine!
I have the Fireball Roberts 57 Ford, that I have yet to build. I live about 20 minutes from Tavares, Florida, the birthplace of Robert Glenn (Fireball) Roberts. The main reason I haven't started it is because I want to paint the car in the 2 tone livery of the era. My paint skills leave much to be desired. My airbrush skills are improving, so once I finish the Don Nicholson 62 Chevy Impala I'm currently working on, who knows? Thanks Steve for the awesome video!
"Some cars get a new name. This name gets a new car." Early '60's Fairlane ad.
Hi Steve great video brings back memories as a teenager I worked with a guy who only restored and drove 50s Fords. As a teenager I was definitely the only one who had seen more 57s than most of my teachers and as a teen in the 80s I drove a 59' Ford Fairlane with Galaxy trim, chrome fender skirts etc. Black with red and white interior. The high school parking lot was cool with the 5.0 Mustangs and Iroc's but when the old 59 pulled in, it was the Diamond in a goat's ass. Had to park on the highest point because that's where the full size cars had room to park with the "compact only" parking becoming a thing. Of course I was made fun of driving a 30yr old car but lots of car guys loved it and they nicknamed it the Batmobile. Come the weekend tho you could pile 8-9 people in it and the party didn't start until the party arrived in the 59. Thanks again Steve...namaste
This brought back memories of my AMT '56 Crown Vic "StripFowl" 1/25 model. I built it as a drag car, of course. I was probably 10 or 11 when I got it. After building it I tried to make it a "shorty" like guys had done with the tri-five Chevy wagons by removing doors. My execution was horrible and I made quite a mess of it. All good fun and great memories.
As a model builder and a car guy because of it, I enjoy your vintage model crawls.
Cool! Right up the road from me someone has a 57 ford 2 door wagon for sale, looks to be a good old solid car, I'm a big Mopar guy but that thing sure tempts me!
You better snatch it up ! I'm a mopar guy too, but those are so cool. !
Satisfy both cravings: buy the Ford and put a Hemi in it.
My buddy has a 57 Fairlane 500 convertible. Nice cruiser
I grew up riding in my Grandpa's 1957 Fairlane! Man I miss that car!
Cheers mate, u'v been a bizzy beaver haven't ya , much appreciated.Luv the wagon . Reset a few rear springs with a lighter meself in my time .
I love Fairlanes. I've owned a 1962 with the 221 V8 3 speed manual, a 1963 Sport Coupe 260 V8 2 speed automatic, a 1966 2 door hardtop 289 auto and a 1967 2 door hardtop 289 auto.
Gasser wagon is sick
Along with the Flashback '57 Ford I built the Strip Fowl '56 Ford and the Pepper Shaker '57 Chevy among millions of others.
My memories of youth were building AMT, Monogram, Revell, and Jo-Han kits. This went along while reading CARtoons magazines (Krass n Bernie!) and watching auto related movies and shows.
Come to think of it, besides Jo-Han and CARtoons,,,,, not much has changed.
I still remember my promo of the first Edsel that I received when I went with my dad to see the release the new Edsel.
Dude I love learning about cars from you especially with models, I am trying to build all the popular muscle cars from 60’s and 70’s to learn the little differences on the exteriors, love the model stuff Steve!!
Steve thank you so much for doing these model videos love the content...like most of your viewers it brings back great memories....I'm working on my 1:1 scale 72 el camino now...lol
You should do a live stream about models and have a Q & A segment
Decades ago I built a 57 Fairlane that had been molded in a sky blue. I built it as a tribute to my uncle's black-and-white 57. I'm thinking about cutting up the model one day and spraying it black and white. Cannot remember the model company that molded it.
I remember my dad had a red & white 57 Ranch Wagon.
I remember seeing one in a used car lot in 58 as a kid. I wanted my dad to buy it but he went to a chevy dealership and bought a 58 Chevy Biscayne.
I am LOVING these models! Brings back memories.
Great video! My cousin had a custom '57 before he went off to Vietnam. Removed bumpers, Rader wheels, rolled pans, tuck and rolled interior, and a 390 Thunderbird engine. He lost interest after the war and it sat outside neglected for years. Not sure what happened after he sold it.
The 57' ford is a cool kit. Mine I opened the trunk made brass hinges for it and scratch built a tank in it to become a ''tanker'' shine runner after watching one of my favorite movies Thunder road. Lol also did a 49' merc kit also bonus there was the trunk was already opening. Lol.
Great video. I love the station wagon. That looks really cool.
Super cool 😎 buddy
Those cardboard and X-Braces to hold it straight are GREAT, because it's exactly what I have to do on my actual '58 Fairlane Club Sedan to fix the floor now! I've searched high and low for a model kit of the 1958 Club Sedan that I can build to put in the back window of this one and can't find it anywhere. lol...(does that kit have the infamous F-Code that NASCAR hates)... great video as always Steve.
My favorite was the funny car. Would love to see a 1:1 scale build project on that one. ;-)
Great episode! I ve several amt 57 fords. Amt even put the 1957 canadian meteor grille in the kit.
Such impressive knowledge and enthusiasm - a pleasure to watch 👍
Yeah he has got some pretty good book learning on models 😀
I'm enjoying these very much. I have three or four unbuilt '57 Fords (AMT) on the shelf. I'll probably take a look at one of 'em today, and make plans. My workbench is all set up, spray booth is built. I'm learning (s l o w l y) the art of airbrushing, so I might try a two-tone on this. It's a perfect car for that.
Thanks!
Hi from Milwaukee! Have you ever done a episode on Corgi cars? In the late 1960s and 1970s I loved those toy cars, Batmobile, Porsche 911, 917, all the F 1 cars. I have about 25 of them mint in the box.
Get well Steve>>>!!!
I built one of those as a kid. I really liked the 57 Ford and the 59 as well.
I don't like that scene in the James Bond movie where they burn up a 57 Ford. It is either "Dr. No," or "Thunderball."
i believe my Grandpa had a 57 for fairline, it was rear ended and pushed into a pole by a drunk driver.
The addition of the Paxton supercharger made those 57's a different beast. I believe it averaged 117 mph on the Indy track in the Stephen Trophy Trials. It was capable of 130 mph and Ford won 27 Grand National races to Cheverolet's 18 that season. Of course NASCAR banned it.
Kool stuff
Do you have many AMC models? My great aunt always bought AMC Ramblers, and we have a 1966 Johan promo she got when she got her fullsized station wagon way back when. I like that the model has features of the car (suspension, brakes etc) embossed on the bottom.
I do have a JoHan Marlin "flat box" kit from 1966. I might do a video on it soon! THANKS for watching, Steve
The first 57 Ford had some Advanced custom parts with the kit and some Body Putty and Sand Paper
Great video Steve! Love learning about all this stuff! Great history.👌😎👍
im a steve mags junky.!!!!luv this stuff....
Hey Steve, you have to let us know where to get those StevemMags shirts... I didn't see them on your website. Thanks!
im glad round 2 took over......
Another great video Steve
Steve please use a close up when showing these kits. Thank you.
I liked the 3 n' 1 AMT kits
WOW that promo is creepy
Very nice. I have a resin sedan kit.
Steve, I'd like to send some photo's of a model I built about 15 yrs ago. I absolutely guarantee that you have never seen this before. It's a 12 car auto transport, and I've owned at least one of every car on it but one, including the truck itself. In fact, the decal on the door is what was on the door of my big truck. I don't know how to send you pics unless you tell me. I'm in the process of building a real life 750hp 1970 El Camino, so modeling does lead to the automotive life. Yeah, I'm no spring chicken either. Just turned 70 a couple moths ago. Thanks. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks. Lloyd
You ever see a 64 fairlane model I haven’t. I would like one.
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Steve I'd love to see a "how to" on altering the wheelbase for your AFX drag cars. I did see Doug Whyte's (Model Car Muse) take on doing the body. But how about the frame and floor pan? I know this is an old video, and you may not see it. Thanks Paul
Is that promo completely painted all over? I notice the warped parts seem to be bare plastic while the painted areas, in blue, aren’t so warped.
Sometimes being painted saved them from warpage.
I had 63 Fairlane 260v8
do some muscle steve plz
Hey Steve good video!!! Any chance to talk about an 1/25 APC 1968 dodge coronet R/T???? Thanks
Im gonna kit bash a '57 Ford Gasser with a SOHC 427
you seem very intelligent, a person i would like to hang out with!
Hi Steve.
I just had a conversation with another person who........well.............disputes the acetate used for early promo kits.
[quote] "Bob-O, that 1961 kit NOT made of acetate, it is styrene--Chemical Formula-C6H5CH=CH2, which is the precursor to Ploystyrene. The tires were Plasticized PVC. The kit is very smooth for the simple reason that tool was NEW when that kit was produced and in very good condition."
What are your thoughts on that?
Everything I could find to read about all points to you being right but no definative answer to what was actually used for the kits and promos. So, if you could clear this up...........
There are a huge debate amongst old car guys in michigan what looks better 57 Ford or 57 Chevy imo I think the 57 Desoto adventurer is the best looking!
Thanks again Steve. I see a '57 Fairlane, I see Lee Marvin from tv's 'M Squad. What do you do when you get a model that is deformed in a box? Got a deformed AMT '65 Riviera?
Steve, You almost had me searching for a Revell '57 Station Wagon Gasser, and then you said it had been much modified by you .... :(
Fred a friend of my father's had a custom car that was half a 57 Chevy and half a 57 Ford welded together. I never seen it so I dont know what was front and what was rear.
Thanks Steve! Ford on safety? Really? What about the suicide doors?
It's bent just like Uncle Tony's Charger.
Would that PROMO 57 Ford make a GOOD Gasser because of the Body Warp
Too bad you didn't display the original amt issue with the great box art..."3in1//stock...custom drag" and besides 57 Fords had one of sleekest styles going, Ford did a pretty fair job of resisting the great era of fin based rocket ship design. Another infectious element of the 57 Ford-- the epic star of Mitchum's cult classic Thunder Road.
i have both of those kits,the revell kit is much better. revell makes several versions of that 57 ford wagon
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So, you don't paint your models? 🤔
THANKS for watching. In some of my other model car videos I show model cars I've built with full paint and detail. Only sometimes will I slap them together with the old Super Glue and no paint. THANKS AGAIN for watching, Steve Magnante
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Thanks for your reply. I couldn't imagine not painting my models. It is the most frustrating, but ultimately the most rewarding (when it turns out right) part of the build process. However, it does extend the process to weeks or months 😒
Mags ford's tri fives were nice looking cars just like the baby birds seems the last year is always the best looking year of the trinity mags you have to do a special segment on the little red wagon not on bills birthday but on the inception of the vehicle itself its one of the coolest vehicles ever its the one that got me hooked on drag racing as a Canadian kid I found a book in the library in my school called the history of drag racing it was a small red book in the pages of this book was the coolest cars most of them had the wheels in the air most kf them were Mopar but the little red wagon with the sparks Co ming off the tailgate with those big chrome eyes big as life this vehicle made me a true Mopar man yes I like other vehicles too but mopars are thd best to me personally please show the model and do a story on Bill and thd wagon and jf you Wang to slip in how the lrw had a nice home at big daddy's place a.k.a garlits museum then got sold someone else truly a epic tragidy there's no better drag racing museum you should also do a special on big daddy and his museum I have a set of the special collector cards he put out and a have an autographed one in a 2500 run 500 came with a autographed card I got #287 p.s remember the cool monogram and Revell big scale drag cars funny cars the snakes cuda and the Hawaiian charger
If you can make ur way too western Mass,
We can go on a in garage junkyard crawl?
Indoors dude....
If you're looking for content, clean the house weirdy. Don't get so geeked out on model fun facts. Your losing me. I like watching because of your real car enthusiasts' knowledge. Clean the house dog
Love your channel though!
The 57 fairlane has the ugliest headlights in automotive history. The Edsel is a better looking car.