Looking at some kitbashes with the recent Revell and R2 pickups... wondering where to strech the 'detail' shortbed frames to get to 8' bed wheelbase

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Looking at some kitbashes with the recent Revell and R2 pickups... wondering where to strech the 'detail' shortbed frames to get to 8' bed wheelbase

In Response To: I believe that on the 1:1 pickup, the frame got changed when it went from torsion bar to coil springs... ()

Looked at both Revell '64 and AMT '60 last night to see if there was an obvious place to make the cuts, but the frame has taper for most of its length.

Thinking that GM must have stretched in an obvious location vs. individual specific frames...but in the volumes they were doing it would pay out to have two (vs. pass cars)

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Were there '61 or '63 Chevy Apache pickups pressed in blue-gray styrene?
- Back about 25 or 30 years ago one of the aftermarket companies,, Galaxie,IIRC,, was trying to bring a reissue of the AMT early '60's Chevy to market. Might have something to do with that. *NM*
  - BTW, this was long before the "new tool" AMT '60 pickup was announced. *NM*
    - That one was the '66, which has different A-pillars. IDing a '66 would be easy *NM*
  - Was that "Wheat's Nostalgia"? Seems like they were announcing that Chevy pickup. I don't think it happened. *NM*
    - Joe Wheat sold about 500 pre-assembled '66 promos. They had vacuform windows (by Modelhaus IIRC) and stickers for the whitewalls. American SATCO was going to do the kit...
- '61 has side trim, '63 doesn't. I'd establish which one it is; the '63 would be more likely if in fact there were any blue ones *NM*
  - No side trim, and all the '62 bits drop in, so I'm guessing '63
    - I believe that on the 1:1 pickup, the frame got changed when it went from torsion bar to coil springs...
      - Looking at some kitbashes with the recent Revell and R2 pickups... wondering where to strech the 'detail' shortbed frames to get to 8' bed wheelbase
    - AMT produced more annual kits in blue plastic in '63 than any year to date, so if it is a kit piece '63 would make sense...

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