I had hoped for years that somebody would do something with that tooling. At least we got the Revell versions, plus the AMT '60, albeit all short boxes. Would still like a long box someday. Round 2 could simply clone a vintage kit now, so I can still hold out some hope.

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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...
      - Thanks for the information! *NM*
      - Would be a great addition to the portfolio. FWIW, I had my allowance in my hand at DAAM for the new Shortbed and they were gone from all the vendors in less than an hour, this bodes well for R2. *NM*
      - I had the Satco 4x4 in my hands at the old RCTHA show in Chicago many moons ago........
      - I had hoped for years that somebody would do something with that tooling. At least we got the Revell versions, plus the AMT '60, albeit all short boxes. Would still like a long box someday. Round 2 could simply clone a vintage kit now, so I can still hold out some hope.
- '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...