Great vid Loaded with valuable information! 👍 And yes, going to the Junkyards in the 80's was Gold!!!!!🙂

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Bud.

Great history Luka 👍 Now i understand why that Monogram kit has Mopar front suspension and independent rear suspension 👍😎

That was a good history lesson Luka, thank you. As an old guy, I sometimes forget that a lot of guys don’t know these things.

@dustymojave

9 ай бұрын

Aspen/Volare front end was real popular in those days for hot rodded Fords and Chevies too. Disc brakes. Lower ride height than the straight axle. IFS for theoretical better handling. Better ride around town on your way to car shows anyway. Easy to adjust the torsion bars to lower it more. 5 x 4.5 lug pattern same as many Fords. Put a passenger car Ford 9" in back and you have all 4 wheels with the same lug pattern. With a Corvette or Jag IRS rear end you have to do some machine work to get matching lug pattern. As to the vertical A pillars making it easier to chop the top...Yes, the steel work is much easier than the slanted A pillars of the 53-55. But then just try to get the curved window glass made. WHOA!!! That's a WHOLE 'nother ball game! The glass curve needs to be way different from stock glass. With the slanted pillars, a couple pie cuts on each side handles the not really so difficult metal work and the stock glass can pretty easily be cut down to fit at any local auto glass shop. So the sloped A pillars are actually WAAAYYY easier to chop.

Excellent!

That is very interesting. Very nice for Monogram to have went with the custom set up. Thanks for sharing.

That is right just have fun

Great info.

Nice info

Very cool!

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it. This is turning out to be a really great pick from you, Bud.

I'm going to have to pick up another one of these kits just for the rear end.

Thanks for the shoutout, Luka! 😁

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Any time!

Torsion Bar suspension is awesome. I had a 78 Datsun 620 pick up with torsion bars. Twist the screws and a pair of 3 inch lowering blocks put the truck down right quick and easy. Those were the days. haha.

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. Big Datsun Pick Up fan here. Owned a few.

Great history lesson my friend!! I HAD NO IDEA!!

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Nice, very informative information that I am sure a lot of folks did not consider.

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

When I had my 74 charger we cranked them all the way up to clear my ten court oil pan!

Im trying to get started on mine still gathering parts up and getting ready for ACME 2023

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Heck Yeah

Steve Magnante's junk yard crawl " diplomatic immunity" episode also told about that chassis front end being bolted into street rods. It was the successor to the Volares.

Awesome video man, amazing information

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Appreciate it!

It's kinda funny how when you live through the history, you don't think of it that way. I remember when the volare front suspension (the preferred track width) was the "new" thing, John Buttera's hand made chassis builds were all over the magazines etcetc. Now the young guns building have to be told what happened - great tutorial for anyone who didn't know. So I always wondered about going with a stock styled build on the panel truck but never really dove in. Do you have any clue what 1/24 scale kit could provide a stock suspension for the panel truck? Thanks for sharing

I not saying it's not a Mopar Suspension but Early 60's (1960 -63) Chevy Trucks also had a Torsion Bar front suspension. The Corvette Rear probably is 2nd Gen considering the year the kit was originally issued. Of course the few F100's I had a hand in (53 & 2 56's ) we installed a 69 F/X-Body Front subframe got front Disc Brakes and Chevy Engine Mounts

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, other conversions were done. But this video was about WHY Monogram put the, Yes it is a MOPAR K Frame, in this kit.

@user-ThomReec8587

9 ай бұрын

@@TheLukaCeeChannel I have a ’56 Ford Truck: RMX-7602 kit I think I'm going to but a '60 C10 front suspension and a 65-67 Vette rearend in with a 427 tri-power. That's gonna be FUN. My Grandad had a '56 F100 we put a 57 T-Bird engine in it about 1967. I was supossed to get when he died but my sister got it and wrecked it 2 weeks later, put in a ditch then rolled it. Yeh she lived (a few cuts and bruises) the F100 didn't.

@purpurahaze9179

9 ай бұрын

​@@user-ThomReec8587Yes chevy trucks had torsion bars technically 62 was the last year 63 started the more traditional a-arm style that they used from 63-87. I'm not saying some 63's didn't get them just like some 63's had the flat windshield it all depended on when it was made

Also Luka Cee. Mopar suspensions were Exactly 36" Wide between upper Control Arms the Frame Rails outside to outside Was Also 36" So they Fit like A Glove on Most pickups From 1945 & up. Dwapping these Mopar K Membersalso Added 2 other Highly Desirable Features. Power Steering & Power Front Disc Brakes. These Fut And installed Far Rasier than the Pinto & Mustang II frint Suspension which was Also A Popular Swap after 76 the F Body K.members First Found in Asoen & Volares were Even More popular Due to the New L Bar Torsion Bar Design which Left more Room for Exhaust Routing si it was deemed Superior

I built that kit in it's 1st issue as the "Bad Creature ". I notice the torsion bar suspension but I never knew the reason.

Going to look nice! Needs a Resin 427 SOHC between the fenders,😎

Funny, I was checking out an old truck on line and noticed this mod done to it. When I was younger I noticed this on the Model and thought the manufacturer was being cheap and using a generic chassis. Little did I know. Thanks for sharing.

very enjoyable video!

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

When a kit is made of a Street Rod, or custom that used other than stock suspension, that suspension should be duplicated in that kit. Lots of early cars and trucks use Mustang 2 type front ends, and maybe Jaguar rear suspension, so a model of one of those should use the same set up. I've seen several early Ford pickups with Volare front suspension. The 56 F-100 was also the first year for 12-volt wiring, as well. I used Toyota Helux torsion bars on a Rat Rod truck project. Cool video.

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Thank you

After I heard you say chassis on the other video, I read the thumbnail the same way lol.

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

😆

Awesome video. Lots of info is have never known or even thought of. Why does the Revell '49 Mercury win have a small block chevy engine instead of the flat head?

That was a really cool and interesting bit of history, Matt, I didn't know that 😲😁✌️

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Cool. Not only do we get to look at a great kit we learn the history too😅

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked it.

The picture of the F body (Aspen, Volare) has a transverse torsion bar setup that's very different from the older MOPARs like the '55 Ford kit has, they splayed the bars at an angle and that is not how they would be in reality.

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Yes I know. I pointed that out. I couldn't find a picture of the common K member and torsion bars set up in a Ford truck. So that one will do.

Great video Luka, layin down some knowledge there buddy!!! Oh and however you like to cut your parts off the tree, it don’t make no never mind to me!!

cool video cant want to see it done.

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Cool story, Thanks for sharing on why we have a Mopar in a ford chassiss.

Great story and history, Luka. I never even noticed the mopar front end😮 one thing I don't understand is why they added catalytic converters?? Maybe a California truck?

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's an odd one. Probably because it was a modern(At the Time) drivetrain. 🤷😆

@JDsHouseofHobbies

9 ай бұрын

I wondered that, too. It won't be on mine!

I like to know if you did not like the 55 Ford could you do a 55 Chevy truck and how do you get to join USACC and what does it cost???

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

This group build is just for this kit. And the build is just the model car content creators getting together to do it. USACC Stands for Unified Scale Automotive Content Creators

Usacc = US Army Cadet Command Headquarters

Hi luka cee, I have a question unrelated to this video, you have made a couple kit bashing videos but I'm wondering, can I use any of the Richard petty 1/25 charger race kits and build a stock out of it, are there body differences or what would I need to do thanks?

@memorylanemodelcars

9 ай бұрын

In 1/25 th use The AMT 71 Dodge Charger Chassis. Mopar Longitudinal Torsion Bar Suspensions were Nearly All The Same

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

There is nothing street stock about those kits. Extensive body modifications done to take it way out of street car specs.

@scottnadeau2691

9 ай бұрын

@@TheLukaCeeChannel awesome, thanks for the clarification, so my best bet would be to work with the amt 71 charger, mpc made the 72 but I'm not paying 400+$$ on ebay for it, I'm in your Facebook group and threw the question out there also, thanks again!!!

Thanks for the great information about the suspension. So, uh, what , wheels are you going to use?? lol

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Not sure yet, now Rick. With that little chunk out of the gold wheel. I might go with the Arii wheels. But we will see.

Chassiss is fine. Never say, “heigthhh.”It’s HEIGHT! Also, never say, “acrossed,” it’s ACROSS.

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

Ahhh good. Thanks.

Whut?

@TheLukaCeeChannel

9 ай бұрын

😆 Just keep hammering that square peg in that round hole, Pat.😆🤣

@PatRedmond

9 ай бұрын

It's more fun this way. I used my head THIS time.@@TheLukaCeeChannel