Munster's Koach

[donculley]

Munster's Koach built for the Model T contest on Todd's site . I tried to match the colors to the original color shots of the car ; Paint is Plasti-Kote gloss black and clear coated. Brass parts are a mix of orange and yellow clears. The tires are vinyl .I didn't like the plastic ones that came with the kit and these are near exact matches. This kit must have been a rush job for AMT back in the 60's , I dont think I 've ever seen such a seemingly detailed yet primitive kit from them .No chassis detail , plastic tires, no gold plating of the many brass parts, and nearly every part had no guide pins, holes or placement marks. Still , I think it looks good on my shelf !

[41chevy]

Came out great. I've opened and looked at it and the Drag u la and in a zillion years never started one. Thanks for posting it. Paul

[Bert]

Herman and Grampa' would be proud. I'd drive cousin Marilyn to the drive in for sure. No room in the Dragula! I think you nailed it Don, nice work.

[hobbybobby]

The same here, Don, I was also a little disappointed with the quality in this kit...

... especially, I always thought that the built model would be much larger...


Nevertheless, Don, you have built a pretty cool model!

[Deleted]

Nice work!!!
The kit is simple to keep cost down. When it came out it sold for $1.50!
So let's do some math......hobby shops paid about 90 cents....wholesalers paid 60 cents.....so AMT had to make a profit after tooling, materials and licensing out of that!!! And this was a kit AMT figured might be in their catalog five years max. True....kit sales back then were much bigger.....I'd bet they made 300,000 kits a year easy.....but still at 20 cents per kit......

For a kit they figured would be a flash in the pan, but turned into a icon.....not bad.
If you have the tin box issue with the book plenty of detail shoots to build a 'correct' full detail kit.....which I hope to do someday!!

[scratchbuilt]

It looks right on to me. Its awesome..

[Paul B. Canney]

Looks good to me

[scratchbuilt]

I'm using these pic's as a how to build mine up. Its been a welcome sight for me, to figure out how it came out as a kit.
All I have is a rough body, the carburetor ram tubes, front seats and the upper seat behind the tub. But at least its a start concidering I found it at the rubbish dump. 20 odd yrs ago.

So thanks buddy for showing me the way to creating a original looking kit. I appreciate it.

[Count Dragula]

Great build,Don!!!! Can't go wrong with any Munsters themed build!!!

Oh,and hey Scratchbuilt,if you need anything to restore your Koach,shoot me a PM,and we can work out a trade or somethin'...

Todd

[donculley]

Thanks for the compliments guys ! Scratchbuilt- I can send you a copy of the instructions if you need it

[Hemi]

GREAT job!!!! This is one I plan to locate to build!!!! Just the inspiration I needed!!!!

[scratchbuilt]

I've since found extra parts my munster koach, having since found the windscreen frame, front seats, snakey side pipes and the chassis. But I've decided to build mine a lil different from the norm. So thankyou fella's for all of the offered help, I appreciate it.

With mine i've stretched out the chain drive chassis from the Beer Wagon and instead of Radir wheels I'm using big n lil 5 slot Ansens. Since I raided the koaches Radirs and pie crust slicks for a 32 tourer ages ago. Mill wise I don't know what i'll use but it might be blown indy quad cam 289 V8 with 6 jugs or the Trantula Mill yet. I might even turn the front bucket seats into a bench seat yet. They look a lil to snug for me.

This munster koach of Dons is the perfect set of blueprints I needed to finally get mine underway. Thanks.