1955 Suburban: engine and chassis

The engine from Revell's Pontiac 421 went together as well as can be expected. These are not the cleanest of molds, and the triple carb manifold in particular is pretty poor. I rummaged through the parts bin and found a Ford manifold with room for two Holleys, which are still pretty poor but better than the tri-carb setup. Of course this means the distributor is in the front ...



The Toyota chassis went together well, and mating the 421 to the bell housing for the Toyota gearbox worked well. (In real life I expect the Toyota drive train would not stand up to the 421 for long, but this is styrene at 1/24, so no problem).



The Aoshima kit comes with some spares, such as shorter shocks, lower profile rear springs and shorter uprights, all obviously for a less aggressive version.



As expected the wheelbase is just about right! The tricky bit will be mating the resin body to the chassis and interior.



The Toyota wheels are nice but I may be looking for a proper set of steel 4X4 wheels.



The resin body will be the usual challenge, starting with the crack in the left front fender. Stay tuned!