Model Car Garage - 1940 Ford Coupe Coca Cola Edition Model Kit By AMT/ERTL -  A Model Car Unboxing
Channel: Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage
Date: 2018-08-24

Now here's a really cool 3-in-1 kit from AMT that you don't want to miss! 
This is the 1940 Ford Coupe in Coca-Cola markings from 1997.

Today on the Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage we look at the 1940 Ford Coupe Coca Cola Edition Model Kit By AMT/ERTL. This is a model car unboxing video.

The 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe Model Kit was originally part of the AMT Trophy Series Model Car Kits released in 1961. Since that time, the AMT 1940 Ford Coupe Model Kit has been reissued and modified more than a dozen times. This version has the Coca-Cola decals for the doors and rear trunk lid. Despite it's age, this kit has held up well and is currently available from Round2. (At least in 2019)

The beauty of the 1961 AMT Trophy Series Ford kits is in their interchangeability of parts between all the other AMT Trophy Series Cars. Therefore, you can build a 1939 Ford Coupe from this kit by swapping the fenders and 1939 pieces from the AMT 1939 Ford Tudor sedan model. 

The custom swap-out fun continues in the Trophy series as each Ford model car came with a custom 1958-1961 era engine that had the same length and engine mounts as the other Ford Trophy Series cars. Along with the factory stock 80 h.p. Ford L-Head motor, this kit comes with the all new for 1961 Buick 401 c.i. Nail Head motor with your choice of tri-carbs for the custom engine option or the menacing GMC 6-71 Blower for the competition coupe version.

However, if you wanted something different, you could swap out this motor for any of the other motors in the Ford Trophy Series kits, such as the vicious 1961 Oldsmobile 394 c.i. motor with the Hillborn fuel Injectors from the 1939 Ford Tudor Sedan kit or the beautiful all chrome Thunderbird 390 c.i motor from the 1934 Ford Pickup Truck. That was the beauty of the 1961 Trophy Series car kits!

There are three ways to build this model kit. 

The first is the "Direct from the Ford Factory" 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe.
All the factory stock parts to build this version are included in the kit. You will use the  factory stock universal chrome pieces, such as the rear deck handle, bumpers, wheel rings and hub caps, and fuel filler spout. The car rides on four skinny Firestone tires and uses the 85 h.p. Ford V8-81A, commonly called the "24 stud" engine because it uses twenty four studs to hold down each head. 

In the custom street coupe version, AMT gives you the new for 1961 Buick Nail Head 401 c.i. engine with triple carburetors, Buick manifold, chrome exhaust headers and stock front engine cover. You also get a chrome dropped front axle, fender skirts, spot lights, and the factory bumpers have been replaced with Desoto style ribbed bumpers. The old Ford wheels and Firestone tires have also been replaced with (new for 1997) full Moon hubcaps (with a line through the center) wheels and Goodyear Eagle directional tires. The interior also includes a pair of 1990's leather bucket seats, a new dashboard and a billet aluminum steering wheel.
A little tip from the original 1961 instructions is to use the custom spotlights as bumper mounted fog lights. I might try that in a future build!

Sadly, if you are a follower of these 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe kits, you will notice that the Competition Coupe option has been removed from this version.  An aerodynamic 1940 front grill insert is still included, but isn't called out in the instruction sheet. - you could use this piece on your custom car build. The roll bar is still included as is the  A/Gasser 1961 Buick Nail Head 401 c.i. engine with a chain driven GMC 6-71 blower, magneto ignition, open Lake Pipes and racing exhaust headers, tachometer and fuel gauges, roll bar, and a chrome plated dropped front axle. It still has the baby moon hub caps from earlier releases, but the pressure tank and drag slicks are no longer there. 

Although this is a review of the 1997 Coca-Cola edition of the AMT 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe, this is one of my all time favorite kits which is easy to build and goes together well and I am glad that AMT re-released it once again under round2.

In fact, Round2 is releasing a full line of Coca-Cola 1/25th scale vehicles from their AMT, MPC and Polar Lights lines that would be fun to build and collect. In the next few months (in 2019) they plan to release a Coca-Cola version of the 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery that is a sister car to this one. Those would look great on a shelf together!

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