RancheroSteve

Yes, that Monogram NASCAR tooling dates back to the early 80s and hadn't really been changed to reflect some of the newer tech that the cars were using. The Lumina kits (and on up) are new tooling with updated practices, including the seat.

Hope this is helpful - from Road & Track January 1987. If I come across anything else I'll let you know.

Give me a day or so - I'll see what I can dig up.

Welded bare aluminum seat with black snap on padding in the photos I've seen. Pretty common practice for Cup cars in those days.

Indeed - I was fortunate enough to attend a few of the IMSA races in the late eighties when they ran at Del Mar. The dominance for the Porsche 962 was slowly ending and the Jaguars, Nissans, and Toyotas were in ascendancy with big factory sponsorship. Several other makes were competing as well, so there was a great diversity of machinery. Almost reminiscent of the original Can-Am period.

MCW lists it as #2052 https://mcwfinishes.com/

Simple Hasegawa curbside kit that still managed to fight me a little (purely my own fault). Indycals decals and a few added details; otherwise out of the box. Thanks for looking.

Yes, I'd say it is a rather good kit. Slightly unconventional in some areas, but good overall fit. No rear suspension detail, but good engine, front suspension, and interior detail with potential to add more detail as the builder desires. If I build another one, I'd be inclined to separate the front framework from the body. I seem to recall an article in MRRN a few years back where someone was using one of these to build a full detail Capri.

Great thread. Just wanted to note that there are two (decal variant) versions of the Monogram Mustang - the Motorsport one you depicted and the Miller version. A good opportunity to show off the one I built last year, I guess:

Just last week I was going through some of my old SAE magazines - looking for another unrelated article - and I came across this:

Thank you, Jimmy! The Mondello Fiat is somewhere down the road once I work up the courage.

Just to detail this out a tiny bit more - here are a few shots from the Bob Mannel book. This one shows the non-emission road draft tube (the blow-by is just dumped out into the atmosphere): And two styles of the early PCV setup at the back of the intake manifold (connected to the carb spacer):

The generator and bracket are some of the few accurate parts in that kit, IMHO.

Yes, generally true - by 1965 all SBFs had the valve cover mounted PCV and oil filler, as well as the alternator and six bolt bellhousing, in addition a whole bunch of other small changes. I realize this is "angels dancing on the head of a pin" type stuff (especially in 1/25 scale) but kinda fascinating otherwise.

Things were pretty mixed up in 1964, according to Bob Mannel's book "Mustang & Ford Small Block V8 1962-1969": In 1964, "Ford decided to use road draft tubes where still allowed". In 1962-63 the PCV valves were in the intake manifold as you said, but in 1964 they had moved the PCV valve and oil filler to the valve covers (as we're more used to seeing). So I take from all this that if you see a '64 car with the oil fill in front that it's most likely a non-PCV model.