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Just as Dave suggested, you can sand and/or file the top of the intake down if there were to be a little extra hood clearance needed. But without an air cleaner, you might be ok.

You pretty much bought it for the chassis anyway.

Jim if you PM me your address, i can send you out a couple of hi riser intakes. One from the Tbolt, and the other is from the AMT 65 Galaxie.

Also Top End Decals make a Galaxie set that includes the emblems, lettering, and chrome vents on the rear panels of the 63. As you can see, the expense goes up a bit the more we try to replicate a correct looking super stocker.

This is a Thunderbolt hi rise intake I was going to use originally atop the Starliner engine. This might fit under the hood of the 63 as it is.

What’s nice about the Starliner kit, is you will not have to mess with another engine. The kit supplied engine can be a 390, 406, or a 427. They all have the same appearance on the outside.

I’m currently working on a 1965 Galaxie R Code, and I was using an intake that was high, because I was using the kit supplied scoop. I changed that to the flat hood, to keep the stock appearance of the car. This car will have a short, oval, Cobra style 2x4 air cleaner, with 427 badging. The hood would never clear this set up. Now with your build, you can probably use a high rise, and add a couple of Fireball Modelworks 650 Holleys, and without using an air cleaner, you might get away with it without clearance problems. Just mock it all up before paint and glue. Also, you should have a dual 4 barrel in your Starliner kit. I’m not totally sure if the original release has the intake, but the later ones do. It’s not a high rise, but I’m using it on my R Code build. This could be another option for you. You mentioned the 66 Fairlane, but you should also consider the Thunderbolt and 65 Galaxie intakes.

That’s a build to be proud of, Scott. Excellent job.

Calling this build nice would simply be an understatement. It’s one of the nicest weathered builds I have seen. Looks like a real 1:1 truck. Amazing!

The difference between 1/24 and 1/25 scale wouldn’t really be noticeable. Maybe for tires and rims, but seat belts are small to begin with, to me, wouldn’t be a problem.

The last pic is a 64, but it had the support removed. Here it is with the Starliner support.

Just keep your eyes open. Prices and shipping are a bit high, but I’ll bet youll find a kit for a decent price. Not totally sure if the 57 Fords have the same frame? The Starliner chassis only requires minimal work to get it to fit. Even after cutting the radiator support and screw bosses out of the body, and using the Starliner radiator support it’s not too hard.

You’re welcome Jim. I’m glad I was a help. Keep us posted on your build when you get it going. I absolutely love the old Ford cars!

When I was just learning to wet sand and polish models, I tried my hand on these two cars. These are the only cars I polished the plastic. Just polished the colored plastic with the three step Novus. The Tasca car turned out better than the Gas Ronda car, from polishing the plastic. I might get better decals for these two cars. Here are a few pics with just polished plastic.

I have those decals for the Tasca car as well. I believe that car had a red interior as compared to the tan colored interior that was in other lightweights. Now you got me thinking of doing another lightweight.