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Sooo, when are you going to write about that ?

Been wanting to do something similar to my identical promo... could call it ' Hanmore, eat your heart out!'

A big thanks to modlbldr for a smooth trade!

If anyone has a set of the '67 Mustang improved front and rear parts from Replicas and Miniatures they're not going to use please let me know. ... and I'm also looking for a decent front bumper/grill and headers from the Dyno Don johan Maverick. Thanks!

That could work... interesting to note that the dentside version of these F5-800 truck cabs still used the 68-72 dash for the better instrumentation, proving the cabs share internal architecture. Some discussion on the why of desiring an accurate cab... All for the want of taking a tooling mockup out into the sunlight with calipers, measuring tape and a calculator... I'm guessing that the GM guys are hoping the licensors care a little more about representation of their intellectual properties than the Ford lawyers

Another thing to remember if you want to build a fairly accurate early Mustang is that they used the falcon cluster... The five dial cluster came along later in '65 for the GT package and was eventually made standard on the '66. Of course lots of parts get changed in sixty years, so whatever shows up on your personal project shows up ...

These windsor series 221/260/289 smallblocks were introduced in the '62 Fairlanes. While Ford may not have introduced the non-draft tube pcv systems into general production til the tail end of '64, they did apparently have kits to help their CA bound and produced vehicles meet the regulations. I came across one in the wreckers a few years back on a 260 Fairlane that was identical to this... Goes from the draft tube opening to the carb spacer plate. Wish I'd grabbed it now; they're getting scarce.

That's a cool combination! Brings to mind the old Red Simpson song 'I'm a truck'

This pic actually shows the difference... Note the front RH corner with the flange hanging down. This was known as the 'unimproved hood' in some quarters as the flange wasn't folded over like the front LH corner on the green side. They beveled the potmetal casting just above the fins to clear this on the early cars. As for a fairly accurate early 260/289, AMT had one right from the start, with the oil filler tube sticking up. In the pic below, note that the oil filler/fuel pump piece is illustrated upside down. The first '65 fastback kits also showed the generator, but the later instructions were amended to show an alternator instead. The monogram '64 instructions show only an alternator and no filler tube. My personal slant is that you're getting a more accurate 'capture' of the Mustang coupe body using the AMT kit. ymmv You might be able to adapt the monogram '64 grill with the mesh somehow, or just be patient until Round2 decides to release the '65 version of their '66 fastback (or luck into an original amt '65 grill) In regards to the '64 1/2' designation being merely invented by enthusiasts, Ford itself used the term in some parts books to delineate the early and later parts. Here's the trumpeter falcon parts... The generator parts are circled. Some neat ideas for engine detail here. Interesting story behind these kits; apparently they had an expert American model engineer consulting on the development. They decided to push him out and go their own way on this- with totally predictable results. (as anyone who has ever scoped out this kit knows) The highlight of this particular parts fret is of course the picasso-esque intake manifold 🤣

No sir... just the star truk

Gray plastic seems quite common to a lot of the newer releases; I've seen the box with the red car come with either blue and gray plastic.

Despite the fact that AMT captured most of the body proportions beautifully on these '69/'70 Mustangs, there is one small detail that stands out other than the quarter panel flaw that Tim has pointed out on the '70 body. The lower slot outboard of the headlights needs a tad of finessing... The front end looks a lot more accurate with just a minor careful lengthening of the lower slot toward the side marker light. On the 1:1, the rear edge of the slots match the marker angle. m

From what I've been able to glean from available info, it looks like '64 was the major transition year. It started with the oil filler and road draft tubes, evolved to the valve cover mounted pcv and vented oil fill cap along with the fully closed system for the CA cars. The trumpeter falcon would be about the only source I know of for a half decent scale generator setup. Only pic I can seem to find showing the original draft tube setup.

Obviously well insulated and a match for the cold. That pic reminds me of a cousin's experience with an in-box camper. Early one morning at a campground, a couple of young pranksters closed the tailgate on him and ran away laughing. Only has to happen once, or if you're smart, not even that 🤣

Just curious to know if anyone has done an accurate 3D print or taken the time to correct the proportion problems on this offering... It's definitely beyond the average modeler's ability but can be mostly done.