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Agreed. Plus it's the only game in town, it appears, for a pre-81 chevy in 1/25.

Coming soon... A lot of history behind this one

Here's a side by side comparison of the mpc and amt '69s... The mpc(newer reissues branded as amt) is shorter but the width is pretty close; the windshield is a hair narrower but the hood reportedly seems to be pretty close. The original amt body tooling on the left was altered to create the '70 body.

The badging certainly looks well done.

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 reps apparently did

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