dodgefever

Good work, you really captured the look of the thing.

That's a cool old truck. Is this cab still available somewhere?

OK, just seems strange to me to use a sought after, valuable early Dodge when the correct Ford body is current and available in abundance. Stranger still to put a lot of time and effort into a "replica" which isn't anything of the sort. YMMV, obviously. Have fun. ?

That would have been the logical choice, given (a) the real thing was based on one and (b) the Ford reissue is cheap and readily available. I'm not seeing any resemblance here - the hood on the 1:1 is flat like the original Econoline, continuing the belt line, not dramatically sloped down like this?

FE is a big block - completely different engine. The kit has a 5.0 small block: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Windsor_engine Depending on how you dress it up, it could represent almost any small block from the early '60s to the end of production. AFAIK the EFI intake is the type found in a late '80s - early '90s Fox body Mustang. Trans is a Ford AOD 4 spd auto. I'm sure a Ford expert will be along soon to correct me...

The model is the easy part... there's one dead giveaway. The year is more difficult for me.

I had that Revell issue. The only difference vs. the Italeri kits was that the Revell version had hollow rubber tyres (which perished after a few years ? ).

$52.60 shipping for a bumper - I think he's ruled himself out of contention there.

If you were doing this, the Pontiac engine blue wouldn't be far off: The one in the OP is way darker - as you say, more like the Cobra colour. Also, a quick search only turned up models painted such a light blue...

Presume you know this, but the Parisienne was based on the Chevrolet chassis, so 5" shorter wheelbase than the US Pontiacs. The Revell '65 or '66 Impalas would be ideal donors for the chassis, but both have big blocks, so you'd have to swap in a 327 from another kit. I would think any resin bodies would be 1:25 to go with available kits, rather than 1:24? Your '67 Bonneville is almost certainly a resin repop of the original MPC kit, which was reworked for each annual release.

I know exactly what that is. It's on my short list of "lottery win" cars.

I think I have it.

Here: https://www.rookieresin.com/product-page/1967-ford-f100-grill Bill is a member here.

Questionable styling is/was a feature of many British kit cars.

Yes. Fairly easy, this one.

The Early Iron release didn't have louvres. I think the Lemon Crate version might have been the first to have them?

Yep.

That is indeed an easy one.

Thieves are the scum of the earth. Hope you see some compensation, but on the upside (?) it does appear they're repairable.

Everyone has their own line where detailing/super-detailing becomes more trouble than it's worth; same for "good enough" vs. "I know it's there". The older I get and the more my eyesight deteriorates, the closer I get to thinking "good enough" is good enough. Getting bogged down with detailing and struggling to see what I'm doing kind of takes the fun out of it.

I couldn't make the deadline, but I'm still working on it. I drilled out the headlamps and fitted buckets and clear lenses from a Revell '29 roadster. Now working through adding the last few details.

Ghia was my first thought too, from the clue. I eventually got to it via this one from Pininfarina:

Steve has it right. The Nickey hood scoops were moulded closed. Nice job, the replacement wheels lookmuch better than the ones in the kit.

Got a link? Is it possible they're confusing Limestone with white? I can't recall ever seeing a white Land Rover.

Bingo. That took some finding.