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I was also surprised, even a 358 (5.86 litre) NASCAR V8 at 9.200 rpm sounds like it revs more, so I expected a higher pitch sound from the small 1.6 litre V6 at 15.000 rpm.

Yes it's cool, and I also have the early small window wrecker version. What Tim doesn't know about Peterbilt's aren't worth knowing. Who knows...maybe when I get rid of the severe case of builders block I got right now.

Paddy Wagon is an abbreviation of Patrol Wagon and was a common name for a Police vehicle, mostly vans...so it can be almost anything and any make.

Ahh...the good old days. It will be interesting to see if they get a hold of the "new rule package" and how many of them who will finish the race on Sunday.

Ahh I see what you mean...well I would do that too. I just bought me the first version of the AMT California Hauler 359 with a Detroit Diesel 8V-71 for a decent price, the later 359 versions has a Cummins NTC.

Harolds resin engine/suspension kit is for the Fujimi GT40 Mk I kit (I don't think Revell has issued the Fujimi Mk I kit) and I have a couple of those...very nice kits with a small block Ford with Gourney/Weslake heads and four Webers, and almost all you need to detail the Mk I under the hood. He had a kit for the Fujimi/Revell GT40 Mk II with a FE 427 in the works when I talked to him over the phone some years ago but I haven't seen anything of it yet...but if he gets it out it's a sure buy as he does quality parts. To straighten things out a bit regarding the Ford GT and GT40 cars. The first 12 was prototypes, was built 1964 in England and was called Ford GT at first, they predecessed the first production cars Ford GT40 Mk I from 1965, the engines in those were small block Ford 260-289 with four Webers, and a four cam injected 255 Indy engine in some cars, 3 of the first 12 prototypes were equipped with 427 engines tho' and was testbeds for the later Mk II's. 1966 came the reworked and modified GT40 Mk II with the larger 427 motor with a single 4bbl carburator, this car gave Ford their first Le Mans victory and Ford finished 1-2-3, and Mk II was also built in England. The GT40 Mk III was a street legal car, only 7 built in 1967, the engine was a detuned 289. 1967 came the Mk IV wich was built in America and was based on the J-car prototype, it had a 427 with dual 4bbl and the Mk IV gave Ford the second victory at Le Mans that year. They changed the rules for 1968 and put in a maximum 5 litre rule, so the Gulf Team dusted off the old GT40 Mk I, modified it a bit and put in Gourney/Weslake head 302's with four Webers and gave Ford their fourth and fifth victories at Le Mans 68 and 69.

The AMT 359 fenders are too short anyway and Porky at P & P Resins has corrected ones in resin, otherwise I thik Tim Ahlborn has a tutorial somewhere on how to fix them. It was so long ago since I built an AMT Peterbilt 359 (over 20 years) so I don't remember what and how I did when I built it.

Missing parts are not that uncommon either.

Yes they are, but the Fujimi/Revell and LS/Arii kits are curbside kits with less detail, the 1:25 Aurora/Revell and IMC/Testors are full detail...and are a lot older so they are more difficult. Ford did 12 GT Prototype cars back in 1964-5 and the Aurora/Revell GT, the IMC/Testors GT and the LS/Arii GT(40) is the only kits I know of of this GT Prototype, the other kits from Fujimi, Revell (reboxed Fujimi), IMC/Testors/Union and MPC are of the later GT40 production Mk I, Mk II, J-Car and Mk IV cars and they are quite different.

To my knowledge the LS/Arii, Aurora/Revell and IMC/Testors Ford GT kits are the only model kits of the early GT prototype, yes it's was only called GT so the boxart on the LS/Arii kit is wrong there too, the GT40 name came later with the production GT40 Mk I cars wich are a bit different from the early GT's. The Aurora/Revell and the IMC/Testors kits are full detail, the Aurora/Revell GT kit has only one engine option, the 260-289 with four Webers, the IMC/Testors GT kit includes three engine options, a 260-289 four Weber small block and an injected 255 Indy motor wich both are correct for the GT as both were used...they also included a 2X4bbl 427 SOHC for some reason wich was never used in this car as far as I know. Even the IMC/Testors GT40 Mk I and Mk II kits has the 289 small block and the 255 Indy engine options from the GT kit together with a single 4bbl 427 (not SOHC), allthough the real Mk II's was only raced with the 427 and the Mk I's only with small block. All depends on what you're going to do, but I agree with vamach1, if you can find an Aurora/Revell or an IMC/Testors kit I think you'll have a better starting point.

I also deal a lot with Jack at Modelroundup, great service.

I built one many years ago...sometime around when the kit was first released in the early 90's...but I don't remember any big issues except for the hood-bumper clearence. I didn't use the Canepa hubcaps and cab to sleeper fairings as I added the exhaust stacks, I made them from heat guards from a W925 with aluminum pipes, but otherwise it's out of box. The pictures are not the best as they are scanned photos taken in the late 90's but they are the only ones I have.

To my knowledge the LS/Arii, Aurora/Revell and IMC/Testors kits are the only model kits of the early Ford GT prototype, yes it's was only called GT so the boxart on the LS/Arii kit is wrong there too, the GT40 name came later with the production GT40 Mk I cars wich are a bit different from the early GT's. The Aurora/Revell and the IMC/Testors kits are full detail, the Aurora/Revell kit has only one engine option, the 260-289 with four Webers, the IMC/Testors kit includes three engine options, a 260-289 four Weber small block and an injected 255 Indy motor wich both are correct for the GT as both were used...they also included a 2X4bbl 427 SOHC for some reason wich was never used in this car as far as I know. Even the IMC/Testors GT40 Mk I and Mk II kits has the 289 small block and the 255 Indy engine options from the GT together with a single 4bbl 427 (not SOHC), allthough the real Mk II's was only raced with the 427 and the Mk I's only with small block. All depends on what you're going to do, but I agree with vamach1, if you can find an Aurora/Revell or an IMC/Testors kit I think you'll have a better starting point. Edit: This wasn't the thread I was ansvering to, it's moved from the original thread wich was about the LS/Arii GT40 kit and was an answer to another post in that thread, it looks kind of taken out of it's context now.

My daily driver is a 1997 Volvo 850 GLT and my hobby vehicle is a 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe to drive in warm summer days.

Very nice build.

If you go to his Fotki album you'll see that the engine is a Cat 1693 TA. Old Albion: Very nice bulld.

You're fast Alan.

That's why the rulebooks today is re-written ... "all things not mentioned and allowed by the rules are prohibited"... just to avoid Smokey Yunick like "loose" interpretations of the rules...they try anyway but most get cought sooner or later.

Well it says "1964 Daytona Grand Prix Winners Type" wich is an exaggeration and not true since the Ford GT and GT40 didn't win anything before the Daytona Race in 1965, and this car had #72 only at the 1965 Daytona race entered by Shelby American. At the 1965 Daytona race car #73 won (also entered by Shelby American) and the #72 came 3:rd, the #73 car wich is chassis #GT/103 also came 2:nd in the 1965 Sebring Race, the #72 car was chassis #GT/104 and both were of the 12 GT prototypes made before the final production Mk I and Mk II cars wich was assigned GT40 P/1000-GT40 P/1074 chassis numbers. I don't have a clue how this model kit is as I only have seen some pictures of it, but it doesn't look that promising.

Nice build.

I just heard on the TV coverage over here from the Las Vegas Kobalt Tools 400 Race in progress right now, one vendor at the Daytona 500 race sold about 100 Dale Earnhardt Jr diecast models an hour under race day...and that's just models for one driver, so it's something to think about. If there were no diecast models the sales would most likely have gone to plastic models...probably not that many but at least about the same as before the diecasts arrived on the market.

I don't buy large scale model car kits simply because they take up too much space...that's the main reason.

Westley's is apperently called Black Magic nowadays...the bottle and lable is still the same but a Black Magic logo has replaced the Westley's logo...and it's supposed to be the same stuff. I looked to buy some at Pep Boys and other automotive stores in the L.A.area when I was there last but all I could find was the Black Magic stuff. I don't remove chrome plating that often but when I have done it I have used the old Castrol Super Clean formula, I still have a couple of 1 gallon juggs left from some years ago, and it took away the chrome plating in a few minutes and the underlaying clear base in a couple of hours.

The stock version of the AMT 34 5-Window Coupe came out 1996 and the street Rod version came 1995. I'm not sure if they are based on the older AMT 34 tooling as I don't have one of those to compare with.

Of course you do as you please, it's your model, I just try to help out. I have liked Tyrone Malone's race trucks and transporters since I first saw them in a couple of Swedish magazines back in 1981 when he did his first European tour. I liked the look of the trucks so much so I bought my first Tyrone Malone kits, the Super Boss and the Papa Truck, around 1982 but missed out on the other two due to lack of funds and availability of the kits where I live, I only had my monthly allowance from my parents back then as I still went to school so I didn't have the money to buy them when I had the only chance to do so, I have later searched for and bought both the Bandag Bandit and Hideout Truck kits, and my collection of the AMT Tyrone Malone trucks is complete since some years back. I have done some research and collected every photo and bit of information I can find of the trucks...and still do...to be able to build as correct replicas of the trucks as I can myself when I get at it.