johnwitzke Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Model Car World (MCW) makes a resin interior kit for the 1963 Lightweight Ford Galaxie. Overall MCW captured the interior detail well, dash has radio and heater deletes, door panels have the armrest removed. The front seats included in the MCW kit are not accurate for a 1963 Lightweight Galaxie. They are however correct for the 1962 Lightweight Galaxie. To correct this flaw for the 1963 Lightweight Galaxie that I am building to replicate Dick Brannan's car, I have modified the kit seats. The seat on the left is the original kit seat, the one on the right I modified to replicate the actual 1963 lightweight seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Nice work modifying those seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldr-n-drt Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 john... can you give us a step by step on how you converted the seats?? thanks oldr-n-drt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwitzke Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Yes. I will provide a step by step with photos when I convert the second seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutalform Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Nice work on the seats, John. Your attention to detail is impeccable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwitzke Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Thank you. I try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldr-n-drt Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 john...any update on this?? oldr-n-drt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwitzke Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Thanks for the note. No additional updates yet. I will still show you a step by step how I transform the seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldr-n-drt Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 john.. did all the r-codes come with bucket seats?? oldr-n-drt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwitzke Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 All the lightweight cars had the lightweight bucket seats. The R-code 427 was also available in other Galaxies, not just the lightweights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 All the Galaxie 500 XL's came with bucket seats but they weren't the lightweight Bostrom seats, the XL also have center console.The 427 was on the option list from mid year 1963 on all Galaxies as Q and R-code (Q 1X4bbl 410 hp and R 2X4 bbl 425 hp), not just the Lightweights, before that the top high performance option was the B and G-code 406 (B 1X4bbl 385 hp and G 3X2 bbl 405 hp). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I will be watching with interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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