AMT 1960 3-in-1 Ford F-100 Pickup Truck

[charlie8575]

On 4/5/2023 at 8:28 PM, tim boyd said:

My understanding is that this kit, and a second one yet to be announced that shares the tooling, will be at stores before years end....TB 

This could be an interesting. The Unibody does come to mind, but for something this rapidly-produced, I'm betting on a variant of the '60.

Unless, of course, we get something completely out of left field, like a similar-vintage Dodge or International, done to the simplified kit/high-detail modern mould model we're seeing now.

Charlie Larkin

[mk11]

18 minutes ago, charlie8575 said:

This could be an interesting. The Unibody does come to mind...

There may well be something to that eventually, given the provocative wording used in Mr Boyd's unibody wip thread... 

[leafsprings]

Unlike the '61-'63 unibody's, the '57-'60 are much easier to kit bash into stepsides, 4x4's and  even 1 tons. The 1 ton version's open up a whole new realm of possibilities.

[1972coronet]

I've been looking online L.A.M.F. for the images I'd seen at one time of a F100 Unibody which was employed by either Caltrans or one of their contract companies. There's an image of one parked on the Arroyo Seco Parkway/ Pasadena Freeway (then, S.R. 11 / US 66, present day S.R. 110) with its ostensible operator installing 'ArmCo Railing' (the wood-post-aluminium-beams arrangement which started appearing in c.1963 in the medians of Parkways and Freeways, eta. 

I'm going to keep searching !

[ChrisBcritter]

20 hours ago, charlie8575 said:

This could be an interesting. The Unibody does come to mind, but for something this rapidly-produced, I'm betting on a variant of the '60.

And I'm betting on how you can fit a lot of Coca-Cola cases and coolers into that '60 long bed .

[charlie8575]

2 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

And I'm betting on how you can fit a lot of Coca-Cola cases and coolers into that '60 long bed .

Hey, the fizz bizz is good money.

And you are probably not wrong at some point along the line.

Charlie Larkin

[leafsprings]

The resurrection of the '60 kit has an extra added bonus, the kit bashing factor, the bed could be used to build a very accurate '65 F 100 4x4 or a '65-'66 F 250 4x4.

[mk11]

this one came close to following me home...

[stavanzer]

5 minutes ago, mk11 said:

this one came close to following me home...

I would so drive that truck!

[mikemodeler]

Modelroundup announced this kit and the '63 F-100 Camper kit are available for pre-order with a November delivery estimate.

[ChrisBcritter]

Went ahead and pre-ordered the '60. Looking forward to comparing it to the original! 

[dino246gt]

On 4/7/2023 at 9:24 PM, leafsprings said:

Maybe a Fireball F 250 4x4 conversion to this classsic?

I did use that on my original issue:

[Rob Hall]

From today’s Akron show: 

[Keef]

My wallet is definitely NOT going to be happy anytime soon. ??

[thatz4u]

so many kits, so little time to build them all

[slusher]

Definitely feel like a kid looking at those great models!

[dino246gt]

Looks like the new kit will have the bumper separate from the grille AND clear headlights, YES!!!

Here's the original, must be better, must be better, LOL

[Rob Hall]

Bed is separate on the new '60 also.

[ChrisBcritter]

SteveG, any chance we could get a stock air cleaner/single carb in the '60?

Anyone else know of a source for one?

[SteveG]

34 minutes ago, ChrisBcritter said:

SteveG, any chance we could get a stock air cleaner/single carb in the '60?

Anyone else know of a source for one?

You could probably use just the center carb and the air cleaner from the AMT 53 Ford Pickup on the existing intake and it would be passable.  The real trick is the exhaust manifolds which uses a front engine crossover.  I thought pretty hard about re-doing the engine to make an accurate 292 V8 for it but the more I looked at it the more I realized I would probably have to start from scratch on the engine and then revise the chassis to single exhaust, etc.  Just not in the budget to do all that on top all the other improvements.   

-Steve

Edited October 16, 2023 by SteveG

[Can-Con]

2 hours ago, SteveG said:

You could probably use just the center carb and the air cleaner from the AMT 53 Ford Pickup on the existing intake and it would be passable.  

-Steve

Unfortunately, no. The stock '53 engine is a flat head.

[SteveG]

1 hour ago, Can-Con said:

Unfortunately, no. The stock '53 engine is a flat head.

Right but the '53 oil bath air cleaner is similar in size and shape to the '60 292 oil bath air cleaner.  Not an exact match but passable.  I think one of the Moebius Ford Pickups has oil bath style air cleaner too.    

[Tom Geiger]

This puppy has been sitting on the shelf over my work bench for years looking down on me. It originally had no hood, then I found one. Last year I bought a big bag of parts at a show and the bed cover jumped out at me. Guess it’s time to do something with it!

[slusher]

12 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

This puppy has been sitting on the shelf over my work bench for years looking down on me. It originally had no hood, then I found one. Last year I bought a big bag of parts at a show and the bed cover jumped out at me. Guess it’s time to do something with it!

Real nice ford, Tom!

[Sledsel]

On 10/16/2023 at 4:01 PM, SteveG said:

You could probably use just the center carb and the air cleaner from the AMT 53 Ford Pickup on the existing intake and it would be passable.  The real trick is the exhaust manifolds which uses a front engine crossover.  I thought pretty hard about re-doing the engine to make an accurate 292 V8 for it but the more I looked at it the more I realized I would probably have to start from scratch on the engine and then revise the chassis to single exhaust, etc.  Just not in the budget to do all that on top all the other improvements.   

-Steve

That sucks that it wasn't in the budget, but that's what my parts stash is for. I'd rather source an engine than deal with single exhaust.....LOL