1963 Super Torque Ford

[MarkJ]

The kit.

 

[Pierre Rivard]

The big 63-64 Fords, my favorite dark side NASCAR racers. Look forward to this one.

[MarkJ]

I always liked the advertising campaign for the 1963 Ford. They would play it during replays of Nascar races back in 1963 on ABC's  Wide World of Sports. My buddies and me would get on our bikes after the broadcast and pedal as hard as we could and yell that we were driving Super Torque Fords. Those delayed broadcasts were a big deal to us kids back then.

[MarkJ]

10 minutes ago, Pierre Rivard said:

The big 63-64 Fords, my favorite dark side NASCAR racers. Look forward to this one.

Thanks, Pierre.  Probably my favorite Fords too from that era. 

[MarkJ]

Lots of moldings and a couple of voids in the front fenders to remove and fix. need to do some wheel opening work too.

[Johnny Canuck]

The pre-flared wheel wells should save labor on body work. Wish they were on the '64 I'm working on.

[MarkJ]

43 minutes ago, Johnny Canuck said:

The pre-flared wheel wells should save labor on body work. Wish they were on the '64 I'm working on.

Very true, Johnny. Might not need to do much on this 63. I just need to study my ref pictures.

[presnell]

Mark great car they were the top 5 finishers in the 63 Daytona 500. Anxious to see yours finished!

[MarkJ]

21 minutes ago, presnell said:

Mark great car they were the top 5 finishers in the 63 Daytona 500. Anxious to see yours finished!

Thanks, Jim. Yes, it was a pretty dominate year for the Super Torque Fords. Chevy got out before they really got started and the Plymouths and Dodges were still 1 year away from the hemi and were pretty underpowered. Pontiac which had been dominate in 62 were heavier and had not increased their power and most of their drivers had switched to the Ford.

[jjsipes]

Looking forward to see what you do with your build. I have one in the works. I have used the AMT 60 Starliner chassis under the one I'm building. There is a lot of trim that needs to be removed on that body. It is in the paint stage now.  Can not wait to see yours.

Edited April 6, 2023 by jjsipes

[MarkJ]

1 hour ago, jjsipes said:

Looking forward to see what you do with your build. I have one in the works. I have used the AMT 60 Starliner chassis under the one I'm building. There is a lot of trim that needs to be removed on that body. It is in the paint stage now.  Can not wait to see yours.

Thanks, Jason. I will be going the one kit way with this model, so I will be removing the molded in exhaust and not worrying about actually having a real chassis.  It will be more a  shelfer than what you are doing using the 60-ford kit with yours. Really looking forward to seeing yours. do you have a wip going on with it?

[MarkJ]

Got the left quarter panel mostly done. I find its better to complete a section before moving on to the next section instead of hitting all the moldings at the same time. Keeps me from getting overwhelmed.

[gks1964]

Very interesting project!!

[TooOld]

Always wanted to build on of these and can't wait to see your progress , I'm following !

[MarkJ]

Thanks, Gerald and Bob. I have always wanted to do this driver in a 63 Ford and somehow never got around to it. 

[Force]

I have a real 1963½ Galaxie 500XL and I will follow this closely.

[MarkJ]

Cool to have a real one, Hakan. The hardest moulding to remove is the one at the base of the roof in the rear by the trunk. got the left side finished

[Johnny Canuck]

On 4/6/2023 at 12:06 PM, MarkJ said:

Very true, Johnny. Might not need to do much on this 63. I just need to study my ref pictures.

By no means is 1964 my favourite season for racing. Too many bad things happened to so many good racers.

Your WIP build on the Jarrett '64 Ford was very instructive and directed viewers toward seeking out the many more useful reference photos that are out on the internet.

[Force]

10 hours ago, MarkJ said:

Cool to have a real one, Hakan. The hardest moulding to remove is the one at the base of the roof in the rear by the trunk. got the left side finished

Not hard at all, just a couple of screws and you are done ?
Ohh you mean on the kit body...I couldn't resist joking around.
Looks good so far.
 

[MarkJ]

Thanks, John and Hakan. The only good ref pics I could get for this model were screen shots from a YouTube video of the race the car was in. They were not that clear because of the quality of the video, but I think I will be 90 percent accurate on the livery for this car. I have already done builds of two other cars that were in the race I am speaking of. There is one more car from that race I might want to do but I need to think on it for a while longer. It was one of those milestone races that hangs around in my memory bank.

[Pierre Rivard]

The body is looking good. Have you ever done this before?

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[MarkJ]

6 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said:

The body is looking good. Have you ever done this before?

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Yes, Pierre.   On a light purple one a few years back. ?   But I don't remember the front windshield moulding at the top being as thick as this one is. I'm really looking forward to the pearl white paint job 

I'm going to do on this one with a brush, if I can ever get the body ready, that is. The postman cometh and bringth me gifts.  Thank you so much. I really appreciate it and will return the favor for sure.

[MarkJ]

The right side of the body is pretty much finished, and I added some rods to the voids in the top of the fenders that I will smooth to fill them in with plastic instead of putty. I reworked the upper windshield weatherstrip to make it look like the chrome moldings are gone. I still need to remove the wiper blades and rework the panel that goes between the taillights. This car actually had the chrome taillights even at the end of the season, but the chrome or aluminum panel between them was gone.

[TooOld]

Great work so far Mark , this is going to be awesome !

[MarkJ]

Thanks, Bob. I'm pretty stoked about working on this one. This is what I consider fun modeling. the last two next gen Camaros I built were more like aggravation and just wanted to get them done.