unclescott58

Great job. It looks very good in black.

Great job of recreating your friend's Camaro. Very nice.

It's a shame this thread has been somewhat forgotten. Just went through the whole thing again. Pretty fun and interesting. I personally would love to see more. You know there still has to be more of these odd kits out there that haven't been covered here yet.

Come on! Go for it. Start another rant. We can take it. ?

"Toyota went no power"? How does this mean? Did the engine die? Losing power? Or what?

Okay, the Ford GT took its class. But, how did it do overall?

Sorry, but no. I still don't get it? How did ET, UFO, and FBI come into the original joke? And how does that add up to 19?

Very nice job. It looks great.

Pretty nice.

Has anybody built both, and can post pictures of the MPC and Revell Chargers together? That would be interesting to see.

How much? I really want the socks and the 8-track! UT in a sack doesn't interest me until I know what kind of sack.

Go look at Ford part numbers. I think you'll be surprised. The '39 and '40 Fords share more than you think. Ture there is a lot of stuff that they don't share. But the big stuff, body structure and outer sheet metal swap in most cases. An example you gave of the difference in the doors. Sure the vent wings and door handles are new. But the basic under structure and door skins are the same. You do not need to change the basic door to add vent wings and new door handles.

We're not alone? Are you trying to tell us that you were involved making decisions at Ertl on labeling boxes? And decided on calling the '40 sedan a coupe, Greg? Just because Revell makes mistakes, I expect better from you Greg! ?

I liked it better before you restored it..... Just kidding. You did a great job. It looks very nice.

This one was a hit with the guys I work with at my summer job.

It just dawned on me. I don't get the above joke? 19?

And the horror of punching a dolphin! I want one! Look at the smirk on Flipper's face. It just makes me want to punch him. ?

I just noticed how the kid going after Dennis punching toy is dressed. He even has the slingshot in his back pocket. When was the last time you saw a kid with a slingshot? Boy, a slingshot! They'd send a kid to counseling or worst if a kid carried one of those today. And god forbid, if they had a pocketknife! Punching toys, slingshots, pocketknives. And let's not forget those Rockin Sockin Robot above. How did we all grow up and not become psychotic killers?

Oh, and Andy/1930fordpickup. I think those other guys were meant to be joking with those comments. As I was with my two above. ?

Oh, and 3 grand damage to the Subaru. No Pinto was worth 3 grand after they left the dealer new!

What to the deer? ?

Ertl should be ashamed of themselves for conceiving of that version of the sedan delivery in the first place. And to call it a "Woodie"? Where is the wood? Plus the typical boring Ertl box art. I passed on that one as quick was I could at the time. And I'm still not regretting it.

You are correct. Meteors were sold through your Mercury dealers in Canada. And for the reasons you mentioned. Canadian Monarchs (1946 - 1961) were sold through your Ford dealer so he could have a higher priced model on his show floor. Now the confusion comes in with the one year only Frontenac. In 1960 you could walk into your Mercury/Meteor dealer and buy a Falcon with a different grille and taillights, called the Frontenac. And for 1960 only there were no Comets sold in Canada. Why? Because when Comet was under development it was to be an Edsel companion. Not a Mercury. This would have created a problem for your Mercury/Meteor dealers. On the US side of the boarder, when Edsel was paired with another Ford brand, it was paired with Mercury. North of the boarder, Ford of Canada's plan was to replace Monarch with Edsel. There are no '58 Monarchs for this reason. Under that setup your Ford/Edsel dealer would get both the Falcon and the Comet. Leaving your Mercury/Meteor dealer with no equivalent model to sell. Hence the Frontenac. But, since Edsel flopped on both sides of the boarder, the Monarch was hastily brought back for '59. And the decision to pair up Comet with Mercury came too late to cancel the Frontenac. Which worked out okay since Comet wasn't ready to hit the show floors until March of 1960, about 6 months after Falcon and Frontenac were ready to go. I love those Canadian only variants. Can you tell?

I know for sure AMT's coupe and sedan delivery kits share the same chassis, fenders, engines, etc. But, the sedan looks to me like it's based on a different tooling. The front ends are not set up on the coupe or sedan delivery, to easily be converted to a '39 using the parts from the sedan kit. The chassis also doesn't look exactly the same. And the optional engines, while being the same between the coupe and sedan delivery, is not the same in the sedan. Also there is some question by Ellen Shaver about the loss of the '40 version of the sedan being lost after the "Diamond In The Rough" version? No worries about that. The Stevens International version I have, made in the last ten years, can still be built as a '39 or '40 Ford sedan. Despite the box art promoting the '39, the instructions talk about the '40 as the only way the kit can be built. All of the parts are still there.

Need to recheck your facts before saying the "'39 and '40 share very little in the way of common parts." You are correct on all the changes you listed, but steel metal. According to Ford themselves, most body sheet metal is shared between the '39 and '40 Fords. Evan using the exact same part numbers.