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Obviously well insulated and a match for the cold. That pic reminds me of a cousin's experience with an in-box camper. Early one morning at a campground, a couple of young pranksters closed the tailgate on him and ran away laughing. Only has to happen once, or if you're smart, not even that ?

Just curious to know if anyone has done an accurate 3D print or taken the time to correct the proportion problems on this offering... It's definitely beyond the average modeler's ability but can be mostly done.

They could be ordered with all the variations Ford had...

MAD resin did a tailgate and emblems for the 65/66 trucks; the gate works on the 67/68 mercs as well. Grills are the same as Fords for all sixties Mercs; here's a great chance to improve the existing 68/69 grill and make it less toylike. Production on those ended in the late spring of 1968... here's a good link for info: https://www.fordification.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35331

A check on the US PS site revealed that base shipping of a roughly one pound box from most of the US to points north is about twenty five bucks, so I guess the rates I witnessed are anomalies. But they're out there if you look hard enough... I can still ship a kit south to anywhere on the continent above the rio grande for less than I can send one to the eastern half of this country for. It sure as heck will make sense to have one going forward to prove delivery if that site is going ahead with that payout plan. Of course, we could just be imagining things: what could go wrong with committing yourself to the Swiss watch efficiency of the ps?

That blue deuce on the original box sure is a fine build but it definitely ain't a flattie under that hood Sure beats the red one for appeal. Looks like the flattie has a C4 auto transmission.

Don't think this will improve your outlook any... now I'm hearing that the purchase price is withheld by the site until they have proof of delivery. Wow. Won't this warm the hearts of those that have had the splendid experience of tracking their items through six or seven states before they finally arrive

You get better and better all the time, Chuck. Great work capturing the look !

Not always... Key here is to ask... send the seller a note asking if they'll consider shipping regular basic mail. I'm guessing too many sellers are getting lazy, allowing the site to do their thinking for them and are just following prompts that benefit the site. I've seen listings recently that show shipping at basic rate to be about fifteen US.

Speaking for myself, I guess I'd rather have an accurately rendered scale representation, even with limited parts count and one grill, than four different grills to apply to a caricature of the subject ...

A slightly narrowed revell'69 windshield or maybe a '69 cougar front glass might be usable as well.

You're right! Pretty obscure info... never noticed the column difference for some reason.

No real conflict, Tim; the '63 brochure confirms the seats had gray upholstery. The '61/'62 seats were brown, and in '64 the range of colors went to four. This had no effect on the paintwork pre-'64.

You may be thinking of the standard gray GM truck interiors, Tim. It's true that these '61-'66 F100 series trucks had some gray accents, notably the cardboard headliner pieces and seat upholstery( some years), but the interiors were thoroughly painted in primary body color all the way through. The custom cabs had the extra white accents on the dash and doors. The only time the dash top changed to other than body color was with the optional black dash pad. '63 base cab with non-original upholstery and speaker grill. '64 custom cab with original seat. I've looked everywhere and haven't come up with a preserved original '63 seat pic yet.

'63 unibody shortbox mockup, checking wheelbase on foose chassis: perfect! I'll narrow the track and adjust ride height as I go...

Two things; beautiful sunny morning, warmer by seventy degrees than two weeks ago at this time, and the honor of having the trust of the little chickadee that took seeds from my hand while I was refilling the feeders

First straight mockup on foose frame with yenko camaro rolling stock... Track/height will be finessed further; wheelbase is perfect

Dug out my unibody shortbox conversion project to check something...

They're probably sitting on the um 'fendts', regarding issuing that one

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So did the Ford guys

Looks like they just used the frame from the short stepside; aka Billy's truck.

FWIW, here's the two different wrecker bodies from Revell...

The six mounts to the frame almost exactly the same from 65-79 so you can use the moeb mounts. More here... https://www.fordification.com/tech/engine-perches.htm