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Have you a picture to show of your '78' grill? Does it have round or rectangle lights?
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Soooo, where do we get some of those big and little vintage tires? I've got a couple of the old 'Firestone Gum Dipped' skins here but I'm gonna need more
be nice to see some sets in a parts pack.
...upon closer inspection, these 'stones are actually Darlingtons; not quite what I'd hoped, but maybe close enough in a pinch...
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17 hours ago, horsepower said:
I want to vote for an Auburn instrument panel and gauges of the same era, and maybe an early Ford axle housing style quick change and a chassis with buggy springs ...
Yup...
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She's rough but I'd throw a tow bar on it it
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4 hours ago, keyser said:
Cool. Looks like an AMT 65-66 2+2 with the custom parts from the AMT 65 convertible that are similar to Mustang 2 showcar. Front wheels from same place. Cammer looks AMT, has weird breather I’ve seen in pile here.
Doesn’t look long wheelbase but hard to tell...Quite a mix there... looks like the mill and headers were sourced from the '68 mustang kit. Not sure of blower and cap.
First garage sale of season good for me too. Lots of car/truck stuff for sale that I didn't need; sometimes when you don't see what you want... ask!
... convinced him he didn't need that box of old builds in his basement. Nice bonus to find there were 4 or 5 '64 annuals in the mix but bit my tongue and got the works quite reasonable.
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Some detail pics for those maybe wanting more accurate engine compartment detail than that offered by the stock chassis plate or the '67 chassis.
The trumpeter '64 falcon and the '66-'69 amt falcons offer more accurate looking shock towers
Here's the contrast between the panels on the '65/'66 mustang and the '64/'65 falcon/comet...
... clearly showing how Ford sectioned the falcon height to achieve the new mustang styling.
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"Hmmmmm. That doesn't look like the slant six we ordered" he said as he slammed the hood.
"Oh, hello Buffy. Right on time for your driver's test"....
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Great topic for a story... too bad it was mangled.
We've seen millennial marketing -ie whale tail on amt superbird. (maybe, like, throw noss on 'er too so she'll, like, go really fast)
Welcome to millennial journalism, Mr Rhodes' favorite people. No solid writing skills at all but wow can they cover the latest fad. Auto journalism has been hard hit; got sucked into buying an issue of 'old skool rods' -pics are great but it, like many others, was painful to read
Definitely not Tom Shaw, old Dad or Ganahl writing for these.
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Very good idea, Dave, and now the guys that are a little pickier have options as well
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Thank you sir. I'll have to find one to see what I can accomplish with it. Kinda looking for a fair builtup with decent front clip...
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On 9/19/2018 at 7:53 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:
No. The Mercedes R107, which is the platform ALL the 450SL- 560SL cars were built on from 1971-1989, had essentially the same headlights and bumpers through all the years of production (though the air dam under the front bumper, wheels, and some trim and engines varied through the years).
YOURS can be any EUROPEAN spec car from 1971-1989.
Round headlights and heavy crash bumpers were on the USA spec cars.
Has the US spec car ever been kitted or parts thereof ?
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On 3/21/2022 at 11:23 PM, Plowboy said:
When a backlight is over eight scale inches too narrow, that's a huge blunder by anyone's standard.
On 3/22/2022 at 8:43 AM, Casey said:... as a neutral observer and someone who can be impartial, how else am I to judge a company's merits other than by the finished products they sell? Nobody forced nor coerced Moebius into creating two all new early Nova kits. I love that they made an attempt to correct things, but they had to have been aware ...
Seems to maybe be a pattern; a continuation from precedent set on an earlier subject release
They are a busy company, after all, with many things on the go; between vehicles and fantasy products, it's not surprising that an artistic impression slips through occasionally. Not that it's good for the reputation, mind you
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On 3/8/2022 at 9:14 AM, Dave Darby said:
If accuracy (for shock towers) is your goal...
... you may want to check out the '66-'69 amt falcons as well.
They were actually tooled with the early shock towers. I believe missing link had a resin copy of that engine compartment on offer at one time.
Hay Kevin! Got yer ears on ?
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That... is a real treat to look at. Amazing what a well chosen classy color combo can do for realism.
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What Tim said
Neither Ford parts nor the Walker catalogs show anything but singles on the light trucks.
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There's one in their kits already, copied along with the engine from the amt 75-79 F-series kits. I believe the decal sheet has 4bbl markings for the air cleaner.
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The '75/'76 390s- last two years of the FE- had an optional 4bbl. That's the engine amt chose to replicate in their F350s -and call a 460- and the moeb engine is a pretty much direct copy of that.
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Your talent for detail applied to that project created a beauty, Mike
Time for someone to supply an '85/'86 fascia...
Change the time to 40yrs and this comment
On 3/25/2022 at 9:20 PM, Maindrian Pace said:"I have been waiting for this kit for 25 years and they give me THIS?"
reflects what many thought of another fairly recent release with an original discussion thread ranging over 30 pages iirc. It was committed to steel with worse problems than this one
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That era of F-series never had stock 4bbl carbs, special exhaust manifolds or front sway bars either
Maybe they could throw in the duals from the '72 so the builder could adapt them to the FE engine.
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Another rare one spotted on the auction site...
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A big thanks to Mr Milberry (cancon) for a long looked-for trade!
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On 3/8/2022 at 9:38 AM, afx said:
From hlj.com:
Clean build, but unfortunately still toy-like in proportion and detail; the grill and cab roof contribute heavily toward making it a caricature of its subject.
The coon-eyes were a '69 Ranger item. Wondered when that D60 would surface...
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17 hours ago, Plowboy said:
And the '63 Nova wagon. I would love to see Round2 do the same thing with the '60 along with the '61-'63s. I'd be happy with them just the way they were.
Amen
1979 ford pickup grill for a 1973 grill.
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Thanks. Thought since you were using that pic you might have one of those resin round headlight conversions. The one I bought from blue oval was useless, just riddled with bubbles. I'll make my own from the bronco grill.
Btw, the square and round headlight trucks were built side by side on the line for '78; trim level was the determining factor for installation.