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Aside from being a hair narrow at the top, looks like it will fit just fine with careful gluing... Thanks for posting that, JC. Pretty cool but I don't have the slightest desire to own one

This kit actually has 3 chrome trees but only one with the '69 trim and drag engine parts -shared with the longnose kit The '69 amt grill here is actually better than the mpc one and will be a great start for a '69 conversion, as Mark alluded to. As an aside, I tried the mpc '69 windshield for fit in the amt last night and with careful gluing, it could work. It's just a hair narrow, so a slight bit of shimming on each pillar could pull off the illusion. aand, there's no need for any unpleasant culinary concoctions here. These kits had achieved an almost mythical status due to them being hard enough to get one at a time let alone both. Just pure luck they fell into my hands when I could take the time to scope them out. I'm not a patch on Mark's knowledge of this hobby but every three or four blue moons I can hopefully make something of a contribution.

On another forum it is being claimed that the interiors are different between the amt '69 and '70. As the gent doesn't seem to be given to talking through his hat, I'll take his word for it until the kit comes out and we can check. When I had both original '69 and '70 bodies side by side, they appeared to be identical but for outer body detail; why they would tool up a whole new interior is a good question. '69 and '70 AMT bodies

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Mark, are you meaning the longnose and the mach won were sold at the same time? In Tim's drag racing model book, he shows the wood model of the longnose; I believe in 1/10 scale. What about the possibility they created the mold for it solely from the wood buck and segued the '69 annual mold into the '70?

Nice work Chris. It's too bad they couldn't fit in a version of the '85/'86 but I guess the timing of the SVO nixed that effort. Would also have been nice to see the GT dual snorkel air cleaner but at least you can source the '82 version from the monogram '83 or monkees '87 mustang.

In view of respectfully disagreeing with the 'entirely different... everything' descriptors, I will lay out some pictures for the jury's entertainment First, I will agree that the chassis, front and rear body trim, wheels, engine, and some outer body shell trim details are entirely new to the '70, but these kits do share at a minimum interiors, hoods, rad support, firewall and glass. '69 and '70 body shells compared: The fact that the body shell exterior mid-section and interior parting lines and marks are very close to identical on these two bodies is what leads me to believe that the '69 body mold became the '70. I'm guessing the real answer will remain shrouded in the mists of time. Be nice to have someone take inside pics of the longnose body for comparison. And one more thing... a close look at the nose profiles reveals a vestigial bit of the '69 headlight door curve remains at the bottom of the '70 nose. The '70 front angle is also slightly off; it should match the side marker light. Throws the front appearance off a wee bit. Parts '69 Parts '70

So it is your fault we're getting a new one Yes it is the same kit. Packaged twice as the funny car using the annual body. https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/100077-69-mustangs/ Visual evidence from comparing the original AMT '69 and '70 bodies seem to indicate the '69 body mold was modified into the '70 Mach 1 and then the body used on both funny car reissues as well, taking it's use into the early '70s. Looks like they didn't scrap the mold after all ! The longnose '69 body appears to be a separate mold, making use of some of the original '69 trim pieces. And Steve G pulls off another major hit

Interesting window into Ford planning in the mid-sixties

Hope this isn't too much of a digression

'Bout time you got back ... looks great! Really captures the era.

Pfft, minor stuff, compared to one of the two '57 Meteor rancheros that broke cover at the Red Deer show a few years back

Well-engineered kit meets the master ... beautifully done, sir

Great stuff, Les. None of the three 44s my neighbor has look anywhere as good as the one at your show... yet

and one for the weathering file...

Betcha there's no power windows or power brakes on that one.. a maybe an original owner

Again, Casey's pic of the original... and the final disposition of the fastback chrome shot in the street freak awb drag car... The reissued fastback uses the coupe chrome shot with, as Steve reported, altered depth on the Shelby wheels and twin fuel caps added along with an extra tail light bezel.

Sweet little Acadian and a '54 Olds

Thanks for that input. Guess my copy ended up in the pile I gave to the local boys&girls club.

I seem to remember a '66 built by one C. Kourouklis esq in that time frame... I'll see if I can find my issue.

...and there's the rub

Not as tough to make your own shortbox as I thought... 8 inches out of the front of the box side and 12 out of the back

They need to integrate that little bit of common sense into the factory assembly process... these wheels had never been off the vehicle Of course, a savvy owner could do that right off the bat; much like spraying something like fluid film over the wheelhouse on a new pickup could save that area from rustout.

Finally got motivated to make the cuts on my unibody short box conversion. Another project received attention too; making cuts to turn a series lll Landy into a series ll with the 88" w/b and inner mounted headlights. This one will be somewhat un-stock, with my inspiration being the '66 Golden Rod V8 conversion ...