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That's what I thought. On the Mercury side, it's called Madras Blue poly. I had my local napa mix up a can for me. White seats and door panels would really make a nice contrast for that Shelby

Gorgeous color, Rex! Which paint code/color is it?

Sure cleaned up nice in your capable hands Mike What did you do for those realistic headlights?

Just to help with accurate sizing, the 221 -302 engines were 18.75" wide in 1:1 (351W 21") which translates to .76 wide in 1/25. It looks to be the same as the amt '66 Mustang engine mentioned by Snake and has the timing cover oil tube used on the 221, 260 and early 289s (pre '65). Been wanting to build one of these early ones with the generator as well. If going for complete detail, don't forget the draft tube at the back of the manifold .

maybe a few summers... judging from the footage provided by Juan Browne of the depleted lakes/reservoirs in that area, it looks like another dry cycle

If said collectors aen't bright enough to carefully look at the pics, well... If the seller is using an original kit for pics, then you've got a case.

Nice work on those details, Bill; the dash pad, headliner and even windshield squirter hoses really add to it but that grill is really the piece de resistance that makes this project a standout We sure appreciate you taking the time to apply your skills and creativity in making these grills and other parts available to us for a while ... now I have to get mine back out on the bench to finish

Great overview Chris. That 'curious retool' of the dual snorkel air cleaner was actually making it into an accurate part for the '83-'85 5.0 4V package. I do believe it's the only one in scale as well since I don't think mpc ever did one for their mustangs. (be happy to be proven wrong though) The '82 GT had one too, but with a smaller center housing for its 2V carburetor... ...Upon closer inspection, it looks as if they've actually tooled the '82 housing instead of the '83-'85 version. Small difference in scale, but you know us rivet counters...

Kinda similar in concept to the paxton airbox on the shelbys...

Possibly units assigned to higher ranks or non-regular street duty had the carpets...

Certainly can't beat that perceptive summary, Mr K Obviously we'll never see the '83 body again, with the mold update to the newer body, but fortunately the massaging needed to backdate the new body is limited to the side moldings and lower regions. With a talented resin caster capable of sculpting the proper slot between the headlights on the '83 fascia to make an '85/'86 front cap and maybe casting the '79-'82 & '83/'84 front ends, along with tail lights etc, we could see the complete line of four-eyed foxes being within reach of interested modelers.

Too true, Tom. Scalemates doesn't have to be a pariah, though. Suppose a few knowledgeable guys gave him some feedback on areas where accuracy is, um, lacking to help make it a better resource. If he's unwise enough to spurn the help, well, he's on his own

At least it makes a great parts source for fans of the dual snorkel carbed 5.0 cars ... more affordable than the original '83 ragtop With a talented resin caster capable of sculpting the proper slot between the headlights on the '83 fascia to make an '85/'86 front cap and maybe casting the '79-'82 & '83/'84 front ends, along with tail lights etc, we could see the complete line of four-eyed foxes being within reach of interested modelers.

Definitely a site with information that is usually to be taken with a very large grain of salt Save the thanks for Steve... I just fluffed it up a bit. The Meteors here ran from '49 -''61 and then from '64 into the '70s.

True, based on the Fairlane body architecture The Canadian Meteor was an entry level Mercury based on the Ford body shell sold at Lincoln-mercury dealers. Ford US took the name back in '62/'63 to apply to the midsize body but sales apparently weren't sufficient so the name was reapplied to the '64 canadian cars. I've got a radio faceplate here for one that fits the '63/'64 Ford radios as well. Good looking project, Tom!

Combined with parts from this one maybe ...

If you're lucky enough to also have CRS, you're really in trouble

That being the case, some of the details are awfully close ... . ... definitely one rarely seen in it's entirety, so it's always seemed a mystery for contents.

I'd much rather have seen this one repopped than the narrow mpc version. Here's the perspective again from left to right of the mpc, amt and revell bodies.

Virtually identical interior mold lines on the amt '69 and '70 bodies would suggest possible direct lineage through the longnose '69 kit... and then there's the longnose chrome tree supplied in the Mach Won kits, complete with the '69 grill. Would love to hear the back story on the molding process. Somebody out there has a longnose body they can share some pics of

Good to hear it finally got there Thanks for the great trade!

Since chev finally adapted a perimeter frame similar to pontiac's in '65, it seems the revell '65 frame is a very close fit for those who need more detail ... Mr Barron took some good pics... for this thread...

As Mark said, the same stock '70 body is unchanged through all three kits, with only a windshield change for the latter two. The front valance from the '69 is used for the funny cars; you can see the instructions say to file off the marker lights. The drag specific chrome tree from the .'69 long nose car is recycled in the mach won kits as well, complete with the '69 grill. They sure don't sell for $2.25 any more...

It was definitely easier to see the difference in '59/'60, when the pontiac front track was 63.75" and the chev track was 60.3". By '65, however, the track difference between chv and pnt was only 1/2 an inch per side. The easiest way to identify a canadian pontiac is the parallel wipers instead of the clapper style, as the northern cars used the chevy cowl.