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That suburbanite 8.45-15 tire is a great looking tire. My lone surviving original scales out to a 27-28" OD, a tad on the small side but passable. Hope fully some original style tires in the 30-32" range will be brought to market. mike

I've got the same one, Steve, picked up from an r&r supplier. In addition to it being a real turd, whoever cleaned up the casting slipped and wiped out half the lower windshield molding and one wiper. Maybe I'll try to adapt the front fenders to one of the falcon bodies... Apparently perry's resin did one too. mike

You might want to have another look at that 'handful of parts' pic. These are patterned after the original Ford parts, not aftermarket ones. Your pics do nothing to disprove the idea of two oem basic rib designs I do agree with the idea of different scales affecting the look of a part to a point, but the scale nascar and racing mustang diffs have kind of a 'high browed' look as well. The new revell diff captures the proper sloped brow look; these cases did after all house a round gear, not a square one mike

Thank you for the insight, Mr Anderson. And thanks, Revell, for taking the time to get that diff right (small potatoes, I know, in the grand scheme of things) mike

Some of these old films are pure gold mike

This is admittedly a subject with maybe limited appeal but the main point, I guess, is to show what's been produced on the off chance there might be other Ford nuts like me wondering if anyone got it right, as there are applications where they can be seen. Here's another pic to show better profile... diff from amt '39 wagon rod mike

Has anyone else ever wondered why it seems companies will 'reinvent the wheel', so to speak, with new kits coming to market with parts that could have been copied from previous similarly equipped offerings? What led to this question was a survey of the contents of Revell's new '29 model A. There was tooled for this kit yet another Ford 9" differential, which turns out to be the best one done yet. They also have five other toolings of this subject ... There were basically two oem styles of rib designs applied from this axle's first use in '57 to it's end of use in the mid '80s. Got motivated to go dig through the pile to see what other variations existed in scale. Along the rail in the pic from L-R are examples from the new revell '29, the revell GTO Mustangs, the monogram nascar T-bird, the new revell '57 Fords and the revell '64 T-bolt. The complete diff above these is from the amt '70 Torino. Diffs on the right hand side, from front to back, are the '67 AMT Mustang 8", Polar Lights Talladega 9" and the AMT Comet/Fairlane 9". The no-effort-wasted-on engraving one up at the top is from the AMT '78 Bronco. Other well done center sections can be found in the revell bronco and the amt '39 wagon rod. With the 1957 model year being the genesis of the 9 inch axle design, I'm finding I faintly ironic that the part tooled for the new revell '57s is among the less accurate versions Here's a couple of pics of the real McCoy that I had 'in stock'... the basic design... and the coveted 'nodular' high strength center section mike

Those 15s look great! Here's a pic of a 7.50-16 traction tire that would be perfect for vintage 4x4s... or even a rough radial equivalent like these... the basic 7.50-16 tire could be a similar sidewall and treadface as your 15s, Joseph. found a handy tire size chart, too mike

That's the only worthy shot I've seen so far mike

Here's a pic of this mean mudder kit from a current auction... mike

Great work, Chris! mike

Here's what came with the earlier re-issue mpc '69 mustangs... hard to beat 4 nice minilites on a fifty cent garage sale find mike

The parts already exist, so it won't cost them anything anyways. All the various permutations of this tooling were planned ahead of time. Anyways, I'm not in marketing Just very interested in the process... mike

maybe I'm mounting on the off side here, but with '69, '71 and '70 2wds already on the market wouldn't it seem they might sell more with the 4wd chassis vs just another 2wd re-issue with a grill and decal update? mike

The new kits coming out may rekindle some interest. Too late for me; I lost interest with the advent of the cot and 'yotas... ..and I'll stick with '60s/70s era projects and a phantom Ford racetruck I've got in mind mike

Easiest source for the big dana would be any of amt's 70's F350 series, ie-super stones 4x4. If you don't have one, I can send you one... mike

that's a real gem; super paintwork! mike

here's a couple more... mike

how about some mercury truck stuff mike

Amen. Very appealing build mike

You'll find everything you need for detail on these on the fordification.com website... mike

nice stance and grill detail mike

nice work on one of my favorites, Ron mike

It is amazing how much can be forgiven as long as the 'face' of a kit is right. When it's so obviously out of proportion, everything else is suddenly suspect. Not that we can probably expect corrections on this one as it was a limited run, but if they do reissue it, we can hope they're listening. It's an unfortunate hiccup in their well done variety of kits. Perhaps if they're planning to market another pre-70 edition, say, a '67, both grills could be done at once. I guess the magic word so often missing in these kind of reviews should be added here: 'please' mike

http://www.rodauthority.com/news/we-clarify-why-chevys-302-cubic-inch-engine-is-better-than-fords/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-clarify-why-chevys-302-cubic-inch-engine-is-better-than-fords perhaps this one slipped by the editors... or not mike