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Great looking decals! Think I've got a Triline buckle here somewhere.

Hey Mr Goldman, how about cloning the mpc supervan in 1/25?

Almost...

The 'Old Autos' website would be a good place to start. They also publish a bi-monthly newspaper for old car fans, with lots of articles on the north of the border variants along with other historical stuff.

Here's a side by side look at the two... The amt has the most accurate profile on the fenders. There's two things to contend with in back-halving the cab - the cab roof height above the rain gutters was raised about an inch in '64 and the body line on the door is sloped on the unibodys vs jogged on the reg cab, but they end up in the same place on the c pillar. I found out that the moeb bodyside has more curvature than the amt when I tried a fitting of the amt front clip to the moeb cab. Hope this helps.

Agreed

A drive through Wyoming a few years back netted (from the dealer, not someone's truck) this companion to my Maclin Ford plate... Bought an entire truck to get one of these labels and resold the truck a few months later, well recompensed for my time.

That's totally fair and I don't expect everyone to think like the guys that know these trucks. There's good engineering in these kits but they stand as an anomaly accuracy-wise compared to the rest of moeb and industry standard offerings. Good imagination being shown with 'lipstick' applied, by way of accessories like wrecker bodies, plows etc, to keep the sales and interest up.

Came out of the garage just in time to see a good sized spider sailing across the yard on a silk thread, probably launched from one of the big pines. As soon as I focused on it, a big dragonfly swooped in and nailed it Nature is awesome. Was disappointed not to have seen any fireflies this year. There really is something profound in the line from the old Dirt Band tune that goes 'city lights ain't all that bright compared to what it's like, seein' lightning bugs go dancin' in the rain'

Kudos on your optimism I was up to 8 or 9 of the variations at one point but reality set in when I realized how much time was needed to actually make something I could like looking at on my shelf. Down to two now; hopefully be able to motivate to a complete project before time runs out

Funny, I was thinking from the other side of things, as moeb's original tooling mockups had the dana and it was possibly intended for use in all variations of the truck just like they did with the one size fits all F250 hubcaps. This wouldn't have been totally inaccurate because Ford did option the semi-floating Dana 60 5 bolt in the trucks through the 60's (same basic diff as the Chryco hemi cars). Their 'interpretation' of Ford's 9 inch looks just like a kwikee fix to assuage the questionable impressions forming amongst knowledgeable Ford fans. Who knows...

Wouldn't that be nice to have plastered on a vintage Camaro Definitely a distant finisher in the ugly sticker award department compared to the old Lou Isfeld Lincoln (Abbottsford BC) viking head sticker; the head alone was almost 2x3 inches.

A cross with something, but not sure it's a dana Yes, that's how far off it is. The revell broncos and Model As have the best scale 9 inch center sections.

Sounds typical

As everything else points to a '63 raven black Ford 300 4dr sedan, red interior, with a six cylinder 3 spd, it's not out of the realm of possibility that it's just a simple stamping mistake. Not real common, but I've seen several examples on both door tags and body buck tags. Like this one on the cowl tag from a '67 Mercury M250 It shows an A(never used) in the assembly plant position when it should have been a C (Oakville).

Very striking combination of paint and stance Nice work!

Sure would love to have this one back... A forlorn engineless coupe replete with sickly blue vinyl interior given a second chance at life with a 5.0 drivetrain/interior transplant from the serendipitous score of a wrecked '82 GT. ...and the addition of some rare whiteline TRX tires sourced from a defunct Tbird

Interesting article from a Pontiac magazine... Pic from the Hemmings article ... https://www.hemmings.com/stories/car-culture/this-1956-meteor-rideau-flashed-brightly-to-help-ford-grow-across-canada/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EDaily&utm_campaign=2024-08-01&uemlid=edd443be080701c85bc07bed2a28853c3574282a17a86c999688a395e6f61ce8 And there was a Collectible Automobile issue a few years ago that had a '56 Meteor on the cover, accompanied by an article on the Meteors written by Perry Zavitz.

A little backstory from a Model Roundup bulletin... "First we have the arrival of the unique and authentic 1968 Mercury M-100 Pickup. Larry Thompson, owner of Moebius Models, sent us this history and asked us to share it with you. Apparently, Erik Solie from Larry's staff brought the idea of doing a Canadian Truck to Larry showing him a picture and explaining, "these were done for the Canadian Market". With large swaths of Canada's rural outback without a Ford Dealer in the area. Ford Motor Company, needing to sell their popular F series pickups in Canada decided to release a special version of the F-100 pickup under the Mercury moniker as M-100's. The truck was a big success in Canada and vintage models are very collectable today. Larry further reflected, "Having many customers in Canada that build our kits, why not dedicate a model to them! Along with not needing much incremental investment to produce the kit, why not indeed! As a huge fan of Canadian Sports and his loyal Canadian customers, Larry got excited and greenlighted the project. The box art is dedicated to Terry Ryan one of the original box art guys for Pegasus Hobbies. (Pegasus is another popular Thompson business) Larry remembers fondly as he and Terry traveled frequently to Detroit to see the Red Wings play. Both are avid Hockey fans and therefore the background of this kit looks like a Hockey arena in honor of Terry. There is also a logo on the truck for Terry's company. On the marquee is a tribute to Terry Ryan, “Thanks for the memories!". The box art for this kit was done by Scott Willis, a contemporary and friend of Terry’s. Larry concludes, "As you can tell this project has a lot of history for us, hope you enjoy" Ah, the sweet memories. Terry, this one is for you! Canada this one is for you! What a great idea for a kit!" Funny how info can get all twisted out of whack on the 'net. After the war, Ford had some catching up to do after the elder Henry finally 'retired'. Ford and Lincoln-Mercury were split into separate dealer streams, much like GM and Chrysler had already done; Chev/Olds dealers selling the Chevy trucks and Pontiac/Buick dealers selling the GMC trucks. Dodge dealers sold their namesake trucks and the Chrysler/Plymouth dealers sold the Fargo/Plymouth trucks. The Mercury truck was marketed by the L/M dealer network. It's possible in smaller towns with just one or the other type of Ford agency they sold either type of truck. One Merc I owned had been originally ordered by a Ford dealer. Another interesting tidbit is that '66-'68 Mercs were built at both the Oakville and San Jose plants. The US built trucks were meant to bolster supply for western Canada, as the Oakville plant ramped up overall production due to the removal of tariffs hindering production for the US market. Thanks Moebius, for finally doing one.

Answer's in the last part of my statement; not dissing the build itself. Just my 2 cents, ymmv. The FE was available as an option in all years and payloads from '65 up; the 240 six was standard. Mid-year '69 was when the 302 was added to the list.

Nice pic! You can hear that blower whine and feel the rumble from the pipes Looks like a break to let it cool down...

Wow! Great finish and stance

Wow. That's hard to look at... perhaps those blue hubcaps were more fitting for this toylike rendition than we suspected...

Crossed paths with it about thirty years ago at a friend's shop in London where it was receiving a fresh coat of pearl white.