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I would love to get pics (jpeg) files emailed of the pics of the GT40's. Thanks Mike C for the link. I was able to save the images.

The reports said $250 was scammed from people. All you have to do is not answer or hang up. Now there are scams preying on people saying your daughter was abducted, complete with a screaming kid in the background. There are some sick and evil people out there.

It is an awful kit. It is so bad and inaccurate that I turned it into a Mad Max style car. I posted some pictures of the finished model a while back.

Are those the kit tires? They look really skinny.

Looks like the Sunny (Japanese) 427 body on the 289 chassis kit made about 30 years ago with the original AMT kit as the base. You can still find them and the reissue made by Academy which was more honest and labeled the kit as a 289 (with a 427 type body). So, since the 289 chassis (leaf spring front) and 427 (coil springs) are vastly different, your best best is to make a 289 Comp Cobra using the 289 AMT kit front and the Sunny rear and using a HRM engine. That is my suggestion anyway. I'm sure JC and Cobraman will chime in on what they recommend.

Correct - the Mark I's were very expensive (about three times the price of s GT and much more than a Saleen). It did pave the way for the Cobra model but due to the high price only 62 were made. My guess is there a lot of low mileage ones out there that would still not fetch $40,000 give that a new 6 cyl Mustang has more horsepower.

Very cool. My goal is to build one each of all the IMC/Testors and MPC GT40's, Mark II's, IV's and J Cars. I have only one left to go - the MPC Jcar. Did you use Keith Marks decals to build the 1971 Europa?

The real Cobras (about 1,000 260 or 289 and 427 or 428) were made from 63-67. Everyone since is either a kit car or a continuation model authorized or built by Shelby. Blue and Red are the most popular colors. The 427 was the fastest production car for many decades. Good work and welcome to the hobby. We are all addicted to plastic on this forum.

I would fly it.

Nice build. I built one with the stock wheels and tires and hubcaps. It's too bad the reversed the wipers on the kit - that was an oops they never bothered to correct.

Here are more pictures of #15 as raced at Daytona. Notice the small #15's on the taillights.

Yes the Mustang script is included with his Mach1 decals. The decals come in black or silver.

Since 43 years have passed I will speculate on the reason for the unusual decals. Wayne Andrews (another source says Max Berrier) drove a #15 highly modified Mustand in the East Grand National NASCAR series. As you can see in the picture the decals are pretty much dead on to the car as it was raced except for the side stripes which I suspect may have been added to the real car or someone at MPC just bought they would look cool. There are decals for different race tracks this car raced at on the sheet. Other pictures show a chrome front bumper and a 71/72 style grille and the car was raced in 72 and/or 73. So, either these decals were meant for an earlier issue of the kit (the version with the roll cage and race interior would make sense) and instead of bothering to design a new decal sheet MPC just threw this one in the new 73 kit. So in someone's infinite wisdom they decided let's make the same mistake and include a decal sheet that makes no sense for this stock 73 sportsroof. I would find some 71/72 grille parts (Detroit Resin Group has them) and use the decals on the Warren Tope kit and buy some Keith Marks 73 Mach1 decals and make a separate stock Mach1. I have no insider knowledge of my assumptions but given the bizarre things we have all seen with other kits and decals I'd say I'm not too far off. I will not speculate what engine Andrews/Berrier ran but a Boss 302 would not surprise me at all. Of course we all know that engine did not come in any 71-73 Mustang which is okay because the kit has neither the 351C or 429CJ either much less a pirated Boss 302. What you get is a regular 302 (single exhaust would be factory correct) and a Boss 429 which never came in any 71-73 Mustang.

No love for the FMX automatic. ;-)

Retro is not always a good thing. Keith Marks has the correct decals.

I will make note of your mods as I have started this project also except I will being doing the Lil Red version.

Seeing the model built reminds me that that it is a combo of parts for various 66-68 Mustang kits. When these sell for crazy money on EBay I just shake my head.

Revell in the early 2000's along with a blue 67 GT500 and some versions of 68 fastback including the Bullitt version. I found this one on EBay for under $20 with shipping.

Sort of a blend between a diecast and a model. The body is prepainted and decorated. The interior and chassis and engine are like a typical model. The nice thing is it was a very fast build. The 68 ten spoke wheels are incorrect for a 67 and the body is stock Shelby instead of having the modified Eleanor body kit. Nonetheless less it was a fun build and looks cool.

Gaggle of GT40's there.

The story that began this thread is so full of holes it should be In a Bonnie & Clyde movie.

Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland has some nice pre-drilled distributors that look very realistic.

That looks so much better than the 66 chassis. Did you also use the 67 Mustang 289 engine?

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