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  1. vamach1
    Sorry to hear about the ordeal with MCRC. I ordered the coupe resin transkit about five years ago and received it in about three months. From reading all the other comments you were probably lucky to get a refund as others seem to be holding out hope they will get their kits. Perhaps one of the other resin caster will step in and fill the void. Some modelers have inordinate patience and when one well known resin caster announced announced they were retiring customers had to wait up to two years but they knew in advance and did receive their goods. Post some pictures sometime of your car sometime. Here’s a 71 351CJ Grande from about 20 years owned by Chip Peyton of Virginia.
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    Super nice build. I visited Sebring last weekend for the first time and it is a great facility. I took some pictures of some of the photos in a few of the buildings.
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    Super nice and the corrected front stance looks just right.
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    Sharp looking pony with some Shelby touches.
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    I guess the December date may be pushed back to the end of the first quarter. ?
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    I think my son was luckier. I let him drive my 2003 Mustang Cobra on the three parade laps.
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    Here are just some of the pictures I took Friday and Saturday. It was my first time at this historic raceway.
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    Great job on the movie car back when there was no such thing as CGI and all the stunts were real.
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    Hope to see yours finished soon. I did not go crazy with my conversion kit and went a different route on color from the Foose build. I have seen a lot of clones in many other colors besides the metallic gray. I painted a very light coat of color shift paint over Ford blue.
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    South Beach and Bayside.
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    Technically not on the road but in a parking garage. The red vette desperately needs a wash.
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    Thanks for all the comments. It’s a shame the engine compartment is very plain and the kit is not a great representation of the actual car. I have some other 79-80 Fox body kits and plan to do a Cobra version with decals from Rays kits.
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    Agree with everyone. A very impressive clean build with the movie car wheels and paint scheme. Also you are now safe from referring to the movie Eleanor without being sued by anyone. ?
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    I remember watching a Speed channel episode about “Daisy” narrated by Jason Priestly. Too bad neither the coupe or convertible did not make it to production by Ford but Superformance is supposed to be making GR1’s.
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    Box stock build of this old kit. It’s pretty basic and could use so much extra detailing under the hood but I’m calling it done. The postcard came with the model. You can find this kit on auction sites fairly reasonable priced.
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    This chart shows only the 71 Boss having the aluminum intake manifold. Other sources say the 72 HO also had one. As far as I know all of the 351CJ Q code engines had a cast iron manifold.
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    I’ve yet to see a kit that is perfect especially if it is based upon an older car where plans are not available to make an exact clone. I’m looking at all the fantastic details that would have been overlooked in most kits like the rev limiter, voltage regulator, coil, horns, starter solenoid, ram air plenum, etc. The only downside is now when I look at all the MPC and AMT 71-73 kits in my collection I may lose all interest in building any of them. My only hope is I can get at least three of the Boss kits at a good price. We have not seen a closeup of the kit part but for those that want to modify it to look like the EOM part here is what it should look like.
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    Looks very nice. I need to get back to my build and finish it. The paint scheme is challenging but worth the effort.
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    There is also the pre-painted Testors diecast kit pictured below which has similarities with the MPC plastic kit. They did Mach1 and Boss version of course all of which were incorrect in several ways but they did paint them blue and also silver. The Mach1 came in black, yellow, red and maybe more. Nonetheless regardless of which version they all had a Boss 429 engine carried over from the MPC drag/stock car versions. The non Ford folks out there might think why “another” Boss 351 kit. Simple answer is because this new Revell kit is the first one that is showroom stock correct inside and out.
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    The radiator hose bends at ninety degrees and goes straight down. The box art picture obscures that angle. Don’t freak out people.
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    Same here. The C6 was also used for the 351 M and Q code engines.
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    Yep. I have a “poor mans” Boss but it’s all I could afford in 1981. I still have my $1,650 1972 Mach1. With todays engine building advances despite it being a 2 bolt main block with 2 bbl heads it pulled 371hp on the dyno pull (before it was installed in the car last month). Once the engine is broken in I am curious what it will do in the 1/4 mile. With larger after-market anti-sway bars and Koni shocks it probably handles better than a stock Boss 351. Only things I wish it had was a four speed versus the FMX auto and A/C for hot FL weather. 32AB1598-B81F-4A17-8196-F439885CFD7A.MOV
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    Not sure how many real cars were made of the other nine fastest muscle cars of 1971 per the list below (all under 14 second 1/4 but I do know this is the first accurate kit of a Boss 351 with the correct engine and ram air plenum and air cleaner. Revell did make a 1970 Torino Cobra but sorry to say MPC or AMT did not make a correct 1971 Mach1 with a 429CJ or SCJ. How many others on the list have been made in kit form? The list if from Musclecarsillustrated.com
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    The MPC box art sold quite a few kits but the kit never had a true 351C Boss engine in it. It had the base 302 engine and a 428 which is not even correct for any 1971 Mustang. Add to that the incorrect vents in the back of the hood and that kit was mostly sizzle (decals were oaky) and little steak.
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    The service block for that car is probably going to keep it well under the $95,000 asking price.
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