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Very nice. Yes the strip decals are always an issue when there are hood scope and vents etc. to deal with.

I would agree based upon the asking prices. Would it sell if it was reissued and retailed for about $30 probably so, but paying $150 to $200 for any of these inaccurate older kits is crazy.

Thanks for the update. Yes a 351 R code HO or Q code in Bright Lime would be a nice build.

Yes I believe the top one was and the may have been Mustang Monthly. I went through a 40 year collection of a few thousand magazines and saved all the nice color pictures of race cars (Fords of course) and restored Mustangs. It will help when building a specific car and perhaps give other Mustangs builder out there some ideas. Here’s a few 69’s you do not see too often.

Were there bets as to how long before I chimed in? ? I guess I am a little biased. Is that perhaps the SMBC resin 351 engine or something else? Sad story about Chris so I’ll leave it at that. Yes, a Ford engine belongs in a Ford no matter what decade and even Detomaso realized a nice 351 Cleveland would be at home in the Pantera. Rouse and, Ford of Australia also saw the great potential of this potent SBC killer. The 351C’s (R code Boss and, HO and Q CJ) in 71-72 were the pinnacle of Blue Oval street muscle cars (comparable 1/4 mile times than a stock Boss 429 or 68 1/2 CJ) but high insurance and gasoline prices, emissions requirements and Ford bailing out of the TransAm series put a damper on racing and perhapsit’s a good thing as we did not have to watch Mustang II”s battle against Vega’s and Monza’s on road courses. ? Anyway, thanks for putting a Cleveland in you Hot Rod and hopefully we will see a plentiful supply of correct 1/25 engines in the future.

Perhaps. What amazes me is the prices of the original undersized MPC 69 Mach1/GT kit. Other than the front end (better shock towers) I do not see much difference between that kit and the many reissues under the MPC brand including the Street Hawk version for MUCH less money. As you noted the same kit (most of it) is now under the AMT “brand.” I guess people want to pay a $100 or more premium for an original box and a few different parts. It’s almost comical every version I have seen of this kit has a GT gas cap. Does anyone know if the original kit actually has 69 Mach1 stripes? Eventually the reissued versions had them.

Per Scalemates (if you trust that source) there were three versions. Looking at my al bought at different times two glue bombs, one Blue Cresent instruction sheet and one decal sheet (Mach Won) it appears the Blue Cresent kit had a stock Mustang chassis with some add on parts for a Prostock drag version. The later two Mach Won versions have a funny car chassis. Everyone assumes the molds are long gone so the chances of seeing any of the three versions ever again is probably slim to none. Here’s two on my glue bombs which both derive from I believe the Blue Cresent kit. The more I learn about this kit the more bizarre it gets. It has a Boss 429 engine but has the Mach1 molder in the rocker panel. The Twister decals are Fred Candy and I built this AMT based kit long before the Revell Boss 302/70 Mach1 or Torino kits came out. I assume the Longnose version would be a separate new kit due to the length of the chassis and body. Whether it borrowed parts from other funny car kits or was used in latter version I do not know. The pictures of the open kit are on Ebay. 24 bids as of 10pm EST 3/19/21 with 20 hours left and it’s at $168. ? Anyone else feel free to chime in if I made any incorrect assumptions.

Being used to seeing this only in white I like it. I could even picture a red interior that would really stand out. Nice addition of the GT style wheels versus the prototype ones. Some knock the kit for figment issues but how many kits from the mid 60’s has opening doors and trunk. It looks like you added some things under the hood also. Nice job.

I remember building the Wrecker when I was a teenager. I wish I still had it - it was a neat kit and small enough to not take up a lot of room. It was when 1/43 seemed like a strange scale to most but later I would discover many kits from Europe in that scale.

Evilbay tracks how often a potential “buyer” bids on items with the same seller. I suppose if the same person bids over and over on different items with mostly a seller they “know” they will get flagged and possibly banned. I bid up to what I am comfortable paying and if shenanigans happen that’s life - no kit is worth paying 100X the original cost.

Maybe Revell got it right in 2003. Their 1/32 slot car shows the driver with a 5 pt harness and a lap belt in the other seat. ? On the high end Exoto 1/18 Daytona Coupe diecast there are no seat belts whatsoever. ?

Just for fun.

There would seem to be no reason for a seat belt but the rules required a passenger seat so it is possible. Looking at ones currently restored is probably not the best indication as some spent a few years as street legal drivers until enthusiasts realized that they would become worth millions in a few decades and added them. I’m sure a few people have enjoyed some parade lap passenger rides in them in the last 20 years at historic race car reunions. Here are some pictures from 1964 and 1965 where clearly you can see the driver wearing a shoulder harness.

I always trim the decal as close as possible to the edge so there isn’t any “clear” portion that can haze. As for small decals - I have used a tiny amount of white glue and then press a wet Q-tip onto the decal to press in into a recessed area like a center cap or gauge. Then once dry I add some Kristal Klear over it which dries clear and helps protect the decal.

Very nicely done. Congrats.

It took a lot of searching but I finally found a Sportsroof Mustang with an interior other than all black (in this case blue) to show the area of the rear deck shelf was black. My first Mach1 I doing in the 70’s had a black interior and did not have the fold down seat so I was not 100% positive that area would also be black regardless of the interior color. This picture is from an unrestored Mach1 without the fold down seats but it also has non-factory speaker grille cut into the rear seat side panels. Not sure if anyone else cares about these things but it may help somebody.

Green with envy. Very Nice. Testors has a similar color and it really stands out. Nice work.

The #1 car in the Shelby Collection museum was not open so it was not possible to get pictures of the inside. On the other hand the #8 car was “exposed” at the Simeone museum so you could see every detail. Hope these help.

No need to explain about the color. Very nicely done. If anyone wants to build something similar here are two for inspiration.

That’s much more effort and cost than the Wheeler dealers would put into a Mack One (misspelled on purpose).

Clearly Scale does nice castings.

Found this engine picture for the Foose Mack One.. Obviously it’s for the SEMA crowd and more of a resto-mod instead of combining an old Mustang with a completely modern interior, engine and chassis that would cost far more than it would ever be worth.

Saw this on a Mustang Facebook page. The wheels are a lot better and I like the wide body too.

Looks like a great start.