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  1. RancheroSteve
    Thanks guys - I'll be sure to post here if & when anything happens as far commercial availability. Keep in mind that this engine is only really correct for a '63 or early '64 car (after that Ford went to the six bolt bellhousing) Fairlanes, Galaxies, Falcons, Comets and Mustangs built before 8/64 had five bolt blocks.
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    Yes (thanks for asking) - the parts were cast out came out very well indeed! There is a small chance that these parts will be offered as a kit at some point, but until it happens I can't say much more.
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    Very well done! Any more info on the tires? I'm not familiar with PPP.
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    Yes, Hakan - that's the program I was referring to - buying old plates of the correct vintage and putting them on your vehicle. I've seen them at swapmeets; noticed there are a bunch on EBay now, of course.
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    I had thought about getting black plates for my '63 Ranchero at one point, but couldn't quite see spending the money folks were asking for them.
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    Interesting idea, Chuck - could be cool! The Nova front suspension design is actually quite similar to the stock Falcon set-up, and as I remember it, those parts are pretty well detailed. In the real world, putting a big block in a Falcon usually entails using a Mustang II type suspension - that would be another unusual way to go for a model. There are a few street rod kits that have that suspension.
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    Quite the history lesson, and certainly an illustration of paint technology through the years. Kind of amazing after all that butchering they were able to restore it to 1962 specs.
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    Really excellent, Curt! This is one you don't see every day. I'd like to see Atlantis re-pop some more of these kits - the originals are just way too pricey.
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    "MCW does not answer their e-mails when trying to find out if they have a car in stock." That hasn't been my individual experience - a few weeks ago I emailed asking if a kit was in stock, got a reply within 24 hrs. I mailed an order (with a check) that day, got an email letting me know he'd received my order and I had my kit within about a week. This was all during the holidays when things might be expected to move a little slower. Yes, it's kind of an old fashioned way to do business in this day and age, but I don't have any complaints.
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    I've been spending some time trying to get the trunk and rear fender areas right. Getting closer, but I'm going to have to put this one on the side burner for a bit - too many model related projects with deadlines.
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    Here's one I built a few years back: Rest in peace, Mr. 500.
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    The '65 Comet maybe?
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    All Falcons and Rancheros had 13" wheels until 1965. The six cylinder cars had four bolt wheels, the V8s (late '63 & up) had five bolt wheels.
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    Straight six (lots of info regarding this if you read back in the thread). Decent looking new wheels and backs form what i can see, but (just to be nit-picky again), they should be four bolt wheels for this vehicle. Put the hubcaps on 'em and no one will know, right?
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    I guess while we're at it, the other thing that isn't quite right is the inside of the tailgate: it should have the same slant as the outside (forward towards the top). I'm guessing that might have been a compromise necessitated by molding technology. Not so easily fixed, but you can throw a tonneau cover over the bed and call it good.
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    There's really only a couple of things wrong with the body as I see it, and they're both pretty fairly easily fixed. First, the lip above the rear window (I assume it's still there in the current re-issue) shouldn't be there - grind it flush and re-scribe the trim line. Second, the rear cab pillar is sculpted wrong, but this can be vastly improved with some work with a sanding stick and maybe a little putty. The photo below illustrates more how things should look: Apart from that, like most AMT kits of the period, it gets the look of the car about right to my eyes.
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    Haha - not to get too off-topic, but the outhouse probably represented real progress at one time. Just think about how things were done previously.
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    Maybe (?) oddly enough, the '69 Falcon "modified stocker" has some pretty good shock towers (inner fender wells). The rest of the kit, not so much.
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    Good points, Mark. Like you say, the AMT Ranchero chassis isn't too far off in general (besides the lack of a gas tank), but keep in mind that in the real world, the Ranchero (and sedan delivery) were built on the two door station wagon platform, so the floor continues flat behind the bed for a bit, then there is a pretty pronounced kick-up over the rear axle where it becomes the bed floor. This flat area behind the cab is where the rear passenger foot well would be in the wagon. This is also why there's a removable panel at the front of the Ranchero bed. Good for battery re-location, or accumulating leaves and gunk which will hasten the rusting of the floor pan. If you look closely, there's actually a mold seam line on the model that sorta represents this.
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    That does look very close, Roger! Definitely close enough to pass for a Falcon unibody to most eyes, and certainly better than the Trumpeter. Yes, the Ranchero has a different gas tank than the Falcon - hung by straps under the bed vs. dropped in through the trunk, but it looks pretty much the same in plastic.
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    Interesting to know - I'll have to pull some boxes off the shelf and check that out. Keep in mind that in the "real" world, the Mustang components are a much closer match to the Falcon and Ranchero. While all are unibody cars with similar suspension design, the Mustang was directly based on the Falcon, while the Fairlane is more of a mid-sized car. Although when the Falcon got the V8, some parts came from the Fairlane line, so one could argue for some cross-pollination. So it all just depends on how crazy you want to drive yourself for the sake of scale accuracy.
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    The AMT '67 Shelby Mustang still has probably the best chassis and underhood area for this car (as well as a great 289), but keep in mind that V8s didn't appear in the Falcon and Ranchero until late '63, so if you want to build an accurate 1960 Ranchero you'll need to source a inline six.
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    (PM sent - thanks!) Great work on the King T and the Wild Dream! I'm trying to go as reasonably accurate and correct on this one as I can, but I also have another XR-6 (very cleanly started but incomplete) that came with the box. I figured one day I'll do it as a updated/custom XR-6, maybe with a modern six cylinder, wider tires and no fenders . . .
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    Oh, I see - fronts are four bolt, rears are five. Duh . . .
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    I was planning to use the Parts Pack wheels on my build - the originals have a bad case of tire melt damage. I haven't decided yet if the bolt issue is worth fixing; it's probably not a detail most people would notice or care too much about. It looks like the knock-offs are slightly different, too. Hmm, looks like the front wheels that came off the glue bomb are four bolt - what gives? And another shot of the Parts Pack wheel:
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