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When you find the right resin and start making more, let me know!

Excellent build! The clear headlights really do help the look of this kit. I wish I would have found this sooner, to see if you made extra copies of those headlights.

Actually, the 1979 decals were still good in 1980. What you could say is "missing" from the decal sheet as it sits is the blackout for the center of the hood that only happened in 1978. Should be easy enough to mask off and spray. And yes, then limo dark tint and maybe the steering wheel mod I mentioned earlier and you have a '79!

I should have been much more clear. I see that now. The dashboard is the only thing that holds up doing a 1979-80. But then Mr. Geiger proposed just about the easiest fix possible! I should also mention that the 3 spoke "custom" steering wheel that is included in the kit would just need to have the center spoke removed, turn it "upside down," and voila! - the stock upgraded steering wheel for 1979-80! We can't say AMT were prescient when they first released this kit, but they sure did put in enough to get you darn close to multiple options with this new decal sheet. And maybe if the windows are tinted a bit darker, you won't even be able to see how someone's replacement dash turns out?

Yes, they are. And if you take the fog lights off of the push bar, you can have an exterior-correct 1979-80 Courier! Like I said, I was just posting kind of a warning. I thought I could get another kit and do a 1979 as well as the 1978. But the dashboard would bother me too much.

And to get to the stripes down the side for the Free Wheelin' package, you needed to get Package A: blackout hood and black GT bar and push bar. first, THEN Package B: adds fog lamps, four cast aluminum wheels, five RWL 70 series tires and striking two color bodyside accent tape stripe. I share this not to upset anyone, but more to prevent anyone else from getting their hopes up like I did before I did my research :( The 1978 is shown above.

These graphics, though INCLUDED in the kit on the decal sheet, can't be used if you want to build a STOCK 1978, the year the kit represents. The 2-color stripes were the only ones available on the 1978 Free Wheelin' Courier. The three-color stripes, as shown above, were an option for the 1979-80 Courier. And to make a 1979-80 Courier, the dashboard needs to be changed. 1978 dashboard with unknown origin silly steering wheel that is NOT stock: 1979 Dashboard:

The 1973 grille fits almost PERFECTLY out of the package. It is the actual definition of a couple swipes with a sanding stick!

Thanks!

What paint did you use for the blue Scout with the white top and extra lights on the grill? That looks pretty darn close to the Glacier Blue I need for my 1973!

I couldn't find the explanation of how to bend the hood. The link is dead, or it just won't let me access it. I found a 1973 grill to build the one I owned, but I'd like to flatten out the hood. Can you post the steps in the technique for this? Thanks!

Nice find, RDean58! I finally found one a few months ago, almost like as nice as yours. Just missing one tail light lens. One of our high school custodians had one in light blue. Drove her every nice day we had!

gotnitro?, there is a website claiming they are one in the same. I don't see it. SfanGoch, I started Googling that FS number, and some other names that have started to jump out, and there seem to be many different colors that people are claiming to be the blue used by USPS. I'm now wading through all of their proclamations and hoping for the best. I DID find a Sherwin-Williams recipe from 1955, but I don't think that will help my cause :( Thanks for all the help, and pointing me in the right direction!

Thanks, Leo64! I'd prefer spray paint, but if it comes to airbrushing, I can do it that way, too. I'll contact him. I never ran across that website you posted. I got something not even close from the USPS. It gave the generic color names, but did not have any of the color codes. I finally found the color codes for Santa Fe blue, and they aren't as close to USPS blue as I had thought.

I've been searching for the equivalents for these two colors for a while now, and I cannot find anything that tells me what are good approximates or matches in 1/25. The closest I have so far is BNSF Blue. But that only comes from one source, and I have never used that color before, so I want to get some opinions before I go spending money on paint I do not need. I already have too much of that. The Coca Cola red should be pretty universal for anything red with a Coke logo on it, but the Postal blue that I am looking for is for the DJ-5 carrier Jeeps: Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for looking!

OD HAS to be better than the "avacado" that was on my dad's Pinto. Or do you think that was the interior color the military ordered?

Thanks for the info on the Army Pintos! I thought they just bought a few Mavericks. Didn't know about the Pintos.

Did the USPS ever use the wagon or panel delivery Pintos?

Two to start off with, please.

I don't know if anyone else needs this color chart, but I found it helpful: http://funrover.com/tips-guides/funrover-land-rover-factory-paint-guide/ It will ask you to sign up for/sign into Drop Box, but you don't have to do that. It isn't the way I would do it, but if you don't have access to all the color chips, this will at least get you to a color used on the year you desire to build so that you can look it up elsewhere for a chip or someone to mix it.

Thank you.

Does anyone know what year the Toyota pickup is? I looked to see if those are stock stripes for the sides, but they don't appear to have been an option at any time.

Have you been able to come up with a retail kit of your conversion? I really like the addition of the spare tire on the back! I haven't bought the Meng resin upgrade because there is no spare tire or any of the protective tubular frame for the rear of the truck, and it just seems like a huge omission.

Smooth trade with thatz4u! Excellent to work with, and patient with me, too!

I was only talking about the 1978-79 model years. Here is a small section of one page showing what were available in 1978: 3.3 and 3.8 liter V6s and a 5.0 and 5.7 liter V8. I admit I missed the 4.4 liter V8, but we don't have a model of a 1979 El Camino available, so I was focused on just the 1978 brochure. Sorry for the incomplete information.