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Actually, all the JoHan Toros and Eldos had the same engine, but it's the Olds engine, not the Caddy. The Eldorado kits just had CADILLAC script added to the Olds valve covers. Caddy engines have the distributor on the front and Olds has them on the back, like in the kit. Sand the scripts off the valve covers and you're good to go. They even have the "sunken" intake manifolds Olds used on the Toros to clear the low hood. That said, MPC is reissueing the "Californian" show car later in the year which is based on a Toro and all the chassis, engine and underhood parts should drop right in and be correct.

I miss them too. I should have got a few sets of headlights from them when I had the chance. For this set, I made a simple silicone caulk mold and cast a couple sets myself and had them plated but the Modelhaus ones would probably have been better. I did save them Paul but that was over 10 years ago and we had a couple floods since then. I lost one of them after one of the floods. Too bad as I really liked the look of them too and probably could have found something to use them on. Thanks Carl.

A little Christmas Eve update,, Interior is finished and installed. Just simple paint detailing and a bit of flocking. Engine's also done. I did a bit more detail painting on it after these pics were taken. and the body all ready for final assembly.

Never worry about asking too many questions, that's how you find stuff out. The only difference I can see between the '67 and '68 cabs is the '68s have the side marker lights and the '67 doesn't. But the latest reissue of the '72 Jimmy has a couple sets of marker lights on the decal sheet. I used a chassis from one of the newer '72s under my '68 with no problems. Basically the same parts except for the details. I made a more correct tail gate for mine by splicing in the lettering section from a revell mid '60s kit. The back of those trucks is pretty awful out of the box.

Yes, that's what I'm saying. The vendor I mentioned has a regular '67/'68 grille as well as one designed to work with the '72 cabs with the gap around the grille cast on the grille. Honestly, I'd try to find an annual '68 cab but this would be a cheaper way to go.

Here's a couple pics of the '67/'68 front for reference,,

No, the opening for the '67/'68 grille is smaller. as I posted above hoppers did sell one modified to fit. They also sell a set of fender emblems for these trucks that includes the '68 emblems.

Rich, the seller "hoppersbazaar" on e-bay sold a resin grille that was modified to fit in the '69='72 pickup grille opening. I don't see any listed with them right now but it might be something to look into. A '72 hood could be modified to look like a '68 with some sanding. That's what I did for mine but I think the front of the ;68 hood is actually lower too so a pie wedge cut from the front to back would be in order.

Thanks Mike. It looks kinda like Mopar B-5 blue. Yea, the G/Ts are pretty rare. I have a set I'm using on a '67 Cougar I'm slowly working on at the moment.

Looks great Mike. Great color, what is it? ,, and I like the Cragar G/Ts too.

This one will pull at your heart strings, especially if you've lost your mother recently as I did last February

Seems the same as the '68 Shelby Mustang kit.

It's Christmas so ,, Take Off, Eh!

I wonder if that's a Canadian or maybe Australian built Ford? I know there were differences between them and U.S. built Fords.

Chris, have you managed to collect all the kits in the series I know you had a good percentage of them last time I seen you.

An elegant solution to the problem. Good thinking and very nice work.

Very cool Claud. Interesting to look at from every angle.

I was sent this rebuilder over 10 years ago by a member from another board. After I got all [most] of the old orange paint off of it there was some damage to the rocker panel areas on both sides, roof and hood. So, after repairs, casting up copies of the stock headlights and tail light area from another '64 convertible I have that's in much better shape I had this,, It actually looked pretty good in silver but i had applied a rather difficult fade paint job on it and it looked pretty good. until I clearcoated it and the paint went south on me. The cracks were right down to the primer so there was no way to save it. , , Fast forward to last month. I had to repaint the roof of the custom Impala I was working on so I had the paint out I was thinking about using on it and it was handy so I painted it at the same time. This is actually HOK candy tangerine pearl base but I put so many coats on it that it ended up more of a candy brick red. Hard to get a proper shot of it, looks lighter in the pics but the rear 2/4 panels in the second pic are the closest to the true color. A few years ago I grafted in the underhood area from one of the newer AMT '62 roadster kits but I'll be keeping the original annual's chassis plate and engine for simplicity. The engine will be getting the better looking heads/intake/3X2 carbs and valve covers from the hotrod engine in the AMT '34 Ford pickup though, it fits right on perfectly.

Tim, I think that even after all these years, that's still my favorite Woody build out of all the ones I've ever seen.

That is pretty frig'n cool. What a great looking truck.

Seems I missed that somehow. I "THOUGHT" I had read all of the thread. Crazy.

I doubt those MPC tires actually came in that kit. See how the rim goes up almost to the lettering? That says to me they were just stretched out over the larger 1/24 rim. They were pretty flexible.

Thanks again guys. This thing fought me almost all the way to the finish so it's nice to get so many great comments on it. ?

Looks great Bill. I really thought you had given up on this one. Glad to see you finished it, I know it was a battle.

OR, maybe just buy his. He does make those for the Bronco too.