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Thanks for the offer Curtis but I did cast a few of them years ago. Just don't know where they are right now. ?

No, it came with a copy of the cougar interior. I just cut the floor out of that and used the rest. There's a small gap on the sides and it took a bit of grinding but it went in. Had to put spacers under the front seats to raise them up a bit too.

,,, And of course, he played teacher, Charlie Moore in "Head of the Class" and pimp, "Smooth" Walker in the Dan Aykroyd movie " Dr. Detroit". ,, loved that movie, still waiting for the promised sequel.

Thanks everyone. The Cragar G/T wheels were included in some of the MPC '68-'69 Mopar kits. The Coronet Super Bee kits and possibly a couple others. I received a box of assorted parts from a friend years ago and there was enough of them to make one good set in it. I have a couple more but they're too glue bombed to use. The Cougar is on a 111 inch wheelbase and the Mustang is on a 108 inch wheelbase so I did have to stretch the chassis a bit along with the exhaust and made a new drive shaft.

Man, when I opened this thread, I thought the first pic was of an actual 1/1 bug. Super work ! ?

Modelhaus transkit with an AMT '67 Mustang used as a chassis and engine donor.

Sweet little truck. ?

very cool !!

Ya know ,,, it'd be pretty easy to just take one of those wheels, the one you like the look if best, and cut and sand down the rim until it's the depth you want and repaint it or just go over the exposed plastic on the rim with a molotow pen.

I'm pretty sure they all have the same size holes. But I always use set 2061.

Seems to me the Detail Master looms only work well with their own wire. Get some from Model Car Garage, the holes in those are big enough to work with 30 gage wrapping wire, which is what is most commonly used for plug wire in 1/25-1/25 scale.

I've thought about it. One thing to consider,, what to do with the tulip panel between the trunk lid and back window? It raises up to meet the window with sharp creases at the sides. I think IF I was to do one, I'd do it with a hinged sheet metal panel between the trunk lid and rear seat like a '60s Thunderbird or Lincoln.

Very sharp !!

The art in the logo looks like a brake rotor and caliper to me, with the caliper at the 12 O/clock position. Something similar to this but with a simpler, dark caliper at the top.

I've had this for about 15 years and have been working on it a little at a time for years. This the Modelhaus "transkit" to be used with a donor. They also had a full kit which included the chassis and wheels/tires. Both were curbside. I cut the hood open and started grafting in the underhood area and stretching the chassis from an AMT '67 Mustang to fit the Cougar body. ,,Added a vinyl roof,, and painted it Ford "ivy green". The Mustang front suspension , strait from the box sits quite high and holds the wheels out too far so I slices the suspension arms partially from the frame so I could bend them up to make it sit a little lower, I also made it so the front wheels will be poseable. ,, And here's where it sits now. Still have to add a strip of foil to the window sills and run some semi-gloss black around all the window openings.

Any news Rico?

I wonder if they did any maintenance to the molds.

Love that !! Great to see something unique. ???

Man, that thing is wild!! love the interior, looks period perfect.

Thanks Gary. And, I should have added I think your friend would have loved it. It's a great tribute.

Looks better than mine Gary. I should have just flew mine into the wall on one of the occasions I wanted to ssssssssssssooooo much.

with shipping, it was about the price of 2 regular kits. It took 6 to 8 weeks. I don't remember exactly what day I mailed it bit it was over the holidays and I'm in Canada so both make it take a bit longer. Be warned though, Dale tells everyone new customers may have a bit longer wait as regular customers have priority.

I assume you're refering to my post, Snake. Yea, I have a mild custom '61 T-bird hardtop in the works. A simple curbside. And planning a '64 Parisienne mild custom. A little more involved. Impala roof and cowl swap on a '64 Grand Prix body plus the impala engine and chassis. Sorry I hadn't gotten back to you on that other thing yet.

Got my last rack of chrome back from Little Motor Kar Co. Excellent work , as usual.

It's one of Sean Svendsen's models. He has done box art builds for Moebius, Model king, etc as well as the decal design for some of the Model King reissues.