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This is the one he offers for the '73-'79 pickups and Broncos. Unfortunately, not 350 or camper special decals. He makes another sheet with decals for '73 up to '96 but it doesn't have them either.

Yea, I got the same thing with my '82 S/E.

Yup, definitely the reissue, the original issue had photos of the truck and the team on the box and it was molded in black. I wish I had picked up a few now.

I feel you pain, Dave. Some people see my T/A and say "Look, There's a Knight Rider car". even though it's not even black. Makes me want to do violent things. ?

So, that tree came already plated in the Kit, Sean? I've never seen that before. I've only had the original issue though, not the reissue from about 15-20 years ago.

Alan, that's pretty well what they've been doing with the Chevy van reissues anyway. The cut outs for the sunroof and roof lights are still on the inside of the body, flashed over on the outside. IIRC, the unique A-Team parts like the bumpers/grille, body kit, wheels, etc. were on separate trees but it's been about 35 years or so, so?? MAYBE, if those were on separate trees, and they could find those, they could do an issue as a custom GMC van as others have suggested. Interesting coincidence though, I just sent off the bumpers and grille from one of those for chrome plating last week. ?

I don't have a problem with the car it self, but I don't get why everyone keeps calling it a "67 Shelby Mustang". It's not a Shelby, just a customized '67 Mustang, and not a particularly attractive one at that.

It wouldn't be a "backdate", more of a "sidedate" as the round headlight grille was used on the lower level vans until the mid '80s.

They used round headlight on the base model vans until somewhere around '85, IIRC. But, no, they never had a year they used a grille with the wide bar through it with lights at either end like in that kit.

It would take more then just the grille, I'm afraid, Alan. You'd need to change the front fenders and hood and the tail lights too. BUT, yea, I'd like some '70s Dodge van action. ?

Cool looking wheel. I don't think I've seen one exactly like those before.

Frank, could you post a pic with your light source in front of the wheels instead of behind? Kinda hard to make out what they're supposed to look like.

Would the just reissued 1/24 Fujimi Enthusiast kit do?

The lettering on the inside of the depresses circle on the 8-lug wheel makes it a '61/'62. The '63/'64 had these caps, And the '65/'68had these,

The Sportside was re-released in '98.

Could be I left the part in it longer. Plus, I use the stuff in the squeeze pump bottle. It's thicker, almost like a jell so maybe it's stronger too?

, , And if you happen to have the parts, you can put the extended cab and short box on the longbox chassis to make something like this,, or use the stepside box and make something like this,,

If you mean the full wheel cover, the closest I know of are the ones in this Mustang kit, but they're 4 bolt. If you could find a set maybe you could drill out the centers and replace them with 5 bolt centers?

That's what I was thinking but you know what they say, Better to keep quiet and thought a fool then to open my mouth and remove all doubt. ?

I knew if I made any kind of statement like that it'd come back and bite me in the asp. Always does. After doing some searching I found this pic on the Ford Canada website. I have never seen one with these caps myself though. Seen plenty of them with these though,,

It's this one Dave. Look for the 2 in 1 logo at the top right of the box. Spotlight hobbies has one in stock right now.

I've had it turn resin to rubber.

Looks fantastic in those colors. Odd about the back window. I've built a few of the MPC/AMT 3rd gens and never had a problem with mine. Never fit quite flush like on a 1/1, [I have an '85 T/A out in the garage] but they were closer then on yours. Must be something holding it back maybe? Looks like you did get the windshield to fit flush though, or does the pics make it look that way? I know the kits weren't designed for it.

I wouldn't do that. A lot of resins turn to goo in almost anything you'd leave it in for stripping. Just about the only really safe way to strip resin is with lacquer stripper and cotton balls. Just wet the cotton with the thinner and wipe the old paint off.

Just the first year ['69]. '70 and later you could get them either way but they seem to be quite rare. I've only ever seen one 2 wheels drive '70-'72 in person.