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    Thanks for the historical write up. I also remember the van craze in between the 2 big 70's fuel crisis. These 2nd generation vans were super popular for all types of businesses and recreational use back in the day. I got one of those resin vans and I very happy with it. The build we probably be a bell telephone or tv repair van. I believe the 2nd generation was '68-'74, 3rd generation was '75-'91.
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    Looks good! Many of us have been waiting for these long ignored vintage mediums. Any more views, side, back etc? If this Cargostar becomes available as a full cab kit like the excellent Loadstar kit, I'm in on a few for sure.
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    Scratch out '71. Its high time we get the '71 in 1/25 scale, the HO scale people had this for years!
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    The '60-'63 cab was fortunately covered by AMT. However, the cab corners are great reference , they are usually never done accurately because of the flat chassis on these kits. Brian, those photos prove the worst thing you can do to a truck is a cheap repaint in different colors. Just look at the beautiful very rare ( '62-'63 only) " jade metallic" orginal paint on the back bottom half of the cab that will never peel off ! Here is the correct factory interior on a '62-'63 Custom. All interiors were painted metallic fawn from the factory with white steering wheel and column, Custom or standard cab, regardless of exterior color.
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    The exterior color on the XL was Navajo Beige, the formula is available at MCW..
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    Very sharp. I would think the graphics on the body would make a great advertising tool. Is it possible to add a close up photo of the wheels? Are they 8 lug or 5 lug front and 10 lug rear type? Scale out to 16" or 19.5" ?
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    I only saw that kit once in 1974, IMO one of the rarest for sure.. Will we get to the point of where the box art is more valuable than what's inside?
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    This WF was completed around 20 years ago, I'm not a pro builder, just wanted something that looked more correct. a I cut off material under head lights and rounded out the fenders, No putty was used. In doing this, the truck looks more like a late 60's WF without the built in cab step. Should have sanded the reflector off and added a more period correct round one. Oh, well, next one will be a little better.
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    Fits up nice and tight. That should keep the road spray off the cab! Any future plans for the L front end conversion?
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    Is anyone working on a front end conversion for the west coast builders?.
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    Very true, older heavier medium duty Ford trucks, as well as Dodge and GM trucks, used pickup cabs to reduce production costs. Usually its just the front end that's different. Some are covered in resin, but there many more that have never been covered, or once were covered and no longer available. I think this class of truck will only gain in popularity as old school truck modelers reject modern fiberglass and aerodynamic wonders.
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    Great looking race team. I like the colors and wheel choices on both! If you ever decided to use a frame, I guess the '73-'79 Ford pickup 1 ton frame would be the best donor, but in this case you would need a least two. The front suspension would have to be altered, the. Twin I beam first came out on '67 F 350's, the 1966 F 350 used the old style straight axle and leafsprings.
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    L 9000 project looks great. Already it is a big improvement over the LN front end. The L was always more popular than the LN, but leave it to AMT to do the oddballs. IF, the L front end was easily available, I would buy 4 or 5 today.
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    Yes, you are correct, not an exact match, but looks like a F 350 Super Camper Special.
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    I usually build the F 350 Super Camper Special pickup the way you would typically see them back in the day, with oversize wide base camper wheels and massive 12-16.5" tires on the rear only.. The MPC Dodge 4x4 wheels work the best to replicate the 9.75" wide rim in 1:1.
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    Ranger XLT rear detail. Correct style hubcap for F 250
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    As mentioned in my earlier post, if you plan on a 4x4 conversion of the Moebius 65-66, the '70 F 100 4x4 chassis is very similar to the '66 F 100 4x4 chassis and uses the same styleside box as the 2wd version, however a '65 F 100 4x4 is a whole different animal, used entirely different frame and the older styleside box shown below. ( F250 4x4 shown ) Of course, there was always the flareside box as well.
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    This thread is about pickups, please move on to wanted trailer threads if your not interested in the subject matter
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    This thread is about pickups, please move on to wanted big rig threads if your not interested in the subject matter.
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    Thanks for posting photo link Tim. I'm sure we've all been waiting for these refined and improved models after AMT abandoned the unibody '63. They look good, but it appears the rear fender openings are not quite right. I hope someone from Mobius is watching. here is a photo to help out. Note top of fender opening is not straight across and does not drop off sharply behind rear wheel, rather the top of fender opening archs down gradually into a smoother curve behind rear wheel.
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    Looks great. Very popular vocational vehicle during the 60's and 70's. I plan on doing one with a heavier chassis and 10 lug Budds.
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    X2! This Blazer looks like something you would typically see in the 80's, faded original green paint and white wide wheels, owner driving it like it would never be a collectors item.
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    Used the AMT '53 F 100 bed. Running boards cut down and in a slightly higher postion to be level with bottom of cab. Tail lights are from a Ford C series. Hopefully, I'll have correct F 100 bottlecap hubcaps soon!
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    Thanks Force for the excellent in depth information on this type of wrecker. Interesting AMT chose , as it appears, to offer such a low production specialty type wrecker and body versus a much more common Holmes 750. Yes, they did make the change to Holmes in 1/43, but why didn't Amt offer the Holmes also in 1/25? Water under the bridge of course, but it does make you wonder about all the missed opportunities by AMT management over the years.
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    Old thread, should have been in the "truck stop section" but really didn't get answered. Anybody have any info to the question of year make and model of the Pete 359 wrecker body? IMO, the Amt wrecker body looks like a product of the very early 60's, similar in design the the amt haulaway trailer.
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