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According to the original sales brochure, the wide spears and tailgate appliqué are Ranger XLT trim pieces. The interiors differ as well.

According to the original Ford sales brochures, that wide side trim and an anodized tailgate panel were exclusive to the Ranger XLT trim level. They are in both XLT trim level kits but you’ll have to shorten the bed trim strips.

If you want BFG all terrains, you’ll have to look to the aftermarket because as far as I know, no one has ever kitted them.

That 1970 box art image is an altered picture of an F250 from the original Ford sales brochure. The steel wheels in the 1970 F100 4x4 kit will be the correct 5 lug with the 4wd front hubs for your application. You’ll need to contact Erik Solie at Moebius customer service to purchase a set of the corrected center caps to replace the incorrect ones that came with the kit. The tires in the 1970 kit are the same generic on road radials found in all the other 1/2 ton kits. Round 2 Firestone all terrains and Formula desert dogs fit the wheels in the kit.

The narrow strip for custom and sport custom trim levels is molded in. The wide chrome spears for the ranger XLT trim levels are separate chrome pieces found only in the ‘72 plow truck and ‘71 Long bed 2wd kits. You can use them on the short bed if you cut them down. Erik Solie at Moebius customer service has spares and will sell you just the pieces you need so you don’t have to buy a whole additional kit just for a few parts. If you’re building a Ranger XLT you’ll also need the correct tailgate shown here and decal sheet.

Yes. Moebius left those off the short bed and the long beds. You could pretty easily foil cast a pair of strips to add there.

That’s a shorty. That’s the one I used in the picture.

Super simple Bill. Combine the 1/2 ton 4WD suspension and drivetrain from the 1970 lwb F100 4x4 with the frame and bed from the 1972 1/2 ton swb 2wd kit. Everything glues together. This is a 1972 sport custom 4x4 shorty. The wheels are from the 1966 4wd long bed and the tires are Round 2 Firestone all terrains. It also makes a cool 4th gen conversion. You’ll need the NP435 trans from one of the F250 4x4 kits because the transmissions that come in the 1/2 ton kits are not accurate for a 4x4. Heads up, all the Moebius 1/2 ton kits need to have the rear ride height corrected like the one shown here because they sit to low. I can do a simple tutorial for anyone that’s interested.

Successfully resin cast some extra Moebius F series truck transmissions. Now three of my planned builds will have the correct transmissions that actually came in the real truck.

Twenty something Europa owners are something we definitely need more of. Cheers and good hunting to you!

To the guy who made this video: Thanks captain obvious. I’ll chime in with what everyone else is saying. A Mustang that weighs as much, or more than a 70’s Country Squire has at some point in its past been betrayed by its product development team. I’ll leave it up to the individual enthusiast to pinpoint exactly when that happened. I’ll also send back a hearty hear, hear to what Bainford and others are claiming. A well balanced, lightweight GT car with a properly sorted drivetrain will bring down the lumber on uninformed modern lead sled owners in environments where actual driving skills need to be summoned. My E-type weighs about 2400 pounds and was factory rated in the neighborhood of 260 hp upstream from a factory installed 3.56 r&p and big discs at all 4 corners. I don’t believe it’s happenstance that these cars were endowed with the most perfectly matched horsepower and torque curve to gearing and weight of anything I’ve ever driven. The most frustrating part of ownership is not having anywhere nearby to drive her the way she begs and pleads to be driven. A future SCCA track day confirmation event is definitely in the cards. I'm betting the chances of anything like them ever being affordably mass produced again are slim and none and slim just left town.

The Europa is my very favorite Lotus, especially the JPS twin cams. Although at 6’2” they may be a bit snug on me. I’ll trade you a spin in my E Type for a spin in your Europa.😁

They’re experts at separating me from my money!

Until recently I wasn’t aware of this kits history and since I’m no rivet counter, I’d be happy with a straight reissue of the Super Charger kit. It’s the only one I’m lacking to complete chronicling the Charger lineage in my collection from ‘67 to ‘74. A bash with the Mueller era ‘71 seems like a natural although the interior details probably won’t be accurate.

MPC Chevy Chevette MPC AMC Pacer MPC ‘73/‘74 Dodge Charger MPC 1/2 ton 2WD Chevy truck MPC 1/2 ton LWB Chevy stepside truck MPC Late 70’s Ford Econoline van with full interior. AMT ‘70/‘71 Ford Thunderbird AMT ‘71 Chevy Open Road camper van

Welcome, welcome, welcome Michael. Sounds like you have an impressive stash!

Thanks Mike. I’m glad you liked it.

You’re very welcome John.

You’re quite welcome Stef, I’m very happy you found this useful. Thanks for the compliments on the mock up. I know I need to get around to finishing some of these kits but car show season is in full swing and that’s when the lovely lady in my garage tends to cut into my modeling time. I’ll be scanning the finished builds section for pics of your plow/tow truck build so be sure to post plenty of them.

Agreed! I own one of every version of the still decent Revell/Monogram kits and the most glaring flaws I see in them are that the ride height is too high, which is easily corrected, and the engines are too wide. They make better 351 Windsors than 289’s. The R/M kits are also the only source for a convertible, a ‘65 Shelby GT and R versions. I do like how the newly tooled Round2 bodies and interiors look and other updates like the 2 piece headlights, but they really need to be combined with the chassis and drivetrain from a Mueller era ‘67 kit to properly elevate them. As far as the Willys go, you still need to buy two kits if you want both versions in your collection so it seems to me like a wash.

I know. The previous releases I bought years ago included parts for both versions in the same kit. The pickup version is still in Round2’s lineup though.

It fits with a little trimming.

In this case yes. Since I already had 4 extra wheels on hand that weren’t going to be used anywhere else, it wasn’t a problem. Knowing I had those extra wheels was what inspired me to do it for this kit. I narrow more wheels than I widen and when I do, I keep the removed wheel sections for use with other wheels I may want to widen in the future. The only other source I can think of is tubing, but finding some in the right dimension may be difficult.

Ok, I posted a tutorial in the tips, tricks, and tutorials section. You can post anymore questions there.