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My 2014 SE was white with gray and black seats. It had the Sport Appearance Package. I always thought the best color on these was Frosted Glass, which was available in 2012. I remember seeing one this color, with a tan interior, in a dealership. I replaced the Focus with a 2016 Fusion SE. Color was Guard, which is a dark green with the Dune (Tan) interior. Cloth seats were difficult to keep clean, but I didn't want a black interior.

A few years back John Grezcula was at GSL and made a presentation. He also had a table set up in the Trade Show area and had a clipboard for attendees to write down suggestions.

My 14 SE would shudder intermittently. Dealer wouldn't do anything about it due to backlog of other cars with worse problems. I was always frustrated with the car's hesitancy to downshift and accelerate from low speeds, the one day it would not accelerate above 40 MPG when I needed to pass another car. It was scary sometimes. At the time my commute was about 50 miles each way, mostly on mountain roads. The handling was wonderful and it was fun to drive generally but it had to go. Happy you have had good luck with yours.

I didn't think Europe got the sedan (with a trunk/boot), just the hatch and wagon. Funny thing, when I insured my 2014 Focus SE hatchback, the insurance company listed it as a wagon. Nice car but the transmission (powershift dual clutch) was trash.

Early 60s VW Bug in Cypress, CA. Red 63 Thunderbird convertible in Northridge, cruising with top down. Very Red 68 GTO restomod in Granada Hills. 61 Bel Air 4-door on the 5 freeway south of LA. 72, 70 (2) and 68 (2) Cougars at the Monthly So Cal Cougar Club meeting in Cypress.

A 55 DeSoto would be cool.

SML = lazy typist. ?

Not much room to put anything in to fill the gap. The frame around the taillight is pretty deep.

The trouble is that you cannot "snug up" the bumper. The taillight bezels are molded with the bumper so the bumper can't be moved up unless you cut them off. And it is difficult to put in a filler piece or add filler to the gap because part of the bumper/taillight bezel piece fills in the area behind that gap and there is little depth to the gap. I was trying to resolve this last night. Kind of disappointed at the way this all fits together.

Oh, the horror.

Remember also that Gregg and Golden Bell Pres, who were handling subscriptions, printing and distribution of MCM, ended their relationship. This put a lot more of the work of publishing the magazine in Gregg's lap. I am happy that Larry G and others are stepping up to help. This is what is needed for MCM to get back on track.

Black Continental Mark II on a trailer.

X-acto knives from a set given to me by my parents and a couple more from a neighbor when I was about 8 years old.

Then people would be "outraged" about whatever other kit was altered for a show tie-in.

Yeah it's really a strange time. Out here what is restricted and not changes so often we are not able to make decisions that require any kind of lead time.

Wow Tom. Sounds like the LA freeways just about any time of the day.

67 did not have side marker lights so the fenders and bed sides are unique to that year. 67-68 Chevy fenders were shaped differently at the front edge from 69-72 and 67-72 GMC.

Note that they have also dished the chrome where the taillight lenses go.

It's time to look into "print-on-demand" publications like Model Car Builder and several others that are available.

Also the original kit nose is too flat and angular. This carried over to the 1970 Mustang kits as well.

With the uncertainty of the current Covid-19 virus situation, the unpredictability of response by elected officials and in the interest of everyone's safety, we have decided to cancel the Spirit of Speed show that we had scheduled for November 8, 2020. Hopefully in a year's time circumstances will be stable enough for us to plan and conduct our show.

From what I understand the kit/tool was designed to make the change from 1968 to 1969 relatively simple.

You could always stretch one to make Casanova Frankenstein's ride.....

Kitbash it. Make it happen.

Or a Beaumont.