Ron Hamilton

Wonderful work!!!!

Bill, I love this project, as it is done technically correct to my eyes, and you did not take the easy way out. So far, everything looks as if it were a gasser from the 1960's!!!

Nice car.

Very nice!!!!!

I understand about the wanting to foil the trim rings. They do improve the look of the build, which was great to begin with.

I love it!!!!

Nice!!!!

Nice!!!

You did a wonderful job for your Mom with that nicely done model of her car! Thanks for sharing this with us!!!

Very Nice!!!!!

No one has done what you want in the aftermarket industry. When I built a '70 GTO several years ago, It took quite a bit of work just to get the front end on the car. It can be done.

I opened the bag on this one, and placed the body, glass, interior and chassis together to see how bad the warp is. Everything seems that it will be fine when I assemble the kit, as the body traps the chassis, and everything fits pretty good as intended. I did some research on the Mach 1, but I could not find any info on the "Iron Horse", or the "Autolite Special" versions of this kit from AMT, as to their being an actual one-to-one cars. I believe that these are AMT creations that were done to get some more mileage out of the tooling, and not based on an actual car. This kit being an early to mid 1970's offering, it leaves a lot to be desired as to details, so if I can scrounge some more detailed parts I will go that route. If not, I will detail paint it as best I can, as it will be a shelf model, and not entered in a contest. I found a few photos of the 2 versions of the car that Ford did in the late '60's for the show circuit on the web, and in a book about Mustangs written by Pat Covert. I still want a Mach I, as I have always liked the car, and want to build a model of it. I figure that I can remove the fuel cap indentations from the trunk lid, re-locate the fuel fillers to the sail panels, modify the side windows, and mount the mirrors to them, then I will be that much closer to the Mach 1 I wanted in the first place. I have a set of resin Appliance Apache Wheels and the hood with the indentations, an appropriate set of Firestone Gold Lines, a rear window from a '68 Shelby kit, and some photo-etched Mustang Running Horse emblems for the grille and body sides. I even have the Mustang II Style front end like what is on the other version of the car. I think the first version is cleaner looking, but the 2nd version is also interesting, and could be done with more work I like the fact that this one is moulded in white, as I absolutely am not crazy about the kits that are moulded in colored styrene. After looking at my friend Rex Turner's Mach 1 build under construction, I may tackle this one in the future.

That's close to what my friend had. His car was a slick top like your build, which will bookend nicely with my white '71 Charger R/T Hemi. Looking at this one is enticing.

I may do mine as a '68. I bought the Modelhaus '68 conversion kit several years ago, and I have 2 convertibles. I may just do it.

Very nice work Tom!!!!

I really like that one Brett!!!!!

I like that one! The factory should have made those wheels available as a R.P.O. on the '67 SS427. That is one beautiful car!

Wonderful build. I knew a fellow who had a Turquoise on White '69 that was similar to that one. It came home with a set of black walls and dog dishes. The next day, he swapped them out for a set of Chrome Reverse Wheels. I love that car, and I plan to build a replica of it. That was the first car I actually drove.

Since I cannot make the NNL East, between the two of you, get some good photos to post here.

John, That is awesome '58!!!!! Bill, I would love to see yours beside John's. Sort of before and after, or before and after. Those have to be the best looking '58 Convertible builds I have seen.

Absolutely! The JoHan part is very rare, as complete kits go on that "auction" site for $200-300 bucks right now. If you are able to get just the JoHan 1969 GTX Grille, be prepared to pay big bucks for it.

I would love a 2007 Monte Carlo SS, as one is in my driveway!

Absolutely Luscious!!!!

To be fair, the Harts Parts resin piece looks to be the AMT kit part, not plated. Compared to the nearly unobtanium JoHan piece, it is a lot better than that '68 Road Runner part that ended up in some of the kits. I guess I am lucky, in that the AMT '69 GTX kits I have had the right grille.

I like where you are going with this one. Back in '69, one of my cousins bought a '69 Fairlane 500 Sportsroof, which was medium blue metallic, with the blue interior. Your build reminds me of that car. I have the same kit in my stash, as well as the '68 and '69 Torino GT Sportsroof annuals. I built the '68 as a kid when the car was new, and I really liked the car. I cannot wait to see how yours ends up.