Chuck Most

Lovely Flareside. My only complaint is that those rear tires don't stand a chance against the firepower that 428 is packing. ?

Dolled up just right. The 240 retrofit is a nice touch. I'm definitely doing one of these with a 223 at some point.

My printer ?

D100 is wrapped up, it's in light commercial Under Glass now.

MPC kit with a Slant Six from a Lindberg '64 Dodge, rear bumper and mirrors from a Moebius F100, and a spotlight and beacon from the spares pile. Paint is Colorshot Orange Slice.

Black paint job, with color keyed grille, bumpers, mirrors and handles, and the bespoke Nite stripes and graphics. Other than that it was just a plain old everyday XLT Lariat.

The Dually tires are technically undersized like the original 1996 ones were, but aren't as distractingly obvious as on the '92.

Last week I bought the last '63 my "local" shop (Rider's in Flint) had on the shelf. Only had two '60s left. It was a kit I wasn't all that interested in as I've never really cared for the integral cab/bed. Then again I wasn't excited about the '60 either and I eventually bought five. Might be a similar story for me with the '63. I like the gigantic centrifugal supercharger, might get another just for that. I ended up using it on a '60. Be advised if you want to use the supercharger in the '60 you'll need to do a little clearance work on the inner fender. As with the '60 I wish there was the option for a stock intake and exhaust setup but it is what it is. Just finished the '63, it's in Under Glass right now.

Finally managed to slap one of these together. This one's been lowered, it's had all the trim, handles, and emblems shaved, and has a Moebius '66 grille. Spares box amber turn signals sit behind the grille if you want to look for them. The wide whitewalls and hubcaps came from a '60. Engine is a 351 Windsor from a 1993 Lightning, fed by a parts box 4 barrel carb and intake I think came from a Moebius '72 Sport Custom. The whole mess is hosed down in Krylon Matte Lilac.

Ex municipal Dodge in question...

Lindberg 225 Slant headed for a 1978 Dodge D100, ex municipal unit.

Sheesh. Ertl sure loved to not tool up new tires. And even if they already had the right tire, they'd use something wrong. (Looking at you, Chevrolet Beretta GTU kit...)

I don't know who's paying attention to what I'm searching for online but man these ads are just hitting too close for me....

That might have been the case. I know of exactly one that prowled my location when these were new. There was a guy on the Ford-Trucks forum who used to say "I would call them more uncommon than outright rare, unless you're talking about the '91 version." I always remember Ford advertising the package pretty heavily but almost never seeing them on the road.

Okay, it was definitely one year only in that regard. ? If I remember it wasn't even available the full model year.

As an aside... First person to do a good Mercury conversion for the AMT '60 is gonna get at least some of my disposable income.

X2 ? Especially since so many of the new tool Round 2 tires end up sold separately as parts packs. If I remember even the original 1992 Flareside came with those recycled late 70s MPC Goodyear tires.

Slight correction, the Nite appearance package was available in 1991 as well. The '91 is especially rare, not that the '92 version was ever exactly common. Ray's Kits Decals does the full Nite package if the AMT sheet doesn't scratch the itch. I used those on a '92 I built some time back.

Don't be too tough on yourself, you weren't too far off base. I mean, you at least acknowledge that there are differences. Seems like a whole lot of people think the Ferguson is a "badge engineered" Ford, and that ain't the case.? I'll admit I used to be one of those guys before I got more familiar with the Fords. ?

If by a little conversion work you mean using the front axle components from the Heller kit as molded and modifying/replacing pretty much EVERY other part, absolutely. Almost every individual part would require at least some adjusting. Relationship between a TO and an N is similar to that time Cherry Motors of China designed a competitor to a GM China product by simply reverse engineering the GM China vehicle. "Different" parts but actually close enough to interchange. Aside from the engine (OHV vs L-head) a bunch of parts do interchange between the two, but they're all slightly different. And not all interchange. Not sure if that was to dodge a potential lawsuit from Ford or different suppliers, or maybe a little of both, though. Having owned several N Series tractors and Ferguson TOs, it's something I'm familiar with. I've found quite a bit more internal parts interchangeability than anything... If I remember a hydraulic pump rebuild kit meant for a Ford will work in a Ferguson TO35. A Ferguson would be a good starting point for a Ford N, but it would probably take way more tedious work than even I would want to put into it, because at the end people are just going to think I put Ford scripts on a Ferguson and the other changes wouldn't even register.

Must be factory fresh... The cab corners and rear wheel arches are still intact.

And other than being similar size that isn't even close.

Old Canadian workhorse that evidently ended up in Michigan at some point. Then, after being retired from road use, became a floral display. Even though the rest of the Canadian market Mercury trucks went away in 1968, for whatever reason the C Series soldiered on alone until 1972. This is the AMT kit with an MPC Wheel Horse tractor with a scratch built wagon, and a bunch of shrubbery from JTT. Originally the plan was for a stack of old truck parts but I went with flowers instead. Markings were done with Gundam markers. It also has a '57 Ford Meteor grille, just for fun.

A farm about two miles to the west of my house has a half dozen Fendts. Always covered in pulverized gravel dust and mud. And there's a Fendt dealer in the county so getting the correct paint shouldn't be a problem. I say bring it. ?

I work for a company based out of Ontario. One of our corporate guys has plates that are basically featureless gray rectangles now. I'm guessing driving with the plates in that condition is just obscenely illegal, right?