Chuck Most

Saw this up at the St. Ignace show yesterday, on display with a certain adult beverage maker's advertising display.

Saw this up at the St. Ignace show yesterday, on display with a certain adult beverage maker's advertising display.

Yes he did, in 1968. For a stocker you'd pretty much be out of luck- the cowl and sides aren't even close to stock, though you might be able to use the roof. It's more of an artistic interpretation of a C-cab van than anything.

A Pontiac with some interesting firewall art- A crusty old 'Burban A couple of really cool 2-door late model Mopar conversions. For some reason GM Performance Parts had a pimped golf cart at its booth- This thing has Casey Littmann's name written all over it. A sweet little C-cab hot rod. And a link to the other 100 or so images... http://public.fotki.com/ChuckMost/11-reference-pictures/st-ignace-friday-2012/

Saw this during the pre-cruise hubbub at the St. Ignace show today. Easily my favorite car at the event.

Just picked up an original version of the kit today, and thought it might be fun to compare the differences. First off is the box- it is the narrow type used by MPC into the early '70's. The bottom panel was revised for the reissue- it now bears an M&H logo, where the original mentioned the slicks being hollow. Said slicks are the MPC hollow Goodyears with engraved lettering. The stock Model T radiator shell included with the 2008 reissue is not present in the original. Only a clear window is provided in the orignal kit. The reissued kit's front tires are molded much better. The original kit is molded in red plastic, and the headers are not short shot! The original's decal sheet consists only of the gold stripes and lettering. The red flasher is different- the reissue uses the flasher cone from AMT's big-rig kit clear red sprue. Instead of a small card with info on the 1:1 Fire Truck, the original includes a small print of a 1908 Packard Limo (?). Aside from the front tires, molding quality was about the same as on the reissue. But the only the red plastic parts are bagged, so there were some tire burns on the clear and chrome sprues.

Finally picked up a Revell '48 Ford coupe, as well as a Revell '49 Merc, MPC '73 Mercury Cougar, and an ORIGINAL MPC Chuck Miller Fire Truck show rod.

I don't get it either. A mold seam is a mold seam, no matter how prominent it is. You have to remove it either way. As long as there is no mold misalignment, does it really matter? For the record, I like prominent mold seams, makes them much easier to spot, and thus easy to remove BEFORE you hit the model with that final color or clear coat. I'll point out where they are when talking about a kit, but how faint or huge they are doesn't register on my personal 'quality meter'. Maybe it's the same reason 1:1 car reviewers point out things like wide and inconsistent body panel gaps. It supposedly sends a message about the car's overall quality, though I don't know anyone who ever turned down a car because there was a .005" variance in the hood-to-fender gaps.

That would be a tie between beaters (any vehicle, any vintage), and hot rods. Looking at my model collection, that's what the majority of them consist of.

Cool! The fact it's 1:32 makes it even better.

In 1:24/25 scale, you might just have to use metal or styrene rod- I've never been able to find anything that truly resembles ready rod in that scale. I've tried twisting two smaller wires into one so the resulting rod will have a bit of texture like ready rod has, but it isn't a 100% match. It looks okay if you don't move in too close.

I like it. No way should a targa top look so at home on this car, but somehow it works.

Really cool! Love the way those wheels look on it.

Very nice. Still a few of these in my area used by landscapers.

That is awesome! Kind of looks like a bi-plane with the wings pulled off.

Actually, you might want to paint the white first, then the blue. That'll make it a bit easier.

Greg, are you sure you didn't mean to post an Ohio State logo?

Digging the stance already.

Cab is weathered and decaled, and I made up a floor from styrene sheet. Sink mark in the firewall is there to stay.

I've seen a few campers in El Caminos, but I'm not sure if the were true slide-in campers or just oversized shells as Art describes. I do remember the owner's manual of my long-gone 1975 mentioned that the vehicle was not designed or intended to accomodate a slide-in camper.

About time.

Close enough to done. I do want to rub out the clear- ended up with some pretty bad orange peel on the decklid, and I might add some dual exhaust pipes out back. I started with the '53 Club Coupe, and used a spare '52 grille and steel wheels. The car is nosed and decked, has its door handles and fender ornaments shaved, and has been lowered. Engine is a Revell Parts Pack Cadillac V8/Hydramatic with valve covers from an AMT '59 El Camino.

Thinking I might try this instead of a typical truck bed.

Other than being in the standard size box, it is the same kit as the small-box version. So, yes, it does have all the stock car parts.

Here's a picture, and the information from the book. After having dominated the tilt cab market since entering it in 1957, Ford became concerned that it had lost ground during 1962-63 to such competitors as the International Co Loadstar, Mack MB, and White Compact. Consequently, a new compact tilt cab concept vehicle was built in 1964 which employed the Econoline pickup cab mounted on a C-600-size forward control chassis. The company's intent in making such a model was to have offered it in 550-750 Series and to have employed Ford I-6 and FT-Series V8 gas engines and English Ford and small Cummins diesels. After thoroughly investigating the marketing aspects of revising the Ford Tilt Cab formulation, management decided not to pursue the concept further. Interestingly, Dodge either learned of Ford's effort, or working independently, developed a similar design of its own, and placed it on the market in early 1966 as the L-600 and L-700 models.