Chuck Most

Proper? Perhaps not. Cool? Undoubtedly!

Here it is- it's looked exactly like this for about three years now.

I was actually thinking of scrawling 'Follow me to safety' on the tailgate, still might do it.

I'm thinking I'm going to use the too-short Revell body to my advantage for this project.

Looking for it now to snap a pic, but I have a WIP Courier that will be done up in mini-truck style. Last I saw it it had the doors opened, a suicide hinged hood, and the grille was reworked to resemble a '70 Mustang.

I do have a few more, but besides the Flathead powered Flareside, this is the only one I have a picture of at this time. This was built from the Monroe Magnum Styleside 2wd kit.

When humanity ends, I'll still be building hot rods!

Under Glass pics coming soon.

I don't think it's possible, given the dimensions of the body and the lack of stock Lincoln interior pieces (rear inner quarters, seat, console, etc.) and lack of any reasonable surrogates for said in scale. Well, I don't think its possible without a LOT of work. I'd love to see someone do a VII transkit- a corrected body, non-scooped hood, and stock chassis plate. Engineer it so you can plug in the suspension and drivetrain from an existing kit and you'd be golden. Not gonna hold my breath on that though!

Actually a Chezoom might not be a bad starting point for that custom hardtop.

Yep, I always miss out on the screamin' deals. I paid about twice those figures for this, which I still consider pretty good compared to what I've seen other guys pay for them! Sorry for the bad pics- I snapped these on the kitchen counter at 1:30 in the morning! Here is about all I will be using from the LSC kit- Actually, the kit floorpan will likely be replaced, as well. The LSC kit was an 'extreme' pro streeter with only a partial interior. Think of a full-blown Pro Stock drag machine with a somewhat more plush interior and that's basically a description of how this kit comes equipped. Not sure how I'll tackle the interior tub, I guess I'll burn that bridge when I get to it! The '97 donor parts- Standard Fox/SN95 dirty parts via Monogram here. I am toying with the idea of slipping a Cobra IRS under it (I have seen it done on 1:1 Fox and SN95 Mustangs), but the good old 8.8 will make do for all but the most extreme of applications, so I might be good leaving it alone. For power, I haven't decided on a good old 5.0 or going nuts and stuffing something like a Paxton-huffed four cam Mod motor in there, again, as the project progresses, I'll determine what best fits the theme. And a test fit- Note how eerie it is... the similarity in length between Revell's modified kit body and the stone-stock Mustang rockers! That area will stay as is. In this pic, the rear axle would be centered in the wheel opening, so I will need to stretch the floor between the axle and fuel tank to compensate. The front subframe will also need some material added, roughly 5 scale inches to center the front tires. Not sure if I will recycle the Mustang's inner fenders for this or make my own Never did care for the way Monogram molded everything in place on its Fox/SN95 kits underhood, much less accounting for differences between a '90 MkVII and a '97 Cobra. Since I don't plan for a factory stock build style anyway, some of these little hiccups can pass. I'm thinking more along the lines of a mild pro-tourer, or perhaps a Ford development mule that somehow ended up evading the crusher and getting into private hands. Whatever this thing ends up being, it'll be fun!

I never knew any of them were reissued, ever. I'd love to see them make a comeback- I need that IH to go with my IH trucks, and I've got to have a Massey Ferguson 1155. I have a real one out in the barn no more than 60 feet away- how's that for good reference material?

Not to worry- the Matador will be out of project purgatory soon enough- the Hornet is almost done, and the apocalyptic Hummer is only inches away. Even then, I might dig out the Matador when I'm working on the others.

I must have gotten a baddie- EVERYTHING in my kit was warped. Well, the vinyl and clear parts were okay, but the rest was pretty bad. It's still upstaris on a shelf in the box half finished.

A lot of it does have to do with customs- for instance, I'm about 60 miles north west of Detroit- shipping a package to or from Detroit is usually a next day deal. Now, Windsor, Ontario is right across the river from Detroit, but it can be a week or longer before anything I send gets there, or anything sent to me from there gets here. Even if the Canadian postal workers are slacking, I'm thinking most packages spend a little bit of time chilling in customs. Just my own personal experience.

That might create the illusion of too-large wheel openings. Not sure if I want to stretch the body, or use a second kit (I paid quite a bit for this one! ) Considering that the Mustang chassis will need to be stretched to work, I'd like to keep the 'cutting and lengthening' to a minimum on this particular project.

Should be in 'Under Glass' tomorrow- just a matter of adding the front air springs, fuel, and air tanks.

Dug out an old gun I made for another project years ago, and rigged up the rear-mounted radiator and plumbing.

Fully authentic... right down to those pesky seagulls.

Bash it all ya like, Christian, but I can't find a single thing to dislike about it. If this is one of your 'baddies', I've got a good home for any others you might not be fond of and want out of your hair.

Hmmmmmmmmm.... I see a few repurposed '70 Impala bits on that one! I think.

There are a few customs in here, but I did go out of my way to dig up some crusty ones as well. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=48429

Aren't too many vechiles that don't look good in Inca Gold.

Here's how the '71 has looked since, well, forever...

Only bad thing about the Revell Pro Street Mark VII are the wheel openings- they're a bit on the big side. (Maybe to show off those kewel wide-5 styled billets?) Not sure how/if I'll fix that, but the cutouts for the side exit exhaust will probably be going bye-bye.