Chuck Most

That's true! Besides, since there's no cut off date, I've got plenty of time to come up with all sorts of twisted ideas...

Not from the factory, at least. Come to think of it- was the 2.3 turbo ever available anywhere else but the US? Ford got some pretty good mileage out of that engine, used it in quite a few vehicles, but I've only ever seen it installed from the factory in North American-market products. Now that I think of it, same goes for the normally aspirated 2.3.

And what about the Merkur Scorpio? About the same thing happened to that car when it was 'Americanized' for the US market. (The Focus RS SHOULD have been sold here, if you ask for my humble opinion! ) I don't see Ford producing a V8-powered SC for the Euro market, but an aftermarket concern very well could have done it.

I've been thinking of stuffing a '92 T-Bird 3.8 Supercharged V6 into an AMT '78 II for a while- keep this going and you might well sway me in the direction of actually following through with that plan.

Reminds me of my former boss' '83 '7, only with way less rust.

I hear the coupe is a pain to build- wonder if the Spyder will be a bit more pleasant?

Just watch your step!

And Chrysler never made a four-door PT Cruiser convertible, nor did they make a convertible Charger or 300. For the US or any other market. But they exist. GM never made a 4-door Corvette or a t-top pickup, but in the 70's they were available. What am I saying? A British firm could have swapped a V8 into a Super Coupe, especially considering the 3.8 supercharged V6 did not pass Euro specs.

Just got rid of my last M2 kit, so I've got nothing to start on. If my 'Lack of Mustang II kit' situation looks up, I'd be more than willing to join in.

Wondering where you'd disappeared to! Feel free to dig up any/all of your old projects- it'll be worth it.

'66. My great uncle got it when he bought his 1:1 '66 brand new.

Do you see it? It's right toward the middle of the picture....

Well, his name isn't really 'Cecil'...

BMF all the way. The company says once you use it you'll never go back to sivler paint, and they're pretty much dead on as far as that goes.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Another idea- cut open the trunk and stuff some of the spare engine parts in back.

Infinite aftermarket support for the 5.0, practically zilch for the 3.8. The 3.8 may have been faster stock, but there wasn't much room to grow if you wanted more out of it.

EXACTLY what I had in mind. Must have missed the memo on this one, but I'll be getting one for sure now.

Nah, this is but one of many projects to use them. Funny thing is- I wasn't going to use them on this, but ended up using them because they're a perfect fit in the Desert Dog tires. All the 8-bolt wheels I have are now allocated, though.

And the vinyl parts, too, I'd assume.

The coupe he's talking about (If I'm reading what he's saying right) is the Saints roadster with a top. Totally different animal from the ZZ coupe.

Very cool- being the 1:1 is unitized, that would be a pain and a half to do on a real Hudson! One of the great things about scale models, you can go a little crazy if you want to.

I might be able to jump in with a particular '71 Conversion I've had in mind.

I can picture an annoyed modeler with a fire extinguisher, grumbling "All I want to do is build this model, but first I need to do something about this stupid burning house". I once bought a kit with a tube of glue with the stern warning "Keep away out of children". One of the Fujimi parts packs (the one with the vending machine, roller blades, and teddy bear among other pieces) proclaimed "For your car life, you will find these accessories." But my favorite still is on one of my favorite kits, the Gunze Sangyo '56 Beetle- "We specially present this model kit to the Beetle's fan with our whole mind." That one still gets me every time. I probably shouldn't laugh too much, I'm pretty sure my Japanese-to-English translations would be just as bad or worse, but still!

That Saints kit was garbage, but I still had a little fun with that undersized body!

The '69 Barracuda kit also comes with six-bolt optional wheels, if I recall.