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There were three used, and one is on display with both Engine 51s at the LAFD museum.

I am the second owner of a 1994 S-10 pickup that was built at Shreveport and has never been more than 150 miles away from the original selling dealer in Roseville, CA. Bought it from the original owner neighbor with 59k in 2008. It has "something" on the rear axle, front control arms and the frame and crossmembers that isn't really paint, but it is some kind of black-ish coating. It needs an oil change, and I will snap some pics when I am underneath.

They are also known as "64 1/2" in the enthusiast community because of the great number of differences from the "real" 1965s. The length of the "MUSTANG" emblem on the fender, the instrument cluster "GEN" warning lamp vs. "ALT". Quite a bit of the wiring harness was different as well, the alternator cars had more body ground wires instead of grounding components directly to the body. The very early 64 1/2 cars had a flatter carpet with a piece of vinyl up the the door sill trim, not true wall-to-wall carpet like the later cars. And of course, the different engine lineup. I have seen a few 65s with 13" wheels, but typically 200 CID 65s I have seen have 14" wheels. The 64 1/2 170 CIDs typically have 13" wheels. The early cars also had a slightly different hood. As far as PCV goes, we had closed PCV systems in California for the 1961 model year. I found this pic on the net showing a 64 1/2 289 with a closed system. They pulled in the ventilation air from inside the air cleaner instead of from the atmosphere. Conversely, when the engine wore out and had excessive blowby, the crankcase pressure backed up and filled the air cleaner with oil. The typical setup had the PCV valve in the passenger side valve cover with a molded hose to the carburetor spacer plate. I don't remember ever seeing a smallblock with the PCV mounted behind the carburetor where the draft tube went, but I am sure they existed. Pre-65 FEs were set up that way though, even with the California closed system.

Wen-Mac. They did a '67 as well. They appear on ePay all the time, but be prepared to open your wallet for a nice one.

No, I don't think so. Ford started building a "wood-free" LTD wagon sometime in the mid-1970s, maybe 1975. I have never heard of one earlier than that.

Water pipe or waste pipe?

Yeah, and Modelhaus had the LTD conversion available as well. Those pop up from time to time.

To my eye, the part of the grille that should be attached to the hood is way too vertical, even if it was cut free and attached to the hood. But again, I looked at the 1:1 every day for 6 years and drove it after I got my license. I would like to get one of the LTDs, but every time I look for one, they are more money than I am willing to spend on the subject.

The Galaxie grille is a hot mess as well. It's a bit misshapen overall, and the hood trim is molded as part of the grille. If you want to count rivets, the seat pattern is wrong too. They carried over the LTD cloth interior. Galaxies used vertically pleated vinyl. My folks had a 70 Galaxie 2 door HT from 1973-79, so I have spent some time inside and around a 1:1. (pics stolen from the web)

That's probably a good idea. I am quite familiar with this kit. I built a convertible around 1970 or so, and rebuilt it in 1975-76 or so. 5 or so years ago, it was dismantled and went into the Purple Pond. Stayed on the shelf of doom for a while with the intended 68 RoadRunner donor kit. Had some Modelhaus parts as well. I finally decided that it was never going anywhere, and it was rehomed on eBay a while back.

Rats do much neater work than that.......

Don't forget to fill in the A/C vents in the dash.

I bought yet another AMT 66 Fairlane the last time HL had a clearance. No idea what I will do with it, but you can never have too many AMT 66 Fairlanes.

on Hollywood Blvd

I love my 10 inch tablet and use it all the time. Unfortunately, I find this website almost unviewable on it. The viewing area of the forum is determined by whatever oversize banner ad happens to be taking up 1/3 of the screen at the time. I never found a suitable ad blocker for it, so I now view the forum exclusively on my PC.

and canned beans

I was a little shocked to see chassis screws.

Chris (HPIGuy) uses Mod Podge for windows. Just another variant on the thick white glue idea.

Well, I have a spare 65 GTO hardtop in the stash. Not sure if my first attempt will be a convertible or grafting the GTO hardtop on to the Olds. There is enough about this kit that screams "1964" that I probably won't care either.

If they do a Holiday version of this, I wonder if they will tool a correct interior bucket, or if we will have a hardtop with a convertible interior, just like in the old days?

This 1973 brochure talks about a 413 cubic inch engine, so it (obviously) would be on a Dodge chassis. https://www.rvroundtable.com/wp-content/uploads/winnebago/1973/1973.Chieftain.pdf

Absolutely agree, I probably have the materials to do it in stock.

There are some underneath shots in this.

Yup, with way too much slant in the "B" pillar. I have seen others on eBay with the same issue, I just figured they were recasts of the Modelhaus issue.