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As so many of the others have pointed out this has to do with an option for that model. At that time when a car was ordered there were many options and little or no packages as we see in todays cars. As Mark pointed out counting the cross bars would be the best way to tell the difference. In the scale we work with very few would know the difference so I would just paint it white or black depending on the look you're after. As Snake45 mentioned as to if the lights could be had in the lower line cars, the answer is yes. Most buyers bought what the dealer had in the dealership and few would order a car with specific options. I just happened to be one of those at the time that did. I wanted to order a new '67 Bel Air two door in the summer of '67. The order got turned down since the factories were already getting ready to change over to the '68 models. I ordered a '68 Bel Air two door and I ordered the cornering lights as well as under hood and trunk lights. This may sound funny now since we take these lights for granted but at that time they were and extra cost and a lot of dealers didn't order the inventory units with them unless they were the higher end Caprice or Impalas.

My suggestion would be to do as much of your masking and painting before you start assembling. The one exception would be in the area of the front seats. In most cases this will involve a seat back that may or may not blend with the front smoothly. Many bucket seats will have a chrome or some sort of trim that will define the seperation between them and that may mean that you could just paint as needed and then put them together. Bench seats in particular seem to have no defining edge on the 1:1 and this would require putting them together and cover the seem with some sort of putty and paint as you want before assembly of the interior. Also by painting everything before putting the interior together gives you a chance to do as much detailing as you want and it's much easier to mask that way. Hope this will help answer your question.

Thank you for the compliment, but I find I often lose interest before I can finish such an undertaking.

Those are the ones I was thinking of. I haven't used them but remember seeing the box art showing this on the box. I'm sure there maybe some length issues since the A body would have a shorter cowl. I think these could be shortened to fit and have the same overall look.

Thank you for your input on the Falcon. While I'm not a major Ford type builder , there are many particular Fords that appeal to me and this Falcon is one of them. I'll keep you this information in mind the next time I go looking for a new project.

The livery aside the body looks like something that should have been. Great looking finish and I like the roll down rear window option.

Very clean looking build and the paint color looks great on this.

Looks great and I like the color and the paint finish. The stance and the wheels really catch your eye here.

Great concept for the paint and interior.

Great looking cruiser.

Very creative design and the paint finish is great. I'm glad you mention all of the different bits and pieces used since it would be almost impossible to backward engineer this one.

Beautiful looking build. Great era correct colors also. I agree with everyone else, your setting for the pictures really add to the look.

A friend of mine when we were in HS had a 2CV with the rear mounted water cooled 4 cyl. The gas fill and the radiator fill were both in the rear. I don't remember exactly which was which, but I think the radiator fill was between the bottom of the rear window and the engine cover. The gas fill was in the engine compartment. He always had to stand guard so that the proper fluids went in the correct place when ever he got gas.

This is a great looking little wagon. This is perfect for the surfing scene.

Don't tell Round 2, it will ruin their whole ad campaign for Coca Cola.

Glad to see you're back on this one. The firewall may need even a little bit bigger relief for the valve cover clearance. The bed floor looks outstanding, are the metal strips going to be painted or chromed ? I also like the painted wheels with the white walls.

I like how the under side of this has come together. You paint detailing of the exhaust connections look good. You mentioned problems bending your exhaust system. Since there is no sharp bends you could use hollow plastic tubing and insert a brass rod into it. This will help hold a shape when bending the exhaust and wouldn't require any heating. Your getting real close to the end and I have enjoyed watching your build.

The ridder looks almost as interesting as the bike.

Thank you for your opinion and the link. I went back thru the link and enjoyed see all the contributions from others and how you put this together. The discussion on the fuel filler reminded me of what happened at the old Riverside Raceway when I was working for Union Oil Company. One of my duties was to help at the Union Station inside the pit area and this was around the '69 and early '70's race sessions. The fuel was supplied at no cost to the teams and we were even putting racing fuel in the race tracks support vehicles, some may have even spilled into my personal car. During one of the SCCA meets a guy rolls up to the pumps in a '67 or '68 Mustang. He had a quick fill in the middle of the trunk lid, roll bars in the interior and looked very much like any other Mustang that was competing that day. The driver gets out and tells use to fuel the car which we started to do. All of a sudden he starts screaming to stop fueling. Turns out he was just a "poser" looking for a free tank of gas and the quick filler just went into his trunk which now had about 5 plus gallons of race fuel floating around in it. He was sort of person that sort of had it coming anyway. Just thought you might enjoy the little happening from the pits.

I think you might be able to use the flame decals from the Revell '32 Ford 5-window coupe. The kit is from their Special Edition series 2 in 1 #85-4228. Your build is looking dead on so far.

Ya I was starting to worry that McNally was MIA or something. I like how the "carpet" turned out.

It would have to include a figure of Linda and all the Hurst lettering. I don't recall ever seeing the Nova in the background of the picture. That would be very doable with what we have to work with now if the decals could be found.

I realize you're building a specialized version of this Falcon, but I was wondering what your opinion of the kit would be to build a mainly street version.

Sounds like a great upgrade on the hosing front. Sounds like with all you had to do on the new place you should have tried to get something going with HGTV or one of those Reno Series for TV.

Congratulations on a long and happy marriage.