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Thanks!! The 1:1 scale "V" from the Meteor will not bolt tho the Vicky grille as I did here, as the grilles from both cars are completely different, and AMT only tooled a add on "V" to be glued to the regular Ford grille. I'm just saying that because I was tempted to make it look accurate (only the front end) and gave out as I was just reworking a older build. It's a cool idea tough, to build a accurate Meteor out of the AMT '56.

That turned out spectacular!! It looks so real I thought the first picture was a screen shot of one of those American films about hospitals I used to watch on afternoon re runs when I was a kid.

Real nicely done!!

Thanks guys!!! Really appreciated.

Looks pretty good. Those keystones look at home.

Thanks guys!! When I built the Ford, using the column shifter was absolutely normal, as I'm used to drive a three on the tree on a daily basis. Not much of a fan of floor shifters. Even tough, I used one on a blown '57 Ford I built about four years ago.

After finishing to build a stock '56, that I was planning to hot rod, I was left with some left over rod parts. Since I have built up Hot Rod '56, I decided to spice it up a bit and add the left over parts to it. Added a dual four barrel intake, a dual four barrel pressure hat I scratch built, and some 15" Cragars to my built '56 Hot Rod. The car already had the supercharger, but now it's a dual quad and supercharged 292. Still plan on adding headers, but will have to remove the engine from the car to do so, and that doesn't use to end well for me. Front tires are Firestone Wide Ovals, and rear tires are Good Year drag slicks. All pretty vintage AMT stuff. Hope you guys like it.

Given the option, I like factory wheel covers (in special the '66 Ford dog dishes). Things get different if the option is a 15" Cragar SS with a red line, or with white lettering Wide Ovals.

That is way cool to be just a model, someone has to make the 1:1 version. What about a flying Cobra? Not just a Cobra with wings, but a Cobra with some sort of scratchbuilt anti G system, and maybe a turbine on the back, kind of the land-speeder used by Luke Skywalker on the Episode IV, but done with a Cobra.

Cool isn't it? he did the tires from flip flops when he started, now, he makes them with flexible black resin. I'm not into modeling trucks, but was real impressed by the work he does. The FNM trucks he makes are very realistic. Yes, nicely done. I wish I could make stuff out of metal like he does. Not into modeling trucks, but the quality of the work is cool. LOL!!! When I was a kid, I got a stamped steel bus, and I got grounded for making multiple holes on it with a .22 I had won for Christmas. My mother hided the gun so well, I still don't know where it is... The English language translation is not that good, but the guy has a assembly line going on, and the models are not that expensive. Agreed!!

Thanks David!!

Real nice!! Always great to see one in unmolested stock condition.

Thanks Chris!!

Thanks Mike. You was responsible for me building it, I just deviated from the rod theme a bit, LOL. Can't wait to see your done. Thanks David. The tires are made in two parts. Regular white resin wide whitewalls, and rubber resin in black for the tires. I have kind of a tutorial on Flickr, but due to changes on Flickr they will delete most of my pictures in February. Thanks Jim!!

Super cool. Tried to use forced perspective more than once, but my crappy camera didn't like it.

The heads I got are the ECZ-G from 1957, early 1958. Those have the 1,927" intake valves, but also the high compression 69cc combustion chambers. The inatke I got is the 9465-B, with spread bore studs, that accepts "modern" carburetors. The other Ford intake, the 9425-A only accepts the Holley Teapot. My engine works very well like that, and has more power than the stock 302 on my '82 Galaxie Landau. I almost got a Edelbrock intake for three Stromberg carburetors, but they wouldn't be as easy to keep running on a daily basis as the Autolite 4100, not to mention the hood wouldn't close... All in all, the Y-Block is with ease my favorite engine. They run forever. On one of the cars I do work on, the engine is really worn, barely has 70 pounds of compression, and the oil pressure is 25 pounds only when cold, and using 20W50 oil. After it's hot, it goes down to 5. We bought all rebuild parts, and even have a spare block, but the engine just keeps going and going. Not to mention the sound the Y does trough a pair of long glasspacks. Sweet!!!

Those Chevrolets came out in 1964. They were pretty advanced for the day, and were more comfortable than many cars. They all had the 261 six up to the late '70s when GM started using the newer 250 six on them, along with the 151 four. I had the "suburban" version of the Chevy truck, called Veraneio. Mine was bought new by my father back in 1973, and latter given to me. She had almost all factory paint, vinyl roof, power steering, and the De Luxo pack, that included a side stripe, and full wheel covers, among other goodies. The engine was the 261 six. The Veraneio was a heavy car, and that engine had a very short relation differential to help to get things moving better with a lot of cargo, and that made the Veraneio slow, and thirsty. Sold the Veraneio back in 2005 to help funding a "hot" 292 for my Galaxie. The Galaxie had the original engine, with close to 500.000 kms on the clock. The car was bought new by a engineer that worked for Petrobás, and he drove the Galaxie from Itajaí, in the state of Santa Catarina (my state) to Rio de Janeiro, once a month. That's a pretty long haul, and I think that kept the car in great condition, as 99% of his mileage was highway. I opened the Y-Block in 2010, and found FoMoCo bearings, pistons, camshaft, all in standard size. The engine had never being opened before. It had some blow by, but almost no ridge on the cylinders. I had the block bored, decked, and installed a Isky cam, Clevite pistons, bearings, and Sealed Power rings. Used a pair of big valve heads a friend brought from the U.S., along with a four barrel intake. New oil pump, water pump. To keep things Ford, I used a Autolite 4100 carburetor. The engine has plenty of power. I use to do work on Ford cars, and here in Brasil, I never found one with the oil passages to the heads clogged. I think the detergent oils that were widely used even in the '70s, avoided this kind of problem here. The only complaint of the owners is low power, as Ford tried to make the engine as fuel eficiente as possible, and used a Webber - DFV 444 carburetor, a two barrel that had considerably small jets, and overall lean calibration. A simple carburetor change, even keeping the engine a two barrel, but using a Motorcraft 2100 carburetor with 1.08 ventures, and some 49F jets will make the engines change 100%.

Amazing Mustang. Loved the color, and the chassis detail.

Thanks Carl!!

Yes, those trucks were very cool. My '74 Galaxie has a 292. Original from factory. The Fase II Y-Block was only made in Argentina. They changed the basic design modernizing it so they wouldn't have to import the 302, like Ford did in Brasil. 1975 was the last year for te Y-Block here. The 1976 model year cars had the 302 Windsor. Pastore is not a place I would ever go to buy a car. They hide a lot of flaws with cheapo cosmetic work. A more honest dealer: https://www.brunelliveiculosantigos.com.br/veiculos

Love this color.

I liked it!! The color makes the 2CV to look like it means business.

I wish I had this kit. It's one Galaxie I don't have. The 427 engine from the AMT '66 Fairlane 500 R Code will fit like a glove. Acording to the brochure I have, Magnum wheels were not on the option list for the Galaxie 500XL.

Thanks!! Thank you!! Thanks!! Thanks!! It's Tamiya TS-64 dark mica blue. Very close to the actual Ford color Nocturne Blue, from the 1956 model year. Thank you!! Thank you!!!! Thanks!! Appreciated.

Found this guy while looking for a FNM Truck to give a friend for Christmas. He does make some interesting and well made models, using metal. The web page is a little confuse to navigate, but the models ate top notch. http://www.oficinaaberta.com.br/catalogo/catalogo_todos.asp The Peterbilt from the movie "Duel", all in metal: https://www.oficinaaberta.com.br/index_en.htm