430 MEL Engine

[Thor]

Hi

Does some one know if there has been made a 430 MEL engine in kit form?

i`m looking for an engine to put in my next project, a 1960 Mercury Colony Park stw

trying to make a copy of my 1:1 car with woodgrain and all

ps. does some one make woodgrain decals in 1:25?

Thor

[Thor]

thanks for the tip. i`ll check that kit.

It may be a 462cid but it looks the same. some parts even interchange

Thor

[bigphoto]

I am not sure about it but the AMT recent Edsel kit may have the 430 Also Archer Transfers makes wood grain surface detail

http://www.archertransfers.com/AR88012.html

[Harold]

I believe that the old Lindberg (nee AMT) '34 Ford truck had a 430 in it. The '65 Lincoln has one, but you have to fill the hole in the block. The engine in the '58 Edsel is an FE advertised at 360 CID ( a 352 with an overbore, most likely.

Edited December 4, 2008 by Harold

[bigphoto]

Thanks for the Edsel info.

Another source for the MEL would be the optional engine in the 25 Ford Roadster.

[Len Woodruff]

Hi

Does some one know if there has been made a 430 MEL engine in kit form?

i`m looking for an engine to put in my next project, a 1960 Mercury Colony Park stw

trying to make a copy of my 1:1 car with woodgrain and all

ps. does some one make woodgrain decals in 1:25?

Thor

I think Missing Link Resin makes a resin version of this engine. Here is a link to the website and you can e-mail them.

Missing Link Resin

[bobss396]

IIRC, the old (soon to be reissued) double T kit has one in it. They are slightly different from the 332-427 Ford FE line and deffo look better in hot rods.

Bob

[tim boyd]

Hi

Does some one know if there has been made a 430 MEL engine in kit form?

i`m looking for an engine to put in my next project, a 1960 Mercury Colony Park stw

trying to make a copy of my 1:1 car with woodgrain and all

ps. does some one make woodgrain decals in 1:25?

Thor

The three MEL engine in 1/25th scale are from the AMT 1925 T Double Kit, the AMT 1962-65 Lincoln Continental (the '65 has been reissued a number of times and has some pretty cool engine accessory parts), and the AMT 1966-69 Lincoln Continental (even through the real car switched over the the MEL series 460 in 1968 1.2).

Missing Link does a nice repro of the 1966 Continental MEL.

You can see these engines built up on p. 24 of the June 2007 issue of that other model car mag.

TIM

[Harold]

The three MEL engine in 1/25th scale are from the AMT 1925 T Double Kit, the AMT 1962-65 Lincoln Continental (the '65 has been reissued a number of times and has some pretty cool engine accessory parts), and the AMT 1966-69 Lincoln Continental (even through the real car switched over the the MEL series 460 in 1968 1.2).

Missing Link does a nice repro of the 1966 Continental MEL.

You can see these engines built up on p. 24 of the June 2007 issue of that other model car mag.

TIM

Actually, the 460 was a new 'thinwall' design big block in the '385' series, but I still enjoy all the stuff you've written over the years . Merry Christmas.

[bigphoto]

Actually, the 460 was a new 'thinwall' design big block in the '385' series, but I still enjoy all the stuff you've written over the years . Merry Christmas.

I think he ment that Ford switched to the 385 series from the MEL in 68.

I know sometimes when tired I type and post and look later and think what in tarnation did I do that for!!!