1965 Mercury '60's Custom

[Aaron_F]

I started this recently, but haven't had much time to work on it. It's an original 1965 AMT kit, and i'm going to replicate the box art as closely as possible. I'm just starting to sand the putty and get it ready for paint.

This wasn't mint in the box when I started, it had been built many years ago but not painted. I decided to replicate the box because it already had that rectangular "continental" grille glued on.

Thanks for looking!

[Lownslow]

interesting

[Dave Wood]

Too Late!

[TomA]

The box art car looks sweet and you are well on the way. Is it just an illusion or is the actual model shorter in the rear than the box art car appears?

[purplehornies]

I love '60s customs. Keep us posted on your progress.

[Chuck Most]

Looks like there's custom parts that extend the fenders that haven't been attached yet.

That, or it's that spoiler-extendo- thingamajigg growing out of the C-posts. Then again, using that piece, you'd have to extend the rear fenders to compensate! Either way, I think it's gonna be a cool build. I love '60's Fords, but I love the '60's Mercs even more. Semi-obscurity rules!!!!

[FordRodnKustom]

Nice work going on there. I dig vintage box art builds and have a few in the works myself. Keep us posted on this one. Looking forward to seeing it progress.

[Guest Gassersgarage]

The ole Merc will look Kool.... I'm working on the 64 Impala SS, doing the same type of build, using only the custom parts in the kit. Some of these old AMT customs are really out there!!

Would really like to see any old builds you guys may have... PICS

[84vanagon]

Neat Aaron!

I purchased two of these unbuilt about 30 years ago cheap.

I built one right off the bat, Testors PLA black, red interior with the kit

chrome slots (now long gone !). Still have the other one.

Before you get too far along with your build look at how the

chassis places the wheels in the wheel openings. They're too far back.

You can either drill new mounting holes for the axles (easiest),

or mount the chassis further

forward on the body.

The AMT 65-66 Galaxies and 66 Mercury didn't suffer this

same malady. These kits might provide easy swaps also.

Can't wait to see more!

[Aaron_F]

The model will be painted candy green just like the one on the box. The custom parts are odd looking, but they still look cool. Lol! The rear end of the model looks like it is a bit shorter than the one on the box, but not much.

The black is just brush on primer. I can't wait to get some primer on it because it looks gross right now, hahahah. Models always look ugly in the early bodywork stage!