FatManScaleDesigns Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 Im in! Ford Courier. Old school Mini truck!
FatManScaleDesigns Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 Switched up.. This is gonna look like a daily driven mini truck project...
Chuck Most Posted January 1, 2013 Posted January 1, 2013 I still have the Toyota on the back burner, but I remembered this Courier I started. This might be a good excuse to finish it.
wraith Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 need more update pics of that Courier! looks sweet & its giving me ideas for mine that I am working on now.
Chuck Most Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Started on another Courier, the most recent reissue of the AMT kit with 2 wheel drive and aftermarket stepside bed. AMT/Ertl called it a '77 on the instruction sheet, but the truck is actually a '78 (slightly different grille and the parking/turn signal lamps are in the grille, not the bumper like on the '77). The front suspension was modified, and the truck will run the five-spoke wheels from the Revell '50 Ford F-1 2-in-1 reissue. These wheels had the tire locator rib filed off to accommodate the Toyo Proxes tires from a Revell Ford Focus SVT. So far, that's it. The kit I'm using had the engine missing, so I'm kicking around the idea of putting a 5.0 V8/five-speed combo from a Mustang in the truck. Guess we'll have to see!
bandit1 Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Im still looking for that toolbox!...Anyone know if one was kit'd before?>... Need to work on the radio and antenna to...also looking for a replacement gas tank!
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 Stance on the '78 is dialed in- My style! Brings me back to the early 90s
Chuck Most Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 I was kind of keen on a V8 for this, but... I figure since the Courier was basically a badge-engineered Mazda, I might just stick a turbo Rotary engine from an RX-7 in there. Just a thought.
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 I had an 83 Courier back in 97 and we dropped a rotary motor from an RX 7 in it... That little truck could fly man.... I use to love gettin it sideways
tooltas Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 yes go with the 13b rotary in it... but this truck needs to lay out on frame or doors
Chuck Most Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 Went ahead and robbed the turbo rotary from a Tamiya second gen RX-7. Other than removal of the mounting tabs from the oil pan and the fact that I had to cut a notch in the passenger's side inner fender to clear the turbo, fitting it in there wasn't a big deal. I also made a 'billet' grille for it using some grooved Plastruct stock, some BMF, and a black wash. I also had to cut a hole in the hood for the intercooler- a scoop will come later.
whale392 Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 Chuck, do you have the hood from that FC you took the engine from? If so, take the scoop too! Or go real crazy and use a Scooby STI Tidal Wave hood scoop!
Chuck Most Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 Chuck, do you have the hood from that FC you took the engine from? If so, take the scoop too! Or go real crazy and use a Scooby STI Tidal Wave hood scoop! I do, but whether or not I use it sort of depends on what happens with the rest of the RX-7. I'm also toying around with a Cobra Jet type scoop. Next time I'm sitting idly at the bench I might just lay a few scoops on there and soak them in, see if any of them 'speak' to me! I wasn't feeling the kit's supplied aftermarket Flareside bed, so I dug out a glue bomb Styleside Courier and robbed the bed from that. I think it looks much better for the style of truck I've stumbled into.
tooltas Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 it looks like my old truck 1983b2300 mazda truck them truck are kinda rare know.
whale392 Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) I agree, smoothside beds are so much nicer. I just picked up an old Datsun smoothside pick-up and was deciding it's fate. May have to go with a clean mini-truck build for it! Edited May 20, 2013 by whale392
bandit1 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I know the antenna is a bit crude...but its still being worked on...the radio is not completely glued together yet ...still waiting on glue to dry! Anyone have a spare gas tank?...
Chuck Most Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 Today's progress... Added an electric fan... And finished out the interior...
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