Scuderia Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Hello all, I've been reading and searching around for a few days now and love the site/forum. But I have a question that's rattled around in my head for a bit. I have the aforementioned Turbo Coupe kit, and broke the body. I found online a site with a red Fox Body mustang, glass for sale. My question is would it fit on said Turbo Coupe's chassis? I know in 1:1 they're both fox platform cars, but not sure if this body would work in scale.. thanks.
Eshaver Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Lawrence , uh as I recall, the actual Thunderbird was a good six inches longer . Yes , technically the two cars share platforms and drive line components . So too , the Mk 7 Lincon did too........... Ed Shaver
Abell82 Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 No, not without work. The T-bird should be 1 / 24th. The Mustang 1/25th.
Scuderia Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Ah okay, makes sense. Thanks for the timely replies, I'll get a fresh TC kit instead then.
Fabrux Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 I just did a quick check and even if you were to use a 1:24 Mustang kit, the chassis pans don't switch very well; the Thunderbird has a bit longer wheelbase. Also, the T-bird's chassis pan has the rear wheel wells molded to it where the Mustang's doesn't.
Scuderia Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Thanks for looking into that further, Chris I appreciate it.
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