A Tribute to my First Car I've ever Bought! My 1982 Ford EXP

[TheCat]

Took me a few years to finally find the model kit at a good prize.

Here's my first car that I've bought back when I was 19 and my first EVER Manual Shift Stick car. A replica to my first car with all the imperfections. I had a couple other prior to this car, but they were all hand-me-downs. This was my first car that I actually paid money for.

Built it to look like the car, down to the semi-gloss paints. The clear coat of that car was no longer glossy.

I had some great times and lots of good memories with this car!!

I bought this car used (for $800 back in 1988) and on the condition you see it on the model. It was not a perfect car, but to me it was perfect... it was my first car I loved. At that time I never drove a manual car. So, I learned the hard way to drive manual. I drove the car from the Dealers lot to my home (6 city miles). It turned off on me three times. LOL

It was Semi-Gold with Semi-Gloss black rocker panels and a Red Stripe

It had Limo Dark Tint.

Sunroof.

Four Speed Manual Transmission.

It had metal Louvers on the rear window.

I even created the actual lincense plate numbers it had back then.

Dirty engine compartment and all.

well, here it is.... Enjoy!!

Edited August 10, 2012 by TheCat

[Foxer]

Wonderful replica. I especially adding the road grime! One of my favorite subjects .. "cars I've owned".

[jeffs396]

Very cool EXP Felix!

Nicely done, I'll bet it gives you that "warm & fuzzy feeling" everytime you look at it!

[cobraman]

You did a very nice job on that EXP.

[cavemanx]

Great built!! Really detailed and love the spall spots of rust and stuff on the under carriage. I'm not usually like this, and forgive me - Reverse lights?

[Platerpants]

this would look great in my forum where people share vehicles they or their family have owned. what is the exp exactly looks mustang based

[Scuderia]

That's pretty awesome and the detail really sets it off. nicely done

[rmvw guy]

Wonderful replica. I especially adding the road grime! One of my favorite subjects .. "cars I've owned".

Ditto. My favorite build to this day has to be the first car I ever owned, hope you had as much fun building yore's as I did mine!

[Olskoolrodder]

My folks had one almost that same color,OL! NIce job on it,y friend,looks 11,geat weathering too

[slusher]

Really nice work, looks great...

[JunkPile]

this would look great in my forum where people share vehicles they or their family have owned. what is the exp exactly looks mustang based

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The EXP was based on Escort

[tvandmoviecars]

always liked that era of teh EXP... before it turned into a Escort... I even test drove one, once... but couldnt come to terms on it, with the lot.

[1972coronet]

That's probably the cleanest EXP I've seen in probably 20 years ! That MPC even kitted this oddity is an interesting ode to the 80's ! Been wanting to build one of these myself ...

Here's another EXP ; one which I'm reminded of every time I've seen one of these cars :

[bsoder]

I really enjoy seeing 1:1 tribs. great job man! B)

[TheCat]

Very cool EXP Felix!

Nicely done, I'll bet it gives you that "warm & fuzzy feeling" everytime you look at it!

Thank you Jeff - Yes it does give me that warm & fuzzy feeling.

[TheCat]

Great built!! Really detailed and love the spall spots of rust and stuff on the under carriage. I'm not usually like this, and forgive me - Reverse lights?

Thanks... Yeah, I missed that. The rear lights came in color, so I may have to do something about that.

[TheCat]

Thank you all for the kind comments. This was a kit that I've wanted to build for a long time and it was a great pleasure to finally build it.

[crazyjim]

Way to go, Felix. Another hit. I almost bought one of those brand new.