Cobra 427 powered '65 Mustang

[curt raitz]

I wanted to build a '65 Mustang to celebrate them being around for 50 years.

Picked this up at the Local Hobby Shop, yep...we have one in Hollister.

I had an extra 1/16th scale SC Cobra 427 engine leftover from a few Cobra 427 builds I had done earlier. I thought the 427 would be nice fit in the Mustang. My goal was to build a "sleeper" so to speak.

​I liked the American Racing Wheels in the kit, but didn't want to go with the Big/Little stance. I was able to get an extra set of wheels from Mike Kucaba in exchange for the Cobra 289 engine. I went with the front wheels on all four corners. My friend Steve Allemand gave me a set of tires beefier than the stock tires in the kit.

The 427 engine went into the mustang fairly easy, just had to fabricate a couple of motor mounts.

I stayed with the cast exhaust headers and went with the dual carb set up.

The body was painted with MM Ford Wimbeldon White and the stripes/interior is Ford Viking Blue from Scalefinishes.

Here is the finished model:

Thanx for lookin...

oh yeah, it's 1/16th scale

Edited October 19, 2014 by curt raitz

[bobthehobbyguy]

Nicely done.

[hacked]

that is one sweet 65, very well done

[Mike Kucaba]

That turned out nice! Glad to have helped out.

[cobraman]

Looks great, nice job !

[vamach1]

Very nice work. Hard to believe AMT molded the wiper blades backwards.

I never noticed they were molded wrong until someone pointed it out on a Facebook page.

Edited October 20, 2014 by vamach1

[jrherald420]

Very nice build of a not so great made kit. The rake of the windshield is the reason I sold off all of mine. Really kills the look of the car for me.

[curt raitz]

Very nice work. Hard to believe AMT molded the wiper blades backwards.

I never noticed they were molded wrong until someone pointed it out on a Facebook page.

and there isn't a rear view mirror for the drivers door in the kit...

[jrherald420]

Really? Wonder why? I had 3 re builders that all had them, they were the first runs of the kit. Very odd.