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Hard it is, 'adulting'.

All the '60s small and midsize unibody Fords were built from the platform up, riding on a chain pulled rack down the line. It appears that the early to mid '60s cars were all simply hosed with primer underneath from jets that sprayed them as they went over. By the late sixties, Ford had switched to immersing them in big electrically charged primer tanks. From what I can find out, the primer color varied by plant; some using the red oxide and others a mix of leftovers called slop grey. Of course, as the painters couldn't reach far underneath, just the edges of the floorpan received a dusting of color as the rockers were painted. There's some great vintage Ford assembly plant videos out there. Check out 'Dearborn Assembly 1962'

The cab (shared with the Nightrider), appears slightly underscale (1/26) when compared to the amt 92-96 cab. Ford used the same cab from 80-96. Here's the cab compared to the 1/24 monogram and the 87-91 and 80-86 monogram cabs compared

Maybe this truck discussion would be better served over here... ... instead of here in the car discussion section.

Smooth trades with Sledsel and Matt T. Thank you, gentlemen!

It was just her need for control; a different kind of 'railroader' The kind that makes single guys realize there's worse things than being alone... That jupiter looks like a good start on what I'm thinking of. Thanks!

Good to see them get to you. When dad passed a few years ago he had a pile of ho stuff, gathered over the years. The woman he married after mom passed wanted it gone asap so she could get on with her life. My brother and I hardly had a chance to go through it before she found a buyer. Had a chance to grab a few things including this vintage rail piece... Just have to find a 4-4-0 to set on it and decal it up to match the first CPR steamer to pull through to Vancouver in 1886.

Definitely look a lot less goofy as a long box...

Looks like mpc got extra mileage out the original '69 and '70 bodies, like amt did with theirs.

Another look at it also reveals that most of the stuff on the rh side has been shifted around too, with the horns and three other small parts being deleted from the chrome.

Thanks! Me, too. Let's give the credit where it's due, to Mr Goldman for making it happen Starting to feel like I've inadvertently opened a big can of worms here; looks like tracing the mpc kit evolution is going to be more involved than the amt '69 First, a pic of the super stocker body, looking like the amt '70. Real car was a '69; so (speculating again) maybe the mpc '69 body became the '70 and after they did the regular '70 and the Kalitta car, they butchered it for Trickles car and did that side kickup to approximate the '69 scoop

More Mustang forensics ...blame it on a question from Mr Khils regarding the mpc original annual I recently came into possession of . A quick comparison of the original mpc '69 Mustang body with the 'refurbished' version post Dick Trickle's car. Redone wheel openings are nowhere near as crisp as the original. The horizontal molding under the door was faintly replicated on the redo and extended right to the wheel openings. Original mold was altered to make Trickle's super stocker and then returned to stockish condition in the '80s like some of the other butchered annuals. Not a bad job though the new body does bear evidence of the work done, like this sag in the fender bodyline... and the grill opening; radiused nicely on the original and squared off on the reconstructed front end. Chassis was widened slightly on the redo as well Only thing on the chrome shots that changed were apparently the wheels and deletion of the chrome custom taillight backings. The original body was very crisply molded and aside from the grill casting and incorrect shortened body length (in the doors), it was a nicely done car. The refurbished ones seem to be softer styrene and are kinda fuzzy on detail, maybe due to wear on the molds. Nothing really collectible about the oft reissued available everywhere 'restored' body so don't waste a lot of money on them, save it for the early pre-Trickle issues. Not sure which was the first boxing of the redone body, but if you look closely at the box art with the minilight wheels, you'll see they used an original body instead the newish one.

Now you've got me curious about the potential changes Forgot about the Trickle car. It is indeed an original. IIRC, the tires (4 wwalls and two slicks), mags and decals were unique to the original. I'll dig out a newer one and compare bodies. I sent a scan of the instructions to Bob at drasticplastic. Maybe Mark could throw throw some light in here on this too.

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Turns out, despite the difference in body length, the original amt and the mpc '69 mustang body width and headlight areas are very close to identical. With some finessing, the front of the mpc would make a vast improvement over that revell mess. The rev grill might be better to use. You'll want to file down that goofy wide flareout and taper it inward slightly at the front to match the new headlight areas.