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AMT '67 Mustang Fastback--Completed 05/20

Thanks fellas!!

Well guys…this one is going to be coming to a close a little quicker than I thought. I had a block of time that I hadn’t planned on having and was able to get alot done. Here’s the final mock up before I go any further and will be the last pictures I’ll post in this thread until I’m either done or have a major catastrophe with the build.

I’ve still got a couple of things to do like:

  1. Scrub the tire tread on tires and touch up the rim edges and then install permanently onto the vehicle. Also the rear wheel isn’t “sucked” all the way down on the tire which makes the tire look like it’s not properly seated on the wheel so I’ll have to make that happen as well.
  2. Install all door handles and outside rear view mirrors (mirrors still need the Alclad II treatment)
  3. Add the metal coating to the windshield wiper arms
  4. Apply the PE M U S T A N G lettering to the trunk lid (although I am contemplating a complete repaint and clearing of the trunk lid because it doesn’t seem to be as dark a shade of blue as the rest of the car).
  5. Install the exhaust tips that I just got applying the Alclad Chrome treatment to
  6. Install radiator hoses and final details in the engine bay
  7. Paint the bottom side of the hood
Anyhow…here’s where we are right now. (Couldn’t resist throwing my “REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT” tag from the mirror. I’ve had this tag on all my 1:1 scale rides for the last 32 years now. It was in Mustang #2 of mine, my blue #3 Mustang, my 89 LX Coupe and now in my Silverado truck.

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I see what you mean about the trunk lid. It does show a bit lighter with none of the metallic pattern that is in the rest of the body. Other than that this is looking REALLY GOOD!
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That's Purty! It's a P-51B, but it, but it, P-P-P-Purty! :good:
Thanks Chris!!
Great job Joe
Tony I appreciate it bud.
I see what you mean about the trunk lid. It does show a bit lighter with none of the metallic pattern that is in the rest of the body. Other than that this is looking REALLY GOOD!
Got 'er taken care of and thanks for the comments.
Turned out super nice. Those 60's Mustangs are hard to beat for style and looks.
Thanks bud. I always had a soft spot for these old cars. In real life there were a few things that Ford could've done differently to make 'em a bit sturdier starting with that nasty front end that they threw under those things but they were indeed beautiful cars.
 
Ok gang. This build came to a close after right at 10 months just a few days ago. I kind of hate seeing this one end as my mom was following me on this one pretty closely before she passed in late January from Covid pneumonia. With that being said....this one's for you momma.

This whole build started last July after I saw the kit re-released by Round 2. I've had visions in my mind for years of building a 1967 Mustang Fastback model as it would have been if I had one. I've had the pleasure of owning three 67 coupes and always wanted a fastback in real life. My last Mustang was the best of the three because it was built from the first two cars and I had managed to score a 351W from a 69 Mach 1. She also had a 4spd manual transmission and 3.55 gears.
The first car I had I managed to purchase from my home town. It had a 289 2bbl with an automatic tranny and 2.79 gears. It wasn't fast but it was a good lookin' car. On one of my many trips back to Ft. Hood from my home town in North Texas I hit a deer and destroyed the front end of the car. (going off into the ditch is the WRONG thing to do when dodging animals I found out). The deer was only the beginning of the damage....while dodging the deer I didn't look on the OTHER side of it and dove into a concrete drainage system. This car....was done.
Car #1: Acquired 1989-Decommissioned-1990
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I found Car #2 in a wrecking yard and rescued it. Man.....that car was rough looking BUT.....it was a GT and had all the options to include tilt away steering which was a very weird option but definitly good on the cool factor. This car also had a standard transmission from the factory. No engine or tranny was in the car when I bought her for $100 but I quickly took care of that. The 289 was carried over from Car #1 and I got a close ratio 4 speed tranny for this one. Later on I bought the 351W I was talking about earlier and freshened it up and dropped it into this car and drove it for a few more years before somebody pulled out in front of me at Ft Hood. I dodged but not before I hit him with my drivers side door in a side skid. Jeez....
Car #2 before the wreck: Acquired 1990--Decommissioned 1991
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and after:
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The tilt way column that I was talking about. This was supposed to help with driver ingress and egress. Definitely different:
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I recently visited the local wrecking yard in my hometown after hearing of Car #1 and Car #2 now residing there. After 31 + years this is their fate BUT.....they're still mostly in one piece and they're right next to each other. Car #2 is in the foreground and #1 is right behind her. I don't know where Car #3 is now.

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This is where Car #3 comes in. Acquired 1991--Sold 2002
I bought her for $600 at Fort Hood and towed her back home. I had two other parts cars now to draw parts from to make this one the best car out of the three and one that I would have for 11 years. Me and my best friend built this car over a course of 5 days from this at day one:
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to this at Day 3 moving under her own power.
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The next two days involved finish up...bumpers, trim, interior and all the cool stuff to make this car driveable.
The end result:
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Now....all of this is where the inspiration for my build here came from. I wanted to build a fastback with all of the things that I had in this last car with the only difference being that I wanted factory style wheels on this one. And so, I set out on my venture.
I purchased this kit....and went for broke.
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I finished her this morning. Color is Acapulco Blue from MCW Finishes, Wet Look covers the clear coat. The pad printed tires in this kit are a God send and thanks to Eric Oberhaufer at AMT the change out from the Firestone Super Stock tires that this kit came with got changed out to the Wide O Oval tires you see in the following pictures. Model Car Garage covered most of the PE items that you'll see on this car with PE kit # MCG-2032. Joel at Iceman Collections provided the Cobra air cleaner, HGW Models provided this 1/48 scale REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT tag hanging from the rearview mirror and the CPC 64F (the same tag that was on Car #3) license plate and plate frame were provided by Thomas at Speedway decals. Throttle linkage, air cleaner wingnut & washer, fuel lines and brake lines were all either fabricated or drawn from PE parts bin. Throttle return spring is an element from an automotive turn signal bulb. Plug wires are from Lex's Scale Modeling and the 650 cfm Holley Double Pumper carburetor was from Shapeways.
The hood scoop is from the AMT GT-350 kit and was graphed onto the stock hood. I also cut out the area of the hood where the scoop was to allow the air cleaner to sit up inside of the scoop from proper hood closure/ seating.
Outside door handles are from Fireball Modelworks, Alclad applied to both and pinned in place.
A good amount of work had to be done to get the front suspension lowered achieve the stance that I wanted and the front wheels had to be moved in ......significantly... to go inside of the wheel wells where they belonged. The rear suspension had to be raised so a light re-aching of the leaf springs is all that took.
This kit is a good kit overall but there are some notable areas that need mentioning. Firts off ...the good. The base engine was well represented with only a carburetor change out needed to spice things up a bit. The interior is also well represented with good detail. The aluminum plating on the dash face is a BEAR to replicate on this one as is the door panels. If anyone's interested in how I pulled that off let me know and I'll be happy to tell you how I managed to get through it.
80% of this build was pretty straight forward BUT....the fit between the nose piece and the drivers front fender on these kits is very hard to get flush. I spent all KINDS of time trying to fix the issue and STILL ended up with a slight gap. Test fit--sand-test fit--file--test fit and MORE TEST FIT is required to get this part right. The fuel cap sticks out way too far because it's thicker than it needs to be. I took sandpaper and stuck it into the contours of the tail light panel and sanded it down to what I felt like was the proper thickness. The front and rear bumpers had little braces going down on either side of the license plate area and I don't care for those so I cut those off of both bumpers, stripped the chrome from them, cleaned 'em up and worked the Alclad magic on both.
I'm pretty happy with the turnout overall as it's just the look I wanted to get from the build. Thank you guys for following along, encouraging me and helping me get through this one.
Finishing shots:
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Awesome write up.
Sorry about your Mom, last couple of years has been hard on all of us.
She would be tickled at the results I'm sure.

The RBF streamer is a nice touch!
 
Awesome write up.
Sorry about your Mom, last couple of years has been hard on all of us.
She would be tickled at the results I'm sure.

The RBF streamer is a nice touch!
Thanks Bob.
I'm sorry for you all's loss as well bud. Really.

The streamer is from the 1:1 build as well. Note the picture of the blue interior above in Car #2.....you can just see the end of it hanging from the rear view mirror.
 
Son! wrote us a BOOK din'tcha! A very clean build of an "I Wanna" car!
My College mount was a 1970 429 4-speed Torino GT. "GT" stood for "Git in Trubble" or "Get a Ticket".
I could go from my West Des Moines home to my Seester's house in Papillion, Nebraska in 6 beers! :yipee:
Few pictures of "The Troublemaker" Torino GT survive.
I do have the Monogram Pro-Modeler kit.:hmm:
 
That's a good lookin' notchback Tim. They were never the sturdiest of cars but they were sure fun to drive and I really enjoyed all of the ones I had.

Thanks for the good word on the build as well brother.
 
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