Heavy Metal Mach I Boss 351

Nice work on this Karl. The colour scheme looks great and you have captured the look and stance of the real car. And that upholstery is pretty wild looking. What a nice way to break back into modelling after a major move. You had better batten down the hatches for the incoming hurricane! Hope you stay dry.

Karl,

Nice build...although I do miss the rust (Impala)

Good color combo!

Very nice work Karl...of course, we've come to expect such...

And just tell people that the battery is in the truck for better weight distribution.

Great job Karl, as usual. There's a place a few miles from here that restores just Mustangs. Every time I go by there, the wife hands me a tissue and says "Here, stop drooling".

Jim

Nice build!  Always wanted a '69 Mach I in the garage.  I'll keep dreaming too.

Hey thanks, all!

Marayan--thank, friend! Yeah, we're getting ready for the "big rain" but I don't think it's going to be anything but a weekend-ruiner!

HercMech--ha ha; I do love the rust, but sometimes I just need to see myself in the shine! lol! Thanks for the comment!

Thanks too, Ed and Bob! I got that battery in last night. Makes the engine bay look a little more complete for sure!

Jim--I hear ya there! I always loved Mustangs! Especially the Mach's--no matter what year.

Thanks to, Buckeye! I appreciate the comment!

Thanks again all, for taking the time to leave a comment! I do appreciate it, and look forward to posting something new soon!

That's some mighty fine looking work Karl! Tsk Tsk Tsk, I thought you was a MOPAR man.

ogrejohn

That's some mighty fine looking work Karl! Tsk Tsk Tsk, I thought you was a MOPAR man.

To be honest with ya, I just like muscle cars! Wait a minute--a Boss 351 ISN'T a "MOPAR?!

Honestly, I have no idea what one is then! I swear, I just build 'em, I don't know anything about 'em!

Great looking 'Stang Karl,very sharp color combo it really pops

That one takes me back to my senior year of high school when I was tooling around in my '73 Mach 1, 351 Cleveland with a 4 speed, playing ZZTop Deguello on the factory 8 track.

"Yeah I was rollin' down the road in my V-8 Ford........."

Thank you, TREYZX! I appreciate your comments! Thanks for looking in!

Roger--I'm sincerely jealous if you really had a 351...wow. what I"d give today...!  Thanks too, for stopping by to comment!

I have to laugh when I see 8-tracks in these cars at car shows. Ugh, how I hated those things! You'd be jamming to a song and all of a sudden--silence for 20 seconds as the track flipped...man, who ever thought that was a good thing?!

the doog

 

ogrejohn:

 

That's some mighty fine looking work Karl! Tsk Tsk Tsk, I thought you was a MOPAR man.

 

Ha ha, John--thanks for the comment!

 

To be honest with ya, I just like muscle cars! Wait a minute--a Boss 351 ISN'T a "MOPAR?!

Honestly, I have no idea what one is then! I swear, I just build 'em, I don't know anything about 'em!

 

MOPAR, Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth products. Roadrunners, Cudas, Challengers, GTXs, you know, the real muscle cars. Boy that ought to stir the pot!

Karl, ain't that cool! A real classic muscle car! I like it a lot. Thanks for sharing, have a nice day

Paweł

the doog

...wow. what I"d give today...!

You and me both! The first three cars I owned and sold before I was 20 years old are all collectables now. Who the heck knew "back in the day", right?

1) 1970 camaro Z28 360HP/350 w/4 speed, 3.73 posi, Orange w/Black interior.

2) The aforementioned Mustang Mach 1, 9" 3.90 posi, Blue/Silver w/ Black interior.

3) 1979 Trans Am, 400 w/4 speed, WS6, White w/Blue interior.

I didn't own an automatic transmission car until I was 37.

Now I watch these televised auctions (Barrett-Jackson, and Mecum) and look for my old rides and get a nostalgic smile for the times I had in those cars. Nothing can match the feeling of being a teenager at the controls of a powerhouse V-8 and manual transmission that you bought and built for yourself.

The funny thing is that my current car, a 2001 Camaro SS that I bought new and built into a true firebreather that can easily rip the guts out of the cars of my youth just doesn't have the same pull at my heart that those old rides did. Perhaps my memories give them a bit of "shine" that didn't really exist then but I would rather give up my current ride for one of my past rides than one of the current offerings, no matter how good they are off the showfloor.

ogrejohn

 

 

 

MOPAR, Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth products. Roadrunners, Cudas, Challengers, GTXs, you know, the real muscle cars. Boy that ought to stir the pot!

Love those Road Runners and GTX's

PAWEL--thanks for coming over here to take a look!

ROGER--wow, that's some serious collection of machines!

My fiancee's borther builds/rebuilds cars, and he's got a 94 Camaro with some sick, bored engine in it that has mondo power. He can smoke the tires by blowing on the pedal. It's a pretty cool "sleeper"!

the doog

I have to laugh when I see 8-tracks in these cars at car shows. Ugh, how I hated those things! You'd be jamming to a song and all of a sudden--silence for 20 seconds as the track flipped...man, who ever thought that was a good thing?!

Doog:

Think 8-Tracks were bad?

They were a major advance compared to the 45 RPM players in cars......

Nice build on the Mustang !

A very attractive color scheme.

I never knew the kit had an incorrect interior.

I referred back to a Mustang sales brochure but my brochure is for the 1972.

I especially like the neat painting of the seat trim,  and the same seat trim is shown in the '72 booklet.

As for your affinity towards adding rust to cars- well, rust on any Mustang of that era would conjure up more than a few memories in people and would not be out of place.

From what I recall, cars of that vintage rusted rapidly after a few years on the road.

Or at least  they did in Illinois due to winter road salt.

Sprue-ce Goose

 

the doog:

 

I have to laugh when I see 8-tracks in these cars at car shows. Ugh, how I hated those things! You'd be jamming to a song and all of a sudden--silence for 20 seconds as the track flipped...man, who ever thought that was a good thing?!

 

 

Doog:

Think 8-Tracks were bad?

They were a major advance compared to the 45 RPM players in cars......

Nice build on the Mustang !

A very attractive color scheme.

I never knew the kit had an incorrect interior.

I referred back to a Mustang sales brochure but my brochure is for the 1972.

I especially like the neat painting of the seat trim,  and the same seat trim is shown in the '72 booklet.

As for your affinity towards adding rust to cars- well, rust on any Mustang of that era would conjure up more than a few memories in people and would not be out of place.

From what I recall, cars of that vintage rusted rapidly after a few years on the road.

Or at least  they did in Illinois due to winter road salt.

Thanks for the kind comments about my model! I appreciate you taking the time!

I'm not exactly sure what they were called,but a record is way more convenient than the reel-to-reel sound systems.