Pretty darn close, I would say! Looks good! Mine will be the Combination Tu-Tone of Wimbledon White on the roof and lower body and Competition Orange on the upper body.
Thanks. Your colors should look great.
Thanks Lee! I’m not looking forward to all the masking, but the color combo should look great!
You Bet Yer sweet Bippy !
Shoot;
I still miss my Three on the Tree, Long Bed 73,with a Six and power Nothing. Darned good truck for All those years. Plus, I could work on it myself .Even in the rain! There was so much space Under the hood, I could pull the hood almost closed and still keep working! Plus I did cheat. I installed my own sound system. One very good Bose System I took from a Wrecked Grand Marquis.
That was the prettiest Electric Blue truck I ever owned. 73 to 95. Not a bad life. I had her painted in 85 because the original Ford Baby Blue was showing it’s age. Had it painted at the Ford dealer. They were instructed to strip it down inside and out. Correct any rust and paint her that beautiful Blue like they had on Corvettes at the time. Ford had a matching color but I don’t remember what they called it.
They found very little rust! Geez, I loved that truck.
The Story
It was getting late and McNally was hungry. He stops at a convience store and he grabs a sandwich and a cup of coffee. He drives back to the route that Rhonda walked daily and he stops to eat and think. Suddenly, bright lights illuminate the interior of his car and he places his hands on the steering wheel and he waits for a cop to come to his window. The cop asks why he is there and McNally identifies himself and he says he is working.
He is told to get out of the car and he is searched with the cop finding his SIG Sauer P227 in his shoulder holster. The cop asks about the gun and McNally tells him about all the permits he has for it. The cop takes the permits and his drivers license and hands them to his partner and tells her to run his name through the computer. A couple of moments later and she comes back and says hi to McNally and that they had met last year when he bought her Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD V8 from her. McNally returns the greeting and he explains why he is there and what he is doing…searching for a missing person.
The Build
I painted and assembled more of the engine this afternoon. I got the wires installed on the distributor and will wire the engine. I might plumb the engine a little with a fuel line from the fuel pump to the carburator and a line from the PCV Valve.
McNally will return…
Nice looking engine, Mike!!
Thanks Keith! It’s getting there!
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You can put that engine in any of my Fords! McNally is a careful man. He’ll git’r dun !
The Story
McNally tells the cops how he is searching for Rhonda Hawkins and shows them a picture of her and Off. Casey Westerfield says they will search for her as well between calls. McNally appreciates the extra help they can offer, even if it is a few minutes here and there. The two cops get another call and they must depart. McNally starts his search over again.
The Build
I finished the 390 CID engine this afternoon. I glued the fuel filter back on after wiring the engine and I added the air cleaner decal and a Fram decal to the oil filter.
McNally will return…
Engine looks great.
Wow, Mike…that engine looks fantastic!
Had to do a double take there, I thought the op was making a comment about his own build, there are 2 mr.mike’s here, lol
On this site, there is me, Mr. Mike from Nashua, NH and then, there is mrmike from Far Northern California. Elsewhere, I am mrmike. Those who know me, just know me as Mike.
There have been other very similar names here in the past. I’m glad Mr. Mike and I are willing to share. If we lived next door, it might be a dilemna, but we’re far enough apart that there’s no chance I’ll answer his phone. The real giveaway is that we have differant avatars.
Happy modelling!
Great looking engine.
mrmike, the phone’s for you, not me!
I have been re-reading the instructions and staring at the box art and I have decided to change the tu-tone from the combination tu-tone to the deluxe tu-tone. The deluxe tu-tone is just two colors separated by the chrome strips in the center of the body. The color combo will remain the same with Wimbledon White on the bottom and Gloss Orange (Coral) on the top.
The Story
McNally drives along on Shallotte St. and he hears the dog barking again and he stops and listens. The barking seems closer than it was earlier this afternoon. He continues driving and he looks up the driveway to a warehouse and he sees the dog that is barking and barking. McNally drives up to the barking dog and he stops just short of the warehouse corner and he gets out of his car and slowly walks over to the dog as he approaches the corner he sees a foot on the ground and he goes over to find a body. It is Rhonda Hawkins and she is unconscious, but alive!
The Build
I have painted the wheels with Model Master Wimbledon White and the chassis has been painted with Tamiya Semi Gloss Black.
McNally will return…