Ak Miller was messing with those for Pike's Peak in the 80's IIRC

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Does the Revell Mojave Mule have fender badges/scripts on the decal sheet for a stock version? *NM*
- Yes, but it also has well-defined emblems molded onto the fenders *NM*
  - Now that's a pleasant surprise...thanks, Mark. *NM*
- Between that one and the street machine kit with the bed cap, it would be nice to have an accurate stock kit. That and an early Ford Courier, rotary Mazda, etc would be neat kits to have. *NM*
  - I figured long ago, that if there really was an interst in doing a resin conversion of the kit to build stock LUV and Courier/Mazda Rotary pickup kits, we'd have seen them by now... *NM*
    - Yeah, I agree Jason but a guy can hope, right? Maybe some enterprising 3d print designer? Still hoping for a mid 70's Granada coupe too. Lol *NM*
      - Gee, I'd buy a LATE 70's Granada coupe kit in 1/25!! *PIC*
        
        I would love a '75-76 Granada Coupe! Two friends had them and I'd love to replicate their cars. *NM*
        
        A 3D printed project if I ever saw one....
        
        One guy on YouTube dropped an Australian Barra straight six into one. Took it to the strip, smoked a couple of Hemi Challengers with it, then got booted out for going too fast with no roll bar *NM*
        
        Yep, they are good engines, my 2014 FG Series Ford Falcon Ute has a standard Barra/auto....goes well enough for me......lol. *NM*
        Ak Miller was messing with those for Pike's Peak in the 80's IIRC
        
        He did a bunch of the 200/250 sixes with three-carb setups. The Barra is much later...
        
        He had a last gen for the 250 at some point - although now I have heard of export bans on some particularly good items
        
        Would be surprised if there is export bans on Oz engine parts,I've never heard of one,the main issue is that scrappers have taken the excess hipo Ford V8 stuff & whats left is going up in value,Barra's came out around 20yrs ago,up to 315kw ex factory, my 2014 Ute is 195kw. *NM*
        
        I wouldn't say "export ban", but rather more competition for available parts that come up for sale. I'd imagine interest has risen since local production has ended *NM*
        
        Theres some interesting Barra conversions in Oz, a 67 Mustang f/back & 65 Oz Falcon H/top , both with turbo'd Barras have been seen at local car shows, the Mustang was a real surprise...lol. *NM*
        
        Agreed, can't believe there's not a 3d print out there. Someone here in town has one with tint, two-tone but in primer, and what looks like 2nd gen Probe seats *NM*
        
        Here's a pic of an old coworker's '76 Granada. One of my hs friends had a nice metallic brown coupe with tan vinyl top and interior and the first CD player I ever saw in a car.
        
        I've messaged with Robert Burns (Too Many Projects) and he said it's on his 'to do' list. I'm a patient man but a nicely detailed Granada would be great. I could also see Andrey Bezrodny doing one and variations at some point. Hopefully soon. *NM*
        
        Saw a mockup of a stawag version running around Deerburn at one point innaday, would have brought down the house!
  - The one with the cap would be the way to go, as it is 2WD and has the stock front bumper the Mule lacks. Maybe once the dust settles, I'd like to take a swing at removing the flares and correcting the inside of the bed...