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[Shelby 427 1965]

Volkswagen Type 2 Panel Van Plymouth Parts Delivery truck - "Josie".

 

Hasegawa kit, wheels from a Shelby GT350R, decals from a Superbird, suspension lowered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking, all comments and criticisms appreciated!

[Danno]

Sweet.

 

 

[geordie]

I Love it !!

[Johnny]

Don't think back then we would have seen Plymouth using a VW van to deliver parts.

 

But Nothing much cooler than the old VW Van's!(and Bugs)

Nice job on the build, really looks good!

Of course wrenching on VW's for years kind of makes me a little biased towards them!

[Gluhead]

Yeah, probably not very likely, but it looks cool anyway.

 

Nifty T2.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Thanks everyone! I just adore Plymouths, and since those decals seemed to be the only white ones I have that would fit, seemed like a perfect choice! Bit of imagination goes a long way Cheers!

[Johnny]

Been there, done that too!

In 1968 I entered a local model contest. Built a "gasser" and found some old decals in a friends parts box for a name on the car "Hemi Hunter" seemed appropriate enough.

I took second place with it! The only time I ever won anything at a contest.

Problem was the car was a 68, Charger!!! Guess I got the wrong idea as to the meaning of the name!

[vintagercr]

Very nice!

[cobraman]

Very nice build.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Cheers!

[slusher]

Nice build, shows really good..

[Chris White]

I so want to see all my high school friends in a cloud of smoke coming out of the side door....What a great model, thanks for the memories

[rmvw guy]

I love the bus! I remember seeing one of these at our local VW dealer used as a parts vehicle but, it wasn't decked out like yours. Cool!    

[george 53]

Are there TWO of them? Or does the pic itself seem to change color? Is it purple, or blue? Either color, it came out great! I LIKE VW busses.

Edited by george 53, 01 February 2013 - 02:27 PM.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Thanks everyone! There's only one, for some reason outdoors the Tamiya Purple seems to look... Blue? Rather annoying.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Okay, took some more outside photos to hopefully show off the purple better..

And Hemi my cat insisted in being in one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

[Erik Smith]

Nice looking VW model.

Your camera is the reason the paint looks different - it's the white balance, which changes with the source of light.

[rustybill1960]

Both very clean sharp builds!

Thank You for sharing

Later

Russ

[TLes]

Sweet build! Always had a soft spot for VWs whether van, bug or Karmann Ghia. Been looking for the Ghia kit, a little hard to find but might see one at model shows. You did a great job on the van

[hvymtl]

Really nice i wouldn't mind doing up one of those . And Hemi looks as if he is gonna swat the 'Bird Michael