Look A Squirrel ?
I have been working at completing the Jeepster, which is at that “glue a part and wait” stage. I had my Jeep parts box nearby. Years ago I bought a bag of broken old Jeeps at a show. This one happened to be the worst in the bag.. an old white plastic version (Matches my Mork & Mindy version), but not sure if it’s an even older release.
Some kid has built it without any paint but an over abundance of glue. The axle ends were all broken off. It just got my attention, so I pulled it apart and started sanding. The above photo is the body with gray primer.
I had no idea what color to paint it so I decided to go random.. as I went out yesterday to buy beer, I would paint it to match the first Jeep I saw.. as I was turning out of my development I had to wait as an orange Jeep drove by.. so be it! Above photo is the body painted with Chevy engine orange.
And here we are right now. I cut the broken axles off their centers and cut new ones from Evergreen rod. I glued them back into the chassis and then sprayed that whole mess flat black.
I painted the engine Jeep blue and drilled it for wiring. I made a distributor and glued it on. I will complete the wiring tomorrow.
Body was sprayed with Testors Dullcote and it’s all ready for some weathering and rusting. This puppy was missing the hood and tailgate. No worries, she’s going to be a non running project car.
Which led me to a trailer. This is the one last seen in the Fireball 500 kit. I didn’t like the hokey double axle setup so I reverted back to single axle, which was really too far forward, so I relocated the axle back some.
To be continued...