California Sunshine truck - finally underway!

[Faust]

With a lot going on, some projects get pushed to the back burner. When the kit in question is an old MPC, that may be surprising, but it can happen. Case in point: the MPC California Sunshine kit. A lot happening at home, combined with straightout lying on MPC’s part have combined to make this one a bit of a non-starter.

However, things are rolling again, and it’s my pledge to get this thing done before the end of the year! It’s time to clear the backlog and get the Sunshine back in my life!

Check out my progress so far at the link below, and if you have one of these, get ready to be surprised by what I found out. (Or, maybe not… it is an old MPC…)

 

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/2024/01/13/california-sunshine-update-1-california-screamin/

[Can-Con]

Just finished reading your article, Adam. I'm kinda puzzled, you say you couldn't figure out what was going on with the body and decals.

Don't know if you went back and read the comments in your original post on the subject but I believe everything was answered in that thread. 

Bed was not stock on the original show truck, Long wheelbase truck with the rear of the bed  bobbed off, kit is a regular short wheelbase.

Pics on box are of the show truck built by "California Stepside" for car shows and promotions. The kit probably represents the standard kit the company sold for the short wheelbase trucks that the kit was since it's first issue. 

"California Sunshine" wasn't just one show truck. It was what they called their aftermarket wide body package they sold for the Datsun trucks just as the sold aftermarket stepside beds for them.

That said, I'd think the kit , while not the exact truck shown on the box, would more accurately represent a truck a customer would be able to build with the company's kit for a short wheelbase truck.

Anyway, Just my opinion. , ,and here's a link to the original discussion.