Great find-1975 ERTL "Dump Gravel Trailer"

[weirich1]

A local hobby store in Maumee, OH, is having their going out of business sale. I've been looking for another trailer for my trucks and today my Dad found a few. The owner said that they had brought some kits out of the stores' basement. The trailer my Dad picked up for me is a 1975 release ERTL "Dump Gravel Trailer". The box was in bad shape, had to wipe some dust off no-bagged parts, but it's complete. I was really surprised to see the kit is molded in white; the painting possibilities are endless.

[mackinac359]

Cool find!

The original MPC and Ertl issues were molded in white. Was and always will be a great kit.

The only problem is the axle-track is too wide. I remove 1/4 inch from the axle on each side to bring the tires in. Otherwise you're looking at about 9 feet in width. The DM600 and DM800 suffer from this too. Simple fixes.

Tim

[scummy]

G-day weirich 1, :shock: how awsome what a find sometime's you get lucky and find old plastic but it's gettin rare now . Good on ya :mrgreen:

[SpreadAxle]

I'm in the proceess of building that very kit right now. It will go with the Autocar that I talked about in another post. My Frame rails were both slightly warped, but when glued together, they came out ok. great kit. I can't wait til i finish mine.