Gilbert 40 Ford 'Semi' Restored

[Dodge Fan]

I found a blue Gilbert 40 Ford on ebay that was in pretty good shape with nothing broken. I though it would be cool to make it look 'new' again. I found a photo online of the original decal sheet and redrew it for printing. The 'color' is just the color of the plastic, not paint. I buffed the body and gave it a coat of Testors Glosscote. Then added the decals to make it look original, probably better than original- check it out-
original decal sheet-

[patwa]

Looks great. Now I know what my not so great one should look like. How did you go buffing the rims?Thanks.

[Dodge Fan]

I used WD40 on a q-tip and pipe cleaner then cleaned the wheels with the same and some dawn dishwasher detergent and water.

[HomeRacingWorld]

That looks fantastic. You always do exceptional work.

[ourwayband]

Great work as always!!
Thanks for sharing

Rusty

[torquemutant]

Very nice work. How is the performance?

[Dundee Denny]

that looks so very cool!!!

how fun you saved it off ebay and now its still great!

Dundee Denny

[dreinecke]

That is seriously cool! I've always wanted to do one of those. Do the ACG's run on modern tracks ok?

[HRWJim]

Very nice. I like the fact you did not paint it and the decals look great Jim

[DHansen]

Great work. It looks better then new. Thanks for sharring

[dge467]

Nice restoration!

[RichD]

AC Gilbert cars had pickups that were spaced further apart than the braids used on 1/32nd cars. The cars also had a steering front end like a child's wagon, making the cars work on a regular track would be difficult. I had an AC Gilbert track back in the '60s and I bought extra AC Gilbert chassis so I could put other motors, like the Russkit 22, in them and also use regular crown gears in place of the worm gears that the AS Gilbert cars used.