Another Mini Morris truck

[waaytoomuchintothis]

[JT Previa]

Lookin' good! I assume that is a Carrera Go 1/43 chassis? Do you know how the motors run on 10 volts? I have used the 1/43 SCX for a small 1/32 car and the motor just didn't 'motor' on the 10 volts we use for non- mag racing up here.

Lots of potential liveries and maybe even a fake payload. Autograss Pace Car? HRW Mobile Routing Service vehicle?

Eel Pie? Rock n roll? I'm curious!

JT

[HomeRacingWorld]

Pretty cool.

Maybe a "Rolling Stone Gravel Company" sponsor? :)

[Ember]

Odd jobs man. Let's face it. Food isn't going to be appropriate in an open backed utility. Different matter if it was a van.

I've got it. Chuck a hogshead in the back (a barrel that is, not an actual hog's head) and make it a brewery runner.

[HomeRacingWorld]

Is it too late for.....



Or?

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Harry got it. The Rolling Stones, particularly Mick Jagger, were frequent visitors in the old days, and there's a lot of history there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6310309.stm

Actually, I have been thinking about a big beer barrel. Maybe good old Jax Beer, from Jackson Square in the New Orleans of my youth. They canned pure water and trucked it all the way to us in bayou country when the hurricanes hit. The drivers even carried cases of canned water to all the little old ladies. They got us kids to tell them where the little old ladies lived. We loved them like family when they did that.

[dreinecke]

I'd make it a Morris race support runner. Parts, wheels, tires, etc. in the back. Local Morris dealer name on the fender.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Oooo. That's a good one. I like that.

[FootScoot]

[ElSecundo]

[ListerStormGT]

Rob, here is the one I did a few years back, it was the PRS kit just like Ken's above. I know the livery is out of the norm for me but you know.... :D

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I remember both of those builds. That was where I started thinking about this little bugger. The first thing I thought was, "Well, Jager and Gulf are already done, so..." Then I thought about the old Shell livery, red or yellow with the Shell logo, before they went to white with the Shell that I don't like. It was after that when I began thinking about other liveries than oil companies. But I also remembered that nifty little roll bar, and already have the plastic rod I'll use to build it. This resin body has a rear bumper, but no front, so I have been thinking about grinding the bumper off and adding the detail of the little hinges that are on yours. I will have to scrape some panel edges for the truck, but I have a nifty dental tool for that. It works great on resin.

[DaveKennedy]

Where did you get that body???????

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Its one of David R's friends. He's on ebay at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-32-Mini-Coope ... 339317c669 Bruce Kinder is the name, and he has loads of them ready to go. I thought he might get swamped, but he assured me he is ready for the orders. By the way, Dave, the quality is excellent. Very comparable to those very expensive ones from England a few years ago. Half the price or less.