Holiday Buggy vintage resurrection

[Kol__]

How's the body shell coming along Kev?

[KEV THE REV]

Thanks for your interest  .I'll have some updates tomorrow , things are moving along now . 

[KEV THE REV]

Some updates on progress

2.4g radio fitted , battery in . I made another gear cover . This time slightly different from the other one , this one is much easier to fit and remove with the 'bridge' over the battery band hook on the tub . I made an aluminium rear bumper and fitted an SRB whip ariel for effect . fitted a mesh in the rear louvres on the shell for effect . Light fitted with custom lense stickers and driver is in and fuel cans on . I won't be doing much more with the shell other than putting on some American matt white stars and serial numbers etc . Still looking for some half decent rear tyres to run .

 

[casethejoint]

Enjoying watching this resurrection. Top notch job - well done sir!

Love the military theme too - totally works on this buggy.

Oh, ps:-

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 I made an aluminium rear bumper and fitted an SRB whip ariel for effect 

... nice touch that, looks really good.

[Willy iine]

+1 what @casethejoint mentioned above.

Very nice work, @KEV THE REV!

[KEV THE REV]

Thanks guys . I'm working on getting some Matt white Military stars and serial numbers etc to finish the theme .

[KEV THE REV]

I thought about finding a solution to the rear tyre issues on the HB & SR  so with some thought I looked at the SB 915s as they are good grip and plentiful . I took  Brat front wheel , removed the front and back and the HB rims fit well .  I removed the Brat spokes to leave the centre boss. I then cut the original HB rim beads down to 4mm outer and 4.5 inner , this gives a nice squeeze to the tyre like the original HB . The HB rims are  slightly smaller in diameter than the Brat so I glued a strip to the HB rim circumference to fill the tyre bead . . More pics to come 

[KEV THE REV]

More pics 

[KEV THE REV]

Wheels finished , work well , great grip now and easy to replace with more 915's

[KEV THE REV]

Just waiting on the military stickers to finish the project 

[Grumpy pants]

On 4/7/2022 at 2:26 PM, KEV THE REV said:

More pics 

Now that’s a brilliant idea Kev 👏

[Fuijo]

They say you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. It would appear they are wrong. Remarkable! What a good job you have done. Love it!

[Re-Bugged]

Marvellous 👍🏻👍🏻

[KEV THE REV]

Nah , just kidding 

While I'm waiting for the final stickers to arrive I thought I'd mess around . The wheels are Tomahawks from my #46 Scorcher but they give a nice look to a HB and probably look even better on a Sand Rover

[jonboy1]

looks brilliant mate!! Awesome job there!

[KEV THE REV]

Thanks Jon . These won't stay on but I might go for this look on my other box art HB

[Grumpy pants]

Proper posh wheels Kev!

Reminds me of the Lamborghini Countach  wheels 👍

[Kol__]

Niiiiiiice @KEV THE REV!!! Stylish, but still means business. Kill 'em in style!!!!

[KEV THE REV]

Got the matt white stickers printed by Jez Thain - screenprintdigital - excellent chap to deal with , and great stickers .

The Military HB is finished

[Fuijo]

What an amazing job you've done. From basket case to crisp, clean and sharp model.

I can't help feeling like it could do with some road dust. Are you going to run it?

[KEV THE REV]

20 minutes ago, Fuijo said:

What an amazing job you've done. From basket case to crisp, clean and sharp model.

I can't help feeling like it could do with some road dust. Are you going to run it?

I might be tempted now that I have 2.4G radio in it . When I get a chance I'll get it outside