£15 Bootsale Blackfoot! Does it run? I'm gona find out ;-)
My dad just bought this complete mess home from our local car boot sale. £15 bought us a tatty blackfoot complete with beaties bag and period acoms radio gear!
The shell looks awful and the wheels have been wrecked with paint - but it doesn't look completely gone - i'm sure there is a savable truck in there somewhere!
I'm now going to try and get it working... seriously! Video to follow :D
UPDATE
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/moviecomment.asp?id=2799
There's the proof that blackfoots are built Ford tough ;-)
Whats in the bag?
One of those!
The grill is pretty messed up
Paint looks nasty
Would you like a wheel with that paint?
At least the corners of the shell are there!
Chassis is surprisingly ok looking...
I've got some work to do!
I'll save it from the car crusher!
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
The First Truggy!
Comments
ranger blue
Good luck
not bad really IMHO. Dunk it in some simple green and let it sit for 48 hours then use a scrub brush and you'll be back to plastic.
ranger blue
Give it brake fluid bath for a few hours and wipe over with a cloth will take all that paint off.
acprc
A new coat of paint and a tidy up will get you more than your £15 on Ebay.
Crash Cramer
Nice looker you have there, let me know if you will need new or other used parts to bring it back. You are lucky that all the body parts are intact. Last Blackfoot I bought was busted in half at the cab/bed area, but never discussed by the eBay seller. Let's see some more pics of the bag please, will you sell the bag later???
mymonsterbeetleisbroken
Thanks for the comments guys! Brake fluid sure does await this shell.... but guess what....I've put some new bearings in the front and rear axles, fitted a battery, and it still works!
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