 philo426 wrote: |
| Very Cool!Did you build the wire wheels or were they assembled when you opened the kit box? |
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The kit looked like it had been partially assembled and then taken apart. The wheels were already done, as was the front axle, rear axle, and dashboard. Drum brake assemblies were partially finished (front wheels completed, rear wheel brakes unassembled).
Most complicated thing to build was the engine. Crankshaft had some broken pieces and the cam covers had warped, so things sometimes didn't quite line up.
Also, the instructions don't tell you the size of the screws you need. Each set was originally in a separate bag, attached to the opening flaps of the box the kit came in. Jim said most of the stuff was in baby food jars--which he transfered to zip-lock baggies.
The kit also had extra sets of things like the shock absorbers and a second, complete leather upholstery set.
Once I got past the idea of just using whatever screw seemed to fit (and not worrying about running out of screws until I was close to the end of assembling the car) everything went incredibly well...except where the instructions told you to assemble the running boards and then on the next page the pictures showed you putting on the body before the running boards (that was a real pain. The running boards cover up four of the body mounting points).