That just has to be the extreme Woody...



The Delahaye 135M shooting break Guilloré 1948. Marcel Mongin was a Delahaye driver, and did especially well at the 24 Hours at Le Mans (5th in 1935, 2nd in 1937, accident in 1939). In 1946 Mongin was ready to retire and Delahaye rewarded him for his many years racing with the gift of the special and unique shooting break. This car was made by Guillore for the Delahaye factory, maybe on the base of a car driven by Marcel Mongin.

The original car was dark red with steel wheels and restored in USA in the nineties in dark green with wire wheels.

Here one from an earlier blog entry by mine on John Roberts (see <a href=\"blogs/john-roberts-extravagant-custom-builts-162\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"John Roberts Extravagant Custom Builts\" mce_href=\"blogs/john-roberts-extravagant-custom-builts-162\">here</a>), a 1948 Ford Woody.

1980\'s Hot Wheels Hiraker, with original Real Rider wheels

here\'s a Revell \'48 Ford that i converted to a street rod. Engine is an injected 392 Hemi!

Does faux wood count?

As far as I\'m concerned it does. Are those Mecury wagons or Fords?

Mercury Wagons.

Here are a couple of Ford Woodies From National Motor Museum Mint in Canada. Arko Products.
1929 Ford Station Wagon

1946 Ford Sportman Convertible

Jim

Repaint project: the #344 Plymouth Woody. I believe its supposed to be a tan colour with red side panels. Anyhoo, I figure a more woodsier colour would suit it. Green with woodgrain brown and either tan or light green panels.
It also was squashed at the rear. Good thing that this Dinky came with the metal plate chassis.
So here\'s a before photo for now as this\'ll be an easy restore.

It should look something like this one I redid a few months ago. Got a decent price on eBay too.

 

Here is another one I did, #344, the first one is a 27f

 

Both these models came from England for a real good price. They had been stripped of paint but had not be disassembled. There was a bit if a mess on the base when opened up. I have more pics of the restore if you want more. Not all pictures are on Photo Bucket.
JN

Thanks Jim,


I\'ll probably will mask the tires and chassis. I found that with some of my rivet restores they come apart too easily. 
I might need some new tires though.

I use screws on some of my customs, and JB Weld on others. depending on how much I\'ve changed the chassis.

Here\'s my Hot Wheels 31 Woody. It was is very sad shape when I got it, this is after the restore.

I use SF\'s cast rivets. Look most like the real thing. I drill and then get a loose press fit and use super glue to hold them in. The tops break off if you have to do a repair or want to do a repaint.

Looks like I might have to order it in. As you may have noticed Toy Collectors in NZ are a very rare species. Not everyone wants to go online or wants to share their magnanimous collection online.

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