Originally Posted by kahn
Really good looking set . I am looking for wheels simular to those. Where did you pick them up?
Thanks, Kahn. I'm very happy with them. I picked them up off ebay. I had to do quite a bit of searching on there, but I was lucky enough to find all that I needed.
Also, 6X6World member Brian E. Seas was nice enough to sell me an upper body for my racer. We all met at Amphiman's to exchange parts and Brian bought a first generation Attex from him. Anyways, the body is from a 440 Thunderchief and aside from the weathering and oxidation (which you really can't see in the pictures from the old Craigslist ad that I attached), it is in pretty good shape. This is the body that was from that machine which was all over Craigslist and ebay for a long time about a year ago. Brian sent a lot of the parts my way which will help me with my racer, along with 6 new axles that he made. Thanks again, Brian....that is a huge step forward for my racer project.
I've spent a couple hours over the past two days cleaning up the body starting with 80 grit sandpaper and working my way up to 2000 grit and it has turned out great! I really can't believe how it shines now. I just finished all of the front tonight and I'll have pictures up tomorrow. I just wish I took more before pictures of it to show how oxidized it really was. Also, I really like the look 440 Thunderchief and so I decided to stick with the stock graphics and front fascia treatment that came on the model in 1973. I took a picture from the gallery (I believe it was Mike, Don's, Whipper, or George's shot from Ashtabula) and altered it in Microsoft Paint to make Hydromike's D/stock racer look like a 440 Thunderchief. I really like the look of it, and I think the polished aluminum wheels will compliment the machine nicely.
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