That is my intention. I have several challenges: 1. The headlights. Is there any other production car that shares the same grill and headlights? 2. Wood grain interior - I have already started sanding it smooth 3. Air-cooled motor - the exhaust system looks wrong 4. The gas cap is in the wrong spot! :-) 5. The wheels are something off a Connestoga wagon, not a VW that I have ever seen... Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Plastic Vanagon Models
> Brent, you are making it a true replica of your own Syncro, aren't you? The same > color inside and out, I mean. It would look great if you take the Syncro to a > show! > > John wrote: > > > I want to put > > square '86-> headlights in the grill. Any model builders on the list > > know how ? I'll even buy another model vehicle, take the lights and > > throw the rest away, just tell me how. > > Good idea! Then you can get some nice wheels too :-) Maybe some sport seats, a > Golf engine??? The list is long, and parts are cheap (LOL) > > My favorite model-kit store still has a kit of the UN 7-pax bus. I have this kit > too, still unassembled. I will paint it to match my Syncro. > > > > PerL > 87 Syncro 112i > > Brent Christensen wrote: > > > I just started building a model of an 80-83.5 Westy from Revell. Bought it > > on eBay for $15. I assumed when I saw it on eBay, that it was pretty old, > > but when I looked at the instructions, I found they are copyrighted 1997! > > > > Are these things still sold new? Anyone ever seen a model of a late-model > > Westy? > > > > I am also planning to try to modify the suspension to make it look like a > > Syncro.. Amazing what we'll do when it is too rainy to work on our Vanagons, > > eh? :-) Maybe I'll use Euro-spec clear turn signals... > > > > Brent Christensen > > '89 GL Syncro Westy > > Santa Barbara, CA |
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