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The missing roof isn't a real problem but the missing roof bars are - I don't think you could make a cut & shut with a re-re body as I don't think there's a reliable way to bond the polyethylene body

Has anyone ever seen the JACO knock off Holiday Buggy? I'm thinking it may be an inexpensive source for a windscreen and roof frame.

www.ebay.com/it...EBIDX%3AIT

Never seen one in the flesh, but the body looks quite correct.

I did have a cache of photos of someones collection of those (there's a huge variety of body colours & decals) but I can't find it

The problem with using a donor car for the roof rails is that there's almost no overlap at the front (it's not like other tamiya buggies where the "tube" extends a way into the body to give it a bit more strength) and none on the back - the contact areas for gluing or plastic welding will be tiny.

I think i'd use the whole fake body - either that or look at homemade alternatives you could screw, glue or tape on

Thanks for the input guys. I'm gonna try and get the knock off. Not sure what I'll do. If I try and graft Duro plastic weld epoxy is some powerful stuff. I've used PC11 epoxy in small footprint areas because it's strong and sandable.

Wow how close does that look, I'm with JR if you can use the entire Jaco body, Do