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Tonight I sold my CR01 unimog new built.

Congrats Flo!

I built the one with the Land Cruiser body and it was a fun build but since crawlers aren't my thing it just sat around unfortunately....

I never ran mine. I only wanted build an aloy chassis. Originaly it was the bronco and I spent some euros in the same time for the unimog.

Taking a break from the shop clean and starting some restoration work, Have had this for 8 years The chassis is perfect so it's just the body to be done, The PO painted it with a paint and prime rattle can. pulled it down and media blasted it all off

 

 

 

Yesterday I ended to rebuild my ex workshop. I needed it to stock my tools and have a protection for the winter when it rains. I can't more squatte where I stocked my tools. Because the owner begin a new house tomorrow....😭
Now it's our smoking room for rainy days. 

I spent the better part of the long weekend on a Monster Beetle restoration. This is one I picked up last year, before I stumbled across the partial built boxed gem I found this year.

Anyhoo, I had to strip off the gold and whatnot, and Easy Off oven cleaner did the trick (after four times each side!). Then some surface primer and the proper Italian Red. I managed to get the roller done, but still plenty of detail work left to do on the body.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lovely work Todd!

caprinut wrote:

Lovely work Todd!

Thanks, it wasn't looking too bad until I started on the window surrounds. Ugh, I suck at painting. It will look great from 10 feet away though, LOL

Shiny red todd. And it is a vintage mb body. (Maybe a early red one) . I don't remember if my vintage body had the sand scorcher rear support marks.

stingray-63 wrote:

Shiny red todd. And it is a vintage mb body. (Maybe a early red one) . I don't remember if my vintage body had the sand scorcher rear support marks.

Yes sir, and it has a full window as well, lightly tinted. The boxed one I have has an even earlier white body. I think when I paint that one I'll leave the inside top white for "proof'. Interestingly, the driver parts tree on that one is also white, whereas they switched to red I suppose when the bodies went to red.