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I found this F-150 shell when a guy was using it on a TL01. It had allot of extra holes and the grill was fitted with silly putty. The front window was glued in with cyno and it had a few thick coats of black paint on it. The rear tabs for the body mount has been removed as well. I promptly gave him a new body too destroy in exchange.

Over the years I have collected every SRB part I can get my hands on, no matter what condition. I also found a very beaten F-150 chassis. The gearbox was useless as some one tried to make it direct drive by cutting away most of the casing. The radio box had cyno all over it. I also found allot of wheels over the years, so with all these parts I had the start of a F-150 runner.

The body was paint stripped over several days. The body tabs at he back was a big issue as the body would just lean from side to side, so I had to make new ones. They had to be strong, so I could not just simply glue them on.

First I made holes where the old tabs used to be. This allows me to see them from the top.

Next I made 2 slots for the styrene to slip into.

This way I could make the tabs strong enough and easily get the height perfect by pushing them onto the roll bar and glue them in place.

I did add some bracing to the tabs and smoothing things out. Then came filling in all those unwanted holes.

Looking good so far

Great save

How did you finish up with this one mate

Hi

You wouldn't happen to have any decals I'm trying to source some for my restoration

Thanks

Unfortunately not I'm afraid. I need to find a set for myself too.