Made from a Lindberg Kit, used original rims and tires. Drive: JL Thunderjet chassis.
http://www.southern500.de/eldorado1.jpg http://www.southern500.de/eldorado2.jpg

Hey Satellite, That Eldorado is really fantastic. In fact the color looks real close to the shade of green that I painted the 54 Chevy I had when I was in High School... I always thought it was a great color... :D

Gotta love those Mini-Lindy's.... :thumbsup:

Jeff

Now that's a time machine.... Nice job man. BTW where do these Lindberg kits come from? Are there many other models in HO scale? tjd

I had that kit too. In red. Dang.

Here are a few Mini-Lindys I found not too long ago...

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/lindygrp.jpg

The purple car doesn't belong in the pic... it's apparently a cheap plastic knockoff of a Lesney Matchbox Pontiac. I got it at a flea market with plans of mounting it on a Tjet.

--rick

WOW.. one cool looking car man! did that car had front wheel drive?

Wes

Now that's a time machine.... Nice job man. BTW where do these Lindberg kits come from? Are there many other models in HO scale? tjd

tjd, Mini-Lindy's are only available on e-pay these days. I don['t remember if there were other "models" made in HO scale... HTH

Jeff

Now that's a time machine.... Nice job man. BTW where do these Lindberg kits come from? Are there many other models in HO scale? tjd

Here you found all the lindberg ones. Some are like real H0, some are too small
for slot conversion.
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=95190&highlight=lindberg

Hey Rick what are the paticulars on the GT40? Wheelbase does it match up?? It looks like the early MKI fromthe front? I'm not making any HO cars but I love all the GT40's and would probably make that one for Robin to put on the web site if it fits right wheelbase wise.

Roger Corrie

Hey Rick what are the paticulars on the GT40? Wheelbase does it match up?? It looks like the early MKI fromthe front? I'm not making any HO cars but I love all the GT40's and would probably make that one for Robin to put on the web site if it fits right wheelbase wise.

Roger Corrie

hey Roger, here's how it looks compared to a long wheelbase JLTO chassis. The wheelwells are big enough that it seems to be okay with a stock Tjet too.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/gt40-01.jpg

The only problem is that when you take the bottom off (it comes off with 2 screws) you lose the rocker panels and the underside of the nose. The rear screw post is in exactly the right place, the front is too far forward.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/gt40-02.jpg

Dunno what the early MK1 looks like, but here's the front.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/gt40-03.jpg

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And the back.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/gt40-04.jpg

And this is what gets left behind when you take the top off...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/gt40-05.jpg

any chance you could do some casting off this one without beating it up too bad? (except for the decals, of course...)

--rick

Hi Rick,

I would have to remove the wheels fill the inside with clay, put it back together then add some clay to the bottom the make the mold. If the wheels come out then it can be done without tearing it up.

It is the early MKI

Roger Corrie