I always loved Faller cars, just because they're different, but they're generally out of my price range. Several years ago I was lucky enough to trade a couple of Mercedes 230 bodies with a guy in New Zealand, of all places, but I haven't found anything since then... till a few months ago. I won a Fleabay auction lot of a few junker Faller bodies, including a 230 and a 300, each missing the roof, and an Opel Diplomat missing bumpers. The whole lot came in around 15 bucks with shipping, if I recall correctly. I finally got around to doing something with the 300:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/benz300-01.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/benz300-11.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/benz300-19.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/benz300-26.jpg

it ain't perfect, but now I have a Mercedes to run around my track. The roof was left over from a JL '59 Impala that I converted to the top-down version, and the windshield is from some random diecast that I don't recall... it was in the parts box from another project. I hacked up a JL chassis to get it to fit somewhat... the slightly longer wheelbase than Aurora actually works better to try to get wheelwells lined up...

--rick

Hey rick, not bad....

Pretty good!!!

Great job !

Neal :dude:

Looks great man!! :thumbsup:

Wes

Pretty well done salvage, when you see how much they are priced (even in Europa)... the only way to own some is the "cuban" method :-)

what was in the lot for $ 15,= +shipping

the mercedes is worth about € 50,= til € 80,= iff its mint

nice score

greeting michel

Not bad at all Rick! :thumbsup: rr

Kind of a 50s carson style look to it. I like it too! :thumbsup:

what was in the lot for $ 15,= +shipping

the mercedes is worth about € 50,= til € 80,= iff its mint

nice score

greeting michel

thanks to all for the props... :wave:

hey michel, this lot had in it a 230 and a 300, both missing roof and windshield, and an Opel Diplomat missing its windows and bumpers. I think there was also a partial Faller chassis, or maybe it was a Bachmann chassis. Nothing mint, though not cut either... they'd be nice if I could find correct replacement parts...

The Diplomat is the one that looks like a 4-door mid '60s Chevelle, right? Maybe I need to find a junked MM Chevelle to fix that one up... hmmm...

And joez, yeah, I considered trying to open up the sides of the roof so the windows would be bigger and closer to "stock", but I kinda liked the look too...

--rick

Rick- Nice job. I hate having incomplete cars on the lot, especially when they are in great shape.
Jim