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Post by Fletch on Jun 14, 2009 22:47:01 GMT -8
Tonight at the June meeting Dave Beach walked in and handed me this body. He ask if I had any ideas of how it could be built, My reply was that several came to mind. Next thing he says is good build it how you think it will look best. I know nothing about this body except that it is a resin and appears to have been from a mold of a metal die-cast. There is a trademark logo inside the body the appears to be the letters OK inside a globe, with the lettering NO3725 and Made in Hong Kong. Hosted on FotkiThe body seems to be around 1/20th scale. The resin it was cast from is very light gray almost white in color. Who ever cast this body used what seems to be talcum powder for mold release in stead of the normal oil base we normally see used. I don't know that I'll do anything more then add wheels/tires and an interior and leave it a curbside. There are a few pinholes that need to be filled and the body rough sanded to get past the baby blue paint. Do any of you have any knowledge of which resic caster was producing this body and aprox when they were making them? Thank you for any information Fletch
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Post by brizio on Jun 15, 2009 6:16:03 GMT -8
I saw it yesterday, and its a very nice frame! I made a quick search, and found this two links. Not very helpfull, but give an idea. The Saico brand make a 1/26 in diecast, long 5,25". I found also some of those on ebay. But not clear pic about the license plate, because if the license plate is the same could be that the OK company sold the master to another company. Seems that the license plate start with a V - - 2 - -... Saico Morris VanAbout the OK from Hong Kong, I found only this. Its a battery powered in 1/18. Looking to the box colors my guess is that was made around 60/70s. OK Morris VanI'll keep looking.
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Post by Fletch on Jun 15, 2009 7:28:57 GMT -8
I found this posting about it but not a lot to go on. It looks to be the same piece as the rear bumper is the same. THe one Dave gave me is a resin cast most likely taken from one of those bodies. They list it as 1/30th scale but' I'm more inclined to believe it's somewhere between 1/20-1/22nd scale. home.wxs.nl/~beere101/OKMAIN.html
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Post by brizio on Jun 15, 2009 8:19:42 GMT -8
I think you find it! About the scale the real one it is width 65 in, so if you measure your you should find it scale. The name of it is Morris Oxford made in pick up/truck by Cowely. Brochure
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Post by Fletch on Jun 15, 2009 8:42:27 GMT -8
I think I found it. R&R Resin produced it as a kit with underframe, seat and front and rear bumpers. I found a photo of it on Resinrealms site. You'll have to scroll down about half way on the page, it gives front and rear shots of the kit. www.resinrealm.net/Star/RRGalleries/Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.htmlLooking st thge interior of the body I get the impression that it was most lilely mastered off one of the Saico Die-casts as it looks like it most lile;y had opening doors on the master. The scale listed on th eSaico die-cast is 1/26th, after setting the body next to a 1/24th scale model it seems about right.
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Post by brizio on Jun 15, 2009 9:42:58 GMT -8
Yea! Also interesting, that probably they used the same master for made all of them. Look the # on the frame that you have, and the license plate on the ResinRealm web site...
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Post by Fletch on Jun 17, 2009 5:29:16 GMT -8
The one thing that I am certain about is that the wheel base is incorrect. The rear wheel opening should be moved back .250" and the front wheel openings need to be opened up a bit. There are some other minor reworking of the body that needs to be done. But, for a resin body cast from an original that is around 40 years old it's not to bad.
I believe the Saico, die-cast are a different body completely or that they corrected the wheel base issue as I've ran across a couple of them and they appear to be correct.
I am seriously tempted to hinge the front body work from the cowl forward and stick an Injected BB Chevy under it and turn it into a '60s era gasser. However, there are several projects ahead of it that need to be completed before this gets any serious bench time.
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Post by brizio on Jun 17, 2009 5:33:57 GMT -8
You have a nice idea/project for it!
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Post by 82stepside on Feb 22, 2010 15:47:02 GMT -8
Hey dave... scewin around on the hamb today and found a similar morris wagon... needs to be a bit higher in the front in my opinion and move the front axle forward but street gasser for sure! Hosted on Fotki
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