My Latest Rescue

The other day I was rummaging through a stash of old bodies trying to decide what was worth keeping and what might could be discarded when I ran across this old Porsche body. As you can tell by the "Before" pic this car would not quiet qualify as "Minty" As I recall a few (emphasis on few) years back I was wanting an open wheel AFX. At the time, prior to the G-Plus release, there just wasn't much out there. So, as many of us did during that time, I boldly took on the task to transform this little jewel into something else, more than likely with only a dull pocket knife. Again, as you can see the results were, well, it is what it is. Ok, back to the present. I was holding this little gem in my hand wondering what, or why would I want to keep it, when I happen to look over and see an old AFX Bronco sitting there that appeared to be saying look at me! look at me! I picked up the Bronco and held it behind the Porsche in a way that the wing appeared to be sitting on the Porsche, and there it was.... the reason to rescue another surely doomed slot car. The next step was to try and clean up the previous avulsions (wounds), followed by some glue, a little paint, and some colorful decals. I'll let you guys be the judge on this but it has quickly become one of my favorite runners and has led me to try this concept out on some other not so damaged bodies (thats another story for another time)As some of you know I am on a quest to never throw away a slot car body if there is any hope for it at all. We have all heard of PETA, maybe I'll start "PETS" People for the Ethical Treatment of Slot Cars. Happy Thanksgiving guys and please remember our troops! K.