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1915 Stutz Grocery Truck

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I bought this ready build car a few years ago, I guess you could call it a grocery truck. It's based on the 1915 Stutz Bearcat model made by MPC. The rear wood section was nicely build. The original builder lengthened the chassis in the middle with about an inch and added an extra support from about an inch long to the rear of the chassis to support the long cargo section. Unfortunately he also decided to paint the fenders, dashboard and all gauges, steering wheel, headlamps and handbrake with a rather liberate amount of flat black.
Parts were missing and broken and the car had no engine, spare wheel or exhaust.
Here is a picture of what I got:

My first idea was to use the rear section for a new Ford Model T project, but by a stroke of luck I discovered another build Stutz on eBay a few weeks later. It did only cost a few dollars, so I decided to use the parts of that car to restore the Stutz fruit wagon.
Here is a picture of the installed engine and the restored dashboard with scratchbuild replacement pedals and woodgrain decal:

Fenders and chassis were re-painted in semigloss black and the wheels, toolboxes, engine hood and radiator received a paint job with Tamiya TS-15 blue. I also made some new brushed silver decals to add some detail to the engine hood and toolboxes.
The fruit/grocery section was restored using spare diorama parts like some Coca Cola trays and a few flower trays I made from HO scale bushes.
And here is the restored 1915 Stutz Grocery Truck/Fruit Wagon
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I even managed to get a small Stutz emblem on the radiator: