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[Kevinmini]

Walking the pooch around my local village I came across a pile of items on a local chaps drive....I spotted something really nice and asked if he would like to sell it and couldn't believe it when he said take it as I'm about to take it to the tip!

So the restoration begins... Well mainly replace rusted bolts give the paintwork a good clean and polish and polish all the metalwork up with a polishing mop and compound, a pretty cool project keeping me busy in the shed.  image.jpeg   76.87K   58 downloads  image.jpeg   44.33K   17 downloads  image.jpeg   55.98K   18 downloads  image.jpeg   46.16K   20 downloads  image.jpeg   60.01K   23 downloads  image.jpeg   57.8K   10 downloads

[MIGLIACARS]

nice its nearly as cool as my new project

[Richie83]

That's so cool. I wonder how old it is.

[jamesmpi]

Assuming it is an old piece and not a reproduction (which looking at the photos it does look genuinely old and original) I reckon an antiques dealer would sell that for around £400 so I would say you have a bargain there.

As you say a good clean is all it needs. The patina adds value to it

[MIGLIACARS]

i bet its more than £400 if it is an old one

[megamini_jb]

Looks awesome!

[Kevinmini]

A bit more work today on the fire engine, after being stripped of all chrome items from the body I have given it a good wash using a car shampoo and then given the body a t cut with some damp microfibre clothes.

The body has come up great but also showing a great amount of patina which has come through the paint which I like as it then keeps its originality

Chrome polishing is up next which will take a lot of time and effort oh and all the stainless steel bolts / washers have arrived ☺️

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[666junky]

Im sorry to break it to you but ive just googled 'city fire pedal car' and it comes up with all sorts of versions.. but the one you have seems to be a fairly recent modern remake. The originals look to be made from pressed steel with arches as part of the body work. Also no extra accessories and stuff ... sorryyyyyy....

[Kevinmini]

I knew it was a a reproduction as checked myself after I was given it for FREE I'm glad I can bring it back to life and get some use from it.

[Kevinmini]

Finished the fire engine - I cleaned it all and replaced most of the body bolts with stainless steel fixings and then cleaned/polished all the chrome up. The body has a clean but patina look so I am really pleased with the results.

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[Rocket.]

Repro or not this thing is cool !

 

Lovely job you've done looks great

[megamini_jb]

Looks so cool

[666junky]

Awesome! Looks better than new! I wasnt having a dig by the way, just wanted to let you know and the others as they thought it was old.
Looks great and even better that it was free :)