Telstar continued

New version: TelStar II

I am starting to make a second version and began by separating the chassis and body. I can not duplicate the original part for part but will be close. It involves too many kits for all the nonsense chrome added to it.

I've decided to make the body totally from scratch since the only surface that's original is the rim of the pickup bed. No sense in wrecking yet another '60 El Camino.

Start small and think big. The rim of the bed.

The tubs came from an old trailer and the cross bar is just temporary. The bed will be the foundation for the body rather than the other way around.

This restoration was needed on the trailer fender.

After trimming the tubs to size and mounting them I trimmed out the sides.

Tracing the edges to a file folder.

Transfering to sheet plastic.