Rescuing an old Road Champs 57 Chevy

Found this at my parents house today, one of my childhood playthings. Decided to give it new life. And I figured while I was at it, I might as well document it. So here goes:

Road Champs 57 Chevy. Not sure of the year, but its pretty cool. Here's a few pics before I started the process:

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Then drill out the rivets and disassemble. Also discovered at this point that the doors opened.

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Picked up some stripper today at KMart, and tossed the body in. The other body in the bucket is a GTO I'm workin on.

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And here is how she lies as of right now. Just finished scraping the remaining paint spots out with an Xacto and a toothpick. Tommorrow, my mission is to find a suitable set of wheels, and start the paint process.

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Well, I picked out a set of wheels for it, and adjusted the suspension. Just need paint and shes all set.

cool. keep up the good work

The wheels:

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nice wheels... keep going

Looks great, cant wait to see the color.