Two years ago I bought a Buddy L roadster body from Bill Henke at the Sabbatini show. After sitting on the corner of the bench for many months I finally picked it up and started to lay out some dimensions to build up a powered version of this famous old push toy. The body is stamped steel is fairly detailed and close to scale. I found that a Picco 12 would fit very well in a spur gear configuration.The engine mount and rear axle assembly was machined out of an aluminum block and sits on the chassis at a slight upwards angle. The chassis is a piece of .100 thick aluminum plate cut to the outside dimension of the body. It is attached to the body by a small aluminum tab at the back and a 6-32 screw in the front below the grill.The fuel tank is a modified Perfect airplane fuel tank . Wheels and tires are McCoy and axles are drill rod. The louvered tonneu cover is made from .032 aluminum sheet with a stainless steel roll bar.Panhandle is 3/8th fwide fly wire. The grill is a small piece of metal window screen. The car is primed and painted with PPG Urethane racing red and 2 coats of clear for the finish.
