Hi all. Thanks for all your responses. Seems my daughter made a mistake when she typed the original message that I didn't catch. It's Ficher Body, not Ficher Price. I don't have a lot of background going back to the beginning. All I was told was my uncle was building it for the 1932 contest. I don't even know how much of it he finished. As the story goes he owned a hobby shop in the fifties in Roseland, a part of Chicago. That hobby shop burned down and the coach was in the shop. At that point it was packed away. There are 2 sets of the instructions with it. one was partially eaten by rodents. I also have all the hints on how to do certain tough parts that was printed in, Either the Times or Tribune in 1932. Anyway he was tragically killed in a home invasion in the early 70's and my aunt gave the box to my dad. It was never even opened until 2018 when my dad passed and we cleaned out the house. I took it home and finally decided to take a crack at rebuilding it. I've been working on it for 6 months now and it's almost done. Had to remake several parts that were missing and of course the whole interior. Jerome yours is a work of art. Did you enjoy doing it. I have really enjoyed this restoration. I've really enjoyed the pleasure his kids, now in their 80's, have gotten from looking at pictures of what their father worked on almost 100 years ago. I know parts came in a kit from Ficher Body but I don't know what came in the kit or how much it was. I have all the original plaster of Paris molds made in match boxes from the 30's. these molds are how he then I made all the small bling on the wheels and frame. I also have all the original sheet metal forms used for shaping the body and roof. Any other questions I'll be glad to answer.
