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Resolution SHATTERED with another FB Marketplace haul. 

          

          

Another lot I couldn't resist at the price. 

Lightly used and still on unfrayed original braids the 4WD 201 silver Pajero is just missing a mirror. Apart from that all it needed was the body cleaning in warm soapy water. 

Ditto the pickup. 2WD, missing one mirror and needing a light clean, particularly in the bed.   

The VW is mint, with moulded in mirrors and again 4WD. I can see why these did well in the Lockdown Proxy Rally/Raid events. Lower than both Pajeros and with better distributed and lighter weight advantage over the 2WD pickup it had to be the weapon of choice.

Finally and obviously the previous owners favourite, the 304 Pajero Evo 2 was in a bad way. 

'No wheel drive' was the first thing to tackle. With the body off it was clear why that was the case. The motor had popped out of the rear mount. The mounts front and rear were tweaked back into shape to grip the motor tightly in place and things improved. What I hadn't noticed because of the springing was that the axle had also popped. Once snapped back into place all wheel drive was restored, although some light oiling and adjustment was required to get it running smoothly on a 9v battery.

Next up, tackling the body. A good clean, again in warm soapy water, made a big improvement and also helped me spot that the front clip was loose. (The grill/headlight/nose assembly.) A hard frontal had popped most of the heat-welded locating pins so it was carefully glued in place using Tamiya extra thin liquid cement. (It was probably the hard frontal that did for the running gear - and cracked the screen.) Couldn't do much about the latter other than clean the crack and align the 'glass' on both sides so it's less obvious. I think that's worked as you can barely see it in the photo' above but it was obvious in the seller's photo. One mirror is missing - of course! - as is the spoiler. Luckily online pics show the latter is a simple flat plane, which can easily be replicated with black Plasticard, which I'll do some time.

All that remains is to clean and lube all the chassis.

Result!