Top: I picked up a 1980s vintage Williams GG-1 chassis for the Gi-raffe Express GG-1 shell on eBay recently. If you thought the wiring on their Geep was kinda Chic Sale, the G chassis took the proverbial baked pastry! One, count 'em, ONE diode to provide a sort of half-wave DC for the poor Pittman can motor. Eep! Well, one trip to my local Radio Shack (still in business and intending to stay that way) later, a bridge rectifier and nice fat 2200µF 35V capacitor have turbocharged that there chassis! Before, it would poke around at full throttle with the motor heating up after a few minutes. Now, I gotta keep it to 1/3 throttle lest Our Lady Of Sudden Deceleration receive another visitor, and, after 45 minutes of operation, the motor barely went above room temperature...

Bottom: The Gi-raffe Express with body shell test fitted. Still to come: Shaving the steps to clear the gi-raffe actuator ramp and painting the sideframes. Also seen: "Junior's" working rear headlight!

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