{"id":164,"date":"2015-07-01T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2021-06-24T22:49:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T22:49:24","slug":"champion-new-haven-dairy-express-reefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Champion New Haven Dairy express reefer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another recent project was rebuilding this Champion New Haven Dairy express reefer. These are nice models and rarely seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Champion-OO-milk-reefer.jpg?resize=640%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Champion-OO-milk-reefer.jpg?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Champion-OO-milk-reefer.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Champion-OO-milk-reefer.jpg?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I rebuilt a pair of Champion\/Picard express reefers last year but did not realize then that the sides I used were incomplete. I was lacking the single strips that go on the top of the sides, which are seen on this model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This particular model came in sad shape, one side warped out and a prior owner had repainted over the sides and added decals. I had to strip down the car and make a new side from scrap parts (from parts of two sides) but in the end the car came out very nicely. It is on S-C trucks with freight wheelsets, the common solution to the truck problem for this model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the car done I was thinking that was the end of my supply of these unusual 44.5 foot Picard bodies, but then I found another! Partially built up, seen also in the photo with another fresh set of sides. These cars are not difficult to complete, so as I get to painting flat black again I will plan to build up another Milky Way car with that extra strip above the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another recent project was rebuilding this Champion New Haven Dairy express reefer. These are nice models and rarely seen. &nbsp; I rebuilt a pair of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champion","category-picard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Champion-OO-milk-reefer.jpg?fit=999%2C606&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2855,"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/2855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}