I do believe it’s a real
Stomper pickup, that’s been custom painted. There had been “test shots” of the Blazers before that were all white.
Here you can see the two pins that were the reference tabs to install the rear body weight. This is a
Stomper only mod that the regular bodies do not have, AFAIK.
This is a clearly custom job as the bed cover was framed by the bed sides. This wouldn’t have been fully painted as it is.
These would never be painted silver. They should be red to simulate the brake light lenses. And as in other pics it would not be applied around the entire housing, but only the face.
This is a correct mounting plate for the
Stomper truck. The 3951 has an angled protrusion below the exhaust stack that sets up the rake of the body. The
Stomper trucks omit the protrusion and instead this area makes up the chassis clip as noted.
As well as the stack is hand painted. The paint is thick and doesn’t have the “machine” effect of being straight. As well as the door handles are painted, something that was never done.
As well as the metal flake paint that Tyco never used on any slot car they ever made AFAIK. Even more so being a 1984/85 release that wouldn’t have had the main body painted like the early 81 stuff had. As well as the grill/bumper being painted a similar color that no other pickup had. They all had chrome front ends. A telling trait would be to remove the grill and see what is under it. It should have the same purple paint, as the grill would be installed after the fact, then it would be painted. I’d bet this one has a nice white as cast front.
So, yes, it is more than likely a plain white body test shot to have a physical representation of how the molds worked to fix any flaws in them. However it is ruined by the paint job.