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Danbury Mint 1957 Chevrolet Cameo pick up. Just got this after looking for a while for one in my price range. Found this one which was affordable because it had a broken off right wheel but I went for it anyway. Received it and yup the wheel was dangling from the tie rod. The whole assembly was screwed together so I was able to remove the screw holding the wheel on and make a new pivot from a styrene tube, tack it on with Gorilla Super Glue, let it dry and then reinforced the joint with JB Kwik Weld being careful to let the pivot function. I very gently screwed the axle back together again. Searching the bay I found other Danbury Cameos which had the same problem as mine so I am thinking it was a design flaw but fortunately it is fixable. This was also the first time I had used JB Kwik Weld for a repair and I was impressed with its drying speed and strength. The model is pretty remarkable with all the detail included by the Danbury Mint. I think this will be the end of my pickup series as I have gotten the ones I had on my wish list. Here the '57 is compared to the Motor Max 1958 Cameo. Comments welcome.