A whole new body for 'Lindy'

'Lindy' has arrived for restoration.
The only problem is....only her head arrived.
What happened to her body?

Around her neck are bits of melted and torn latex.
This means she once had a 'magic skin' body. Her body has disintegrated with time.

The only solution for Lindy is a whole body transplant. The options are another magic skin body (if one could be found), a cloth body with vinyl limbs or a totally vinyl body.

She needs a good cleaning including a full eyeball cleaning. I see rust and leached plasticizer in those eyeballs.

Out comes her head plug to reveal a head full of stuffing and a wad of original magic skin that was inside her head.

Out come her eyes. Lots of rust!
I will take the eyes apart and soak the rusty bits in vinegar for a while. The paint is bubbled with rust underneath so they will get new paint jobs too.

Here is one eyeball after restoration compared to 'before'

Success?
I just had to check out the local thrift shops when I went out of town to visit my Mom.
This was in thrift shop #2.
It is a vintage magic skin body of the right size and shape to be suitable for Lindy.

It has some issues with the magic skin and the head mount is a trifle too big but those things are all fixable and adjustable.

First, The head mount gets removed.

This is the head mount.
Most of these types of dolls have a circular metal opening at the back of their necks. That metal thingy is a reed that will squawk when air goes through it. It was not a good system as there is really no good way of squeezing air though it when it is in this type of doll!

To fix the tears in the donor body I am going to use the salvaged latex from inside Lindy's head.
That will get used as patches and secured inside the body with liquid latex. The patches will get coated with several layers of liquid latex.

And then Lindy has a successful body transplant.

Here she is with some clothes.