Coincidently, I've had the same feeling aswell for some time and managed to get hold of an entire 502 center section for virtually no money and tried it out 2 days ago after I had it finished up with parts from my 511.
I must admit the car drives wonderfully and the maintenance free-ness of the shaft drive has won me over already. The car is fitted with the JT Models steering bridge.
The body will fit with perhaps slight adjustments to the front to clear the top gearbox mount, but its only a few mm of cutting work.
I ended up buying a new undertray for custom fitting (I mount it on top, not below the chassisplate) as the 511 I had cut out didnt fit. This only applies if you use the on-top-of-chassis-plate option.
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