When I was in College at OSU from 1977 to '82 I pretty much fell out of the Slot Car hobby. It was not until after I got married that another track opened up in Salem OR and I oiled up my cars and ran some laps. But, since high school, the times changed a lot regarding slot car trends and technology. I did manage to pick up a neat book at the OSU book store during 1979.
Inside were two cars that piqued my interest again in slots, but by 1983 they were long gone replaced with brass and steel wing cars.
Since then, I managed to pick up one of each on eBay during the early 90's or so.
The Parma two rail car required only cleaning and new tires to make some blistering laps.
The Champion however required a lot of restoration and parts.
Once I finished that car it pretty much went back on the shelf while I collected more for a second car.
What I call a Champion Desperado Plus, meaning improvements.
So lets take a look at the cars.
First the restored car built painfully RTR stock. Those Desperado bodys were one of the hardest parts to find and turns out Parma used to sell them on their web site so I bought two of them.
The gear is cox, 1/8" rear axle with oilites. Motor is your run of the mill Champion gp20 "C" can motor.
But today I managed to finish the second car.
I call it a "Plus" because of the improvements. Chassis was a bagged item I had to solder together. The motor features Arco magnets, a Camen gp20 tagged arm, elephant ears and a com cooler.
Rear axle is a 3/32" dia spinning in ball bearing races with FAAS 64 pitch gears.
Body was given a much better paint job with a much better driver figure with details.
This is how the RTR would have looked new.
I gave it a little old and a little new update with gold leaf numbers. (Still searching for the correct Champion numbers for the first RTR)
And that is it... 
