Here is a 1/24 1964 Chaparral 2 slot car I just completed. Hap Sharp drove Chaparral 2 car number 67 in 1964. Note the exhaust collectors on this early Chaparral.
The resin body is from a VSR brand kit. The body was smoothed out a little underneath and painted with Tamiya white and Testers brown paints. The exhaust pipes are made up of resin tube pieces glued to paint brush ferrules. The intake pipes are Russkit Porsche items glued together to make eight pipes. The interior card is made of scrap plastic that features a hump to clear the motor. The driver figure is Cox brand, and the roll bar is made of aluminum rod.
The brass end-bell side motor bracket, forward chassis tubes, and axle tube are from someone's unfinished project. A drop arm and body mounts were added to this assembly. The motor can is soldered to the motor U-bracket. Side chassis tubes were added to the motor U-bracket. For armature access, the U-bracket and tubes slide rearward, and the motor can/front chassis structure slides forward A brace was added to the motor U-bracket.The motor has a 6-volt armature and sounds pretty strong on the power supply.
Rick told me that Revell makes wheel inserts that resemble the ones used on early Chapparals, so Revell wheels and inserts are used. Tires are urethane. The car weighs in at 6.1 ounces.
