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[edscars]

Here's a Dynamic 1/32 sidewinder with what looks like a 26D motor, with a jet flag reddish guide flag. Gear train is nice and smooth.  The vac body might be a Hamil. I'm wondering if this chassis started life as a Dynamic 1/24 car that was shortened, or if they were more likely just sold as Dynamic parts to be finished up any way you like in either scale.  Any ideas on that?

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[edscars]

Forgot to mention the motor has blue windings, and the rear wheels have 6 holes, maybe Riggen or Mila Miglia just a guess.

[Bill from NH]

The stock windings for a 26D were blue. The endbell looks like a Simco retrofit.  Dynamic didn't make special cast chassis pieces for 1/32. The guide tongues were user cut shorter & shorter axles with 1/32 wheels & tires were used. In the late '60s, a 1.25" dia. rear tire was common & 7/8" was common in 1/32.

[edscars]

Good info Bill, thanks again.

[Dave Crevie]

Right. Though it is unusual to see a sidewinder motor carrier used for 1/32nd. Generally, the in-line part was used, the sidewinder being too wide tor most 1/32nd scale bodies. I had one of the chassis set up for the Pittman 703 that did pretty well locally. I had a Lister body on it. But as 1/24th became more popular, I changed it to run that scale. Still have it with a GT-40 roadster body on it.