Mike I have a question looking at that international 15 chassis that you made back in '86 was that piano wire running from the front to the back first question second question is did you flatten the tops and bottoms of The wire by grinding looks very intriguing probably way ahead of this time to turn the piano wire into a two flat sided wire just like a cut steel chest just questioning I would like to know thank you
Old wing car chassis ID
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, Aug 24 2023 04:27 PM
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Posted 22 March 2024 - 02:00 PM
I did not flatten the wire.
But I know what you are getting at.
If that was what I was shooting for, I would have used a thinner wire and doubled or tripled it on the outside to get more width.
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Posted 24 March 2024 - 05:55 PM
When I first saw it, I thought it had a Camen nose, but then I saw it was wire and had lead on top.
The rails and motor box look like they're from the old Camen stuff. Very similar to what Ted Matkowski used to build as a plurimeter in the early '90s. I still have one of the Matkowskis.
Found a pic of a camen online. I don't have this chassis.
Here's Ted at the Zeppelin nats. Team Ultalite used to come to the Island for all the races.
My opinion on that chassis: could be a Bill Price (Florida). He used to make crazy single wire I-15 frames
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Posted 29 March 2024 - 07:27 PM
when did steel chassis obsolete wire chassis?
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