Anyone recognize this? Initial thought is it's a vintage Champion chassis, but I really have no idea. Will likely lower the upper motor brace and put a Falcon/Hawk motor in it.
Vintage 1/32 chassis?
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, Sep 30 2023 08:02 PM
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Posted 30 September 2023 - 08:02 PM
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Posted 30 September 2023 - 10:09 PM
Never saw one before. In the photos, it looks like it could be someone's scratchbuilt womp. Measure wheelbase,
guide lead, & width at pans.
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Posted 01 October 2023 - 01:44 AM
Interesting motor mounting system. It looks like you would have to solder on opposite sides of the motor to get it out.
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Posted 01 October 2023 - 06:08 AM
Use a razorblade like wing car racers do.
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Posted 01 October 2023 - 07:57 AM
WB is 3", side to side is 2-11/16", and axle to guide hole is 3-15/16". I had to rebuild the rear to straighten it out, but it looks like it was likely originally set up for a D-can motor.
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Posted 01 October 2023 - 09:19 AM
That is one clever motor mount!
l think Bill's nailed it that it's a scratchbuilt.
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Posted 01 October 2023 - 01:59 PM
It has a Womp wheelbase, the pans are .024" wider, and the guide lead is about .25" longer than a Parma Womp. I still think this was built for a long nose Womp body of some sort and I agree it was probably built for a D-can motor.
Your plan to use a Falcon/Hawk is a better idea.
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Posted 02 October 2023 - 05:05 PM
Those are really odd dimensions for a Womp or 1/32 chassis - it's too wide. Womps and most modern 1/32 scale bodies are only 2.5" wide, and this one is almost 2.75. The pin tubes look too far apart for mounting a typical Womp body. I'm wondering if there wasn't a motor mounting bracket on this originally. I saw a Jersey John retro chassis today that was very similar design to this with the same sort of wire bracing on the rear for a motor bracket. Definitely scratchbuilt for something, because most Womp racing classes wouldn't allow a scratchbuilt.
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Posted 02 October 2023 - 07:29 PM
What 1/24 body has a 3" wb? Any? Only the builder knows why those dimensions were used. The rest of us are guessing.
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Posted 03 October 2023 - 05:32 AM
What 1/24 body has a 3" wb? Any? Only the builder knows why those dimensions were used. The rest of us are guessing.
Sort of - the original Womp-Womps were 1/32 but 1/24 wide afaik. 3" wb. The tires came widely out of the fenders.
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Posted 09 October 2023 - 11:27 AM
Believe I figured it out. A company called Proparts sells very similar chassis builds like mine, and they are sold on various Brazilian slot car websites. Mine came from someone who raced in both the US and Brazil, so Im pretty confident this is a Proparts chassis. Heres a fairly close example for reference.
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