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[Mad Mark]

built this today real quick. I extra hacked up a junker body and a nickel plated production chassis (not sure if champion or U GO or the likes) and added the iso rails and front wire axle. made the wing out of a matchbox blister pack. Testors ft26, cox quick change, some super wide 5-40 rear wheels, junk mail interior and a plastic monogram? driver to make it fully race legal for my imagination race rules circa 1966.

will probably run horrible but looks cool.

[Mad Mark]

Body so low of cg had to mount interior to chassis

[Bill from NH]

This car may surprise you. The chassis looks well-constructed, but may be a bit light, The center of your chassis is a U-GO Smith. The body may be a Russkit.

[Mad Mark]

This car may surprise you. The chassis looks well-constructed, but may be a bit light, The center of your chassis is a U-GO Smith. The body may be a Russkit.

Thanks for the ID. yeah I’m gonna need to tap some lead weight and screw them to that hole behind the guide to get some more weight on it. might add a diaplane or another wing to the front at some point too.

[Mad Mark]

better lighting. and good excuse to use new phone camera

[don.siegel]

Agree with Bill on this; you should be agreeably surprised, and may not even need much weight, depending on the track. 

 

U-Go did in fact make an iso chassis - a great surprise since I had never seen one until about 10 years ago on ebay, when a series of them popped up, and I now have 3 or 4! Haven't run one yet, but they should run well. 

 

Not sure I have one in the photo library, but I'll try to take a pic; not sure if your's is based on that or converted from a regular U-Go chassis. 

 

Don 

[don.siegel]

Just took a couple pix of the U-Go iso chassis. Mark, looks like your's could well be adapted from this one. In any case, they always seemed to use that basic center section. 

Don 

 

 

 

[Mad Mark]

Just took a couple pix of the U-Go iso chassis. Mark, looks like your's could well be adapted from this one. In any case, they always seemed to use that basic center section. 
Don 
 
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thanks for the info! wonder if they sold these as just a center section? my iso pivot holes where filled with solder and seemed factory.

[don.siegel]

I kind of doubt it, Mark, but the center section was almost the whole chassis and they sold a lot of their basic chassis. 

 

Don 

[Flathead]

There were three main designs of the U-GO chassis each with two motor bracket options one for 16d/300 Hemi motors the other for 26d motors . The one Don shows is the hardest to find. I'll post photos in a while.

[Mad Mark]

There were three main designs of the U-GO chassis each with two motor bracket options one for 16d/300 Hemi motors the other for 26d motors . The one Don shows is the hardest to find. I'll post photos in a while.

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Thanks for the info. guess my display U GO blue tigers on the back are fitting then. I’ll pretend this was a Bay Area thingie.

[Bill from NH]

I don't have a U-GO chassis to check, but is that 3-hole cross plate at the front of the motor box for mounting Dynamic body mounts & their bracket?

[don.siegel]

Yep, that's what I would guess as well. 

 

Don 

[Mark Onofri]

You may just have invented the:
"rat slot".

[Bill from NH]

With silicone tires, Mark's car would have been legal to run when I started commercial racing in '67. The only rules we had back then were 3", or there about, wheel widths, & 1/16" chassis clearance. When those big Champion guide weights were used, we always had to cut a clearance hole in the body nose. If you got beat badly one week, hopefully you had, or could buy, a faster car for the next week. I raced for two years using these rules. It was truly a "Run what you Brung" class.

[Flathead]

[Bill from NH]

I don't believe I've seen either of the U-GO Swing Chassis that have a drop arm.

[Flathead]

I don't believe I've seen either of the U-GO Swing Chassis that have a drop arm.

Bill the one posted by Don and third photo that I posted (it has wrong packaging) is the "drop arm" chassis I believe, although its more of an Iso design, its also the least common I have found.

[Bill from NH]

Thanks Lee, that would explain it. Those were probably made before the term Iso became popular. When I saw the words "drop pickup arms" used in your post #16, I automatically thought of a solid piece & a hinge. 

[Mad Mark]

Was pleasantly surprised how well this worked today. very neutral handling and motor is pretty tame with good brakes.

[don.siegel]

Very impressive looking on the track Mark. 

 

Don