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[Tom Colby]

I just registered here and seems pretty cool. I was in the San Fernando Valley and hung out at Canoga Raceway. I dug out my old junk from the 70's and 80's. I made a Diamond chassis that I copied from an article and pictures back in the day when I was between the ages of around 15 and 18. I had a Gilbert chassis also (not sure which but I think Lee Gilbert) I also made some copies of various others and could never come close to understanding how those guys could make a chassis for 30 bucks after spending about 10 or 15 bucks on bat pans, a drop arm, and an axle tube!
I'll try to attach some pictures.
I'll never forget those days...........

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[Bill from NH]

Tom, welcome to Slotblog & thanks for sharing pictures of your old chassis. Drop arms or a pair of pans in those days would have been about $1.49.

[Slapshot]

Welcome.

Both chassis have interesting modified adaptions of iso rails on the wheel pivots. Places it later on in years time frame.

Raymond

[TSR]

1974-1975...

[Tom Colby]

1974-1975...

Wow, thanks so much for the smile - whether it's a good thing or a bad thing you were one of the people who helped me keep thinking and trying things - I never even had a dremel tool back then, I had to cut all that piano wire with a pair of wire cutters and then filed the ends down, and as you probably know, the file was pretty dull right quick. I never even had a jig. This all manifested itself until I opened a shop 20 years ago restoring british racecars here in the San Fernando Valley - Speedwell Engineering, building rollcages and such. Along with the welders, tube benders, Lathe, Mill, etc, I am even the proud owner of a Dremel!

[TSR]

Tom, it warms my heart to read this.

And everyone knows that I am a cold-hearted bastard.