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[Mr. Frank]

Have a few questions...

Who made Ulrich chassis and cars??

What type of chassis were made by them, cars, kits, and whatevers???

Were they made here in the good old USA???

We have a Ulrich car here at the shop with four wheel independent suspension. Is it a rare car??? IIt's a cool-looking car...

Thanks for the help, if ya can??

Mr. Frank at Rt.93 Raceway

[Old pink can guy]

Mr Frank I thind Ulrich made LOL. Do not remember them how about a picture? Sounds really cool is it 1/32 or 1/24th scale would love to see it. Thanks Ken.

[Mr. Frank]

The kit I have in the box says 1/24th. The car with the suspenshion is also 1/24th.
Do believe ONE TRACK MIND put a picture on facebook of the car and I do believe there's a picture in the sun chasers thread, here on SB.

Mr. Frank

[One_Track_Mind]

YO DUDE!
Here they are!

[Mr. Frank]

THANK YOU... Kind sir, for helping me out...
Thanks brian..

Mr. Frank

[Mr. Frank]

WOW !!! Thought i would find a little history about this ??

GUESS NOT ..


Mr. Frank

[TSR]

Who made Ulrich chassis and cars??

Ulrich Models Kits of model trains was started by Charlie Ulrich in 1946 while working at North American Aviation. The first model was a signal lamp followed by the track cleaning car. Over the years many models were produced. In 1964, Ulrich made a timid plunge into slot car racing.
They never made a complete slot car, only parts.



Charlie Ulrich is still alive and well. Here, he is pictured in 1952.

What type of chassis were made by them, cars, kits, and whatevers???

Ulrich produced injection molded drivers kits in both 1/24 and 1/32 scale, several kits that put together, formed the chassis seen in the post above, composed of a stamped brass center section designed to receive a Pittman motor, at which ends were affixed a rear swing-arm, coil-spring suspension and up front, a choice of a rotating front end with fixed steering or a steering unit. The motor, wheels etc. had to be purchased separately, either from the beautiful Ulrich wheels and tires or others.

After these kits, issued in 1964, became obsolete, Ulrich issued a pair of inline die-cast aluminum chassis to fit the Mabuchi FT36D and FT16D motors.
Last but not least, Ulrich marketed model slot car paint that was used by most body manufacturers for their own production. Ulrich paint remains to this day the best slot car paint ever made.

Were they made here in the good old USA???

Yes, everything they made.

We have a Ulrich car here at the shop with four wheel independent suspension. Is it a rare car??? IIt's a cool-looking car..

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It is not rare, not even scarce, but they are really cool when well put together especially with the Ulrich cast aluminum wheels in the shape of Halibrand wheels.

Thanks for the help, if ya can??

We can, we do, we aim to please.

[Mr. Frank]

I THANK YOU ... Can't believe that them cars are not that rare.. You never see them on e bay or any plases else..
O WELL, now i have a little more information on them.. Thanks Dok..

Mr. Frank

[Prof. Fate]

Hi

They were obsolete before they were made. One anomaly about slot cars is that the bad ones weren't raced and, therefore survived. The good stuff got raced a lot and didn't!

The semi-exception is with Cox cars which were never competitive but often were sold as gifts to kids. Nostalgia means that at collector events, one sees more cox cars being RACED than ever happened in the day. In the day, in the Kid or Kit class, the average Dynamic or AMT would go sailing by, and the cox car was thus spared as the kid just put the car in the box!

grin.

Ulrichs were worse than this.

The one Ulrich product that sold really well were the paints they did. These were lacquers that bonded to vac bodies. Most kids would paint their first clear body with testors enamels which every craft shop had, one hit and a "Snowstorm". The ulrich stuck, but did sometimes curl the body.

Fate

[JimR]

The one Ulrich product that sold really well were the paints they did. These were lacquers that bonded to vac bodies. Most kids would paint their first clear body with testors enamels which every craft shop had, one hit and a "Snowstorm". The ulrich stuck, but did sometimes curl the body.

Fate

You could apply the paint with a brush and the body would still look good.

[Mr. Frank]

WOW !!! Sounds like there paint was better then there cars.. I guess I'll just keep the cars for eye candy then.. O WELL... At least I learned a little more about ulrich. Thanks

Mr. Frank