I am getting a real kick out of reading this blog. Thanks for all your generous comments.
Thanks to Uncle Fred for posting the photos.
I see the workmanship of many other builders and drivers on Slotblog and I am very impressed as well.
Roy Wong suspension car!
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 03:31 PM
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 05:08 PM
Wow - intense labor. I think Captain Rick has a new challenge!
What was Roy's last name please.
Thanks,
Ken
What was Roy's last name please.
Thanks,
Ken
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 05:19 PM
Ken, look at the thread title. That's Wong as in "Roy Wong".
Famous NAMRA racer in the mid-1960s, friend of Howie, Jose, Joe Neumeister, etc.
Famous NAMRA racer in the mid-1960s, friend of Howie, Jose, Joe Neumeister, etc.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 06:24 PM
That 1/24 NAMRA F1 today. By the way, I beat Roy in F1 that year and yes the numbers are hand painted!
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 07:01 PM
Roy absolutely beautiful, 
this cars belong in a Museum that's for sure, thanks for sharing those pictures.
Mr. Wong are you still building cars?
Nesta
this cars belong in a Museum that's for sure, thanks for sharing those pictures.Mr. Wong are you still building cars?
Nesta
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I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 07:05 PM
I love Work For Work's Sake, just doing because it's cool to be doing it...this is wondrous. Thanks for posting.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 07:33 PM
It's great seeing these iconic cars in color. Rick Thigpen (dc-65x) posted the original 1968 NAMRA Race Report and pics of the #7 Eagle F1 over here. 
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 10:46 PM
WOW that is really amazing skill to build something like that.
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 12:40 AM
Roy, I am loving these cars and you being on Slotblog.
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 01:12 AM
Many many thanks for sharing these photos........Really UNBELIEVABLE 
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Posted 10 September 2010 - 10:49 AM
I like how Howie discribes Roy's car........"A fantasy build".......
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Posted 19 March 2012 - 02:49 PM
wHEN ROY SHOWED UP WITH THIS AT BERNIES(GLEN OAKS RACEWAY IN QUEENS NEW YORK) IT BLEW US AWAY,THIS WA WHEN HE HAD JUST STOPPED RACING 1/24 I BELIEVE JUST BEFORE COLLEGE,HE DID SHOW ME AND MY FRIENDS HIS NEWEST INVENTION ALSO BLEW OUR MINDS A 1/24 BAT PAN FULL SIDEWINDER WITH AN IDLER GEAR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHASSIS I HAVE EVER SEEN.THEN POOF ROY WAS GONE,RUMORED TO BE IN ENGINEERING SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA.HO, HO, HO...
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Just in case new members haven't seen this yet...Bump!
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Posted 14 March 2016 - 05:20 PM
Wow, thanks for "bump"ing this thread...
Absolutely breathtaking work here...!!!
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Posted 15 March 2016 - 10:45 AM
Thank you Bob. Humbling to view such masters. This guy is a pretty complete package. Engineer, fabricator and driver? Wow! NOW I'm impressed.
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Posted 15 March 2016 - 11:00 AM
Besides the sexy vintage Ferrari 330 P3, this chassis is a very close second best ever slot item?
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Posted 15 March 2016 - 11:41 AM
A few year ago I visited Roy in SF and he said I could have all these cars (And others) if I wanted! I jump back like he was offering me the Crown Jewels!!! Naturally I declined.........
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Posted 15 March 2016 - 04:01 PM
The car in post #29. Is that construction still used in F1 today. Yes, I don't road race but love the car. Anyway if so...is there something it's called or class to identify with?
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Posted 15 March 2016 - 05:34 PM
Marty,
The chassis looks similar to Jail Door Grand Prix. Just has a solid drop arm instead of one built up from brass rod.
http://irraslotracin...rev-1-final.pdf
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Posted 17 March 2016 - 09:50 AM
Marty,
The chassis looks similar to Jail Door Grand Prix. Just has a solid drop arm instead of one built up from brass rod.
Yes it does. Thanks Sam. Is this class still being run?
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Posted 17 March 2016 - 08:37 PM
In IRRA Retro East they try to get a Jail Door race in if time allows. Always Sports Car though since more guys own them.
Build it and they will come. If you stick to the posted build rules there is more of a chance of getting enough racers for a race.
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Posted 17 March 2016 - 09:56 PM
I don't know if you know this Sam but I don't turn left, or right. Drag racer. Just love the builds. Have a Vdub I thought might be able to use this type of chassis. Then again I like F1 and Indy.
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Posted 19 March 2017 - 09:47 AM
fred,ask him if he would donate them to the museum for the world to appreciate his greatness and his great engineering genious.A few year ago I visited Roy in SF and he said I could have all these cars (And others) if I wanted! I jump back like he was offering me the Crown Jewels!!! Naturally I declined.........
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Bruce, I'm due to reach out to Roy and will ask him. He got back into racing for a brief while running Flexi's at Eddies but stopped after the brutal SF traffic got the best of him. I'm sure he would donate his historic chassis........actually when I visited him he offered me ALL of them!
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Posted 22 March 2017 - 09:57 AM
He offered them to you because you are the perfect statesman,and you guys were close and he realized the value was higher that others who appreciated them (fans) deserved them just as,an artist creates not just to store his art but his expression of his art is to be appreciated and it gives exponentially when it is shared.
I hope to be able to see his chassis which had such impact on me viewing such workmanship by a youngster gave me a high bar to strive to,that youngsters such as myself can achieve like that (not just adults), (and I hope to recreate that chassis as a symbol for myself).I and the rest of us old timers appreciate your effort in reaching out to Roy and reconnecting Roy to his roots and all of us,thanks again,Fred ( we anxiously await photos,and or donation at ions to the museum where they can always be viewed).G D BLESS.
I hope to be able to see his chassis which had such impact on me viewing such workmanship by a youngster gave me a high bar to strive to,that youngsters such as myself can achieve like that (not just adults), (and I hope to recreate that chassis as a symbol for myself).I and the rest of us old timers appreciate your effort in reaching out to Roy and reconnecting Roy to his roots and all of us,thanks again,Fred ( we anxiously await photos,and or donation at ions to the museum where they can always be viewed).G D BLESS.
Bruce Schwartz
