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[Isaac S.]

Great, thanks. 

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Jay, the Lola body is a vintage M.A.C. body made by Parma.  It is a T163 even thought the package says T160.

 

Rodney

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Look what's under this strange formula car:  a Cox Dan Gurney stocker chassis.

 

I added back the body mounts and diagonal braces to the chassis.  Brass tubing was coated with non-lead Staybrite silver solder to recreate the nickel-plated tubing for the braces.

 

A pair of Cox rear wheels with dried out tires were found in the junk box.  I filled the wheels with resin to allow for the mounting of German airplane tires.  Front wheels are AMT with Cox reproduction tires.

 

An original issue AMT Ford Galaxie model was used for the body.  A reproduction front bumper was added.  Enamel paint was used.  For the body mounting slots, first, three holes were drilled, then the area was filed out to make the rectangular mounting slots.  The interior was made from kit parts and a resin interior and roll bar.  After my careful measuring and cutting (not), I had to cut out the middle of the interior to clear the motor and chassis.

 

The last picture shows three Fords.  The white and red one is from the Oakland Speedway collection and was Les Amos' car.  The red one is a modified AMT model with a Canadian chassis. 

 

Fun project.

 

Rodney

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[Slot Car Rod]

The Canadian built chassis (in the middle) works the best.

 

Rodney

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Here are a couple of Indy cars that were mildly restored..

 

The blue Lola (Champion body?) has a Champion chassis and a 26D motor.

 

The gold Champion-bodied car has a U-GO chassis and a rewound Hemi 300 motor.  Anyone know what car the gold body was patterned after?

 

Rodney

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[Martin]

When I was looking for pics on how to make the exhaust pipes on a car I was building with a Pactra/Testors Champion body I found this.

It is a 1966 Harrison Special. I have this blue car. (Champion chassis car)

This might be of interest? https://www.oldracin...m/eisert/65-67/

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[Rotorranch]

http://slotblog.net/...c/40835-pactra/

[Isaac S.]

As far as I know (information is limited) Champion used factory painted Pactra bodies. The only difference is detailing as some had small chrome parts this is the best pic I have of them. 

 

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Thanks everyone.  Great information.

 

The Lola with the Versitec SS101 motor and Versitec chassis handles great.  No added weight was needed.  The car has neutral handling and the tail drifts out slightly when pushed.  The rebuilt motor has plenty of torque out of the turns.

 

Rodney

 

 

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Mario Andretti Holman Moody Ford Fairlane. 1967 Daytona 500.

 

Second life for this model car body.  The body started as a well used FCR body.  The detail parts and the rear bumper are from the model car scrap box.  The rear bumper was sectioned to fit the Fairlane.  Window straps are made of tin.

 

i added some brass to the Dynamic brass chassis tongue.  36D motor with red wire armature.  Painted Parma crown gear and H&R wheels and tires.

 

Rodney

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Dynamic chassis were really popular in the '60s.  Later on, people would combine Dynamic chassis parts with a little bit of scratchbuilding like with this car.

 

I have rebuilt this Dynamic-bodied Harvey Aluminum Special three times over the years.  The last modification was the addition of floppy body mounts.  It is powered by a U-Go 16D motor.  The wheels are Riggen with urethane rear tires.

 

The car handles well, and the motor is well-matched to the chassis with smooth power.

 

Rodney

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[Isaac S.]

Beautiful! Like the fogging on the body. The modified drop arm is cool too. Has great stance with the low front. 

[Bill from NH]

Nice build Rodney! It gives me another idea what I have do with a Dynamic 36D pod. I never had one, but used to think U-GO motors were red. Apparently that isn't true. 

[Slot Car Rod]

I usually see U-GO motors with red cans also.  The blue can may of got mixed in from the Mura/Lenz motor line.

 

Rodney

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[Isaac S.]

I would say at least 3/4 are red but occasionally I do see blue cans. Only a few companies stuck to a specific color. Ones I can think of right now are Thorp (pink), early Lenz (light blue), French (white) and Russkit (copper brown). 

[Bill from NH]

Howkills were a medium metallic blue with the end of the can gold. They came from the Boston suburbs,

[don.siegel]

I'm impressed Rod - I don't think I know anyone as productive as you! 

 

Quick question on your Lola/SS101: what size tires are you using? I put together one of these chassis using a reissued Tamiya Lotus 40 body (it basically clips in!), but with semi-scale tires, about 1" or 15/16", handling was terrible... even turning them down a bit didn't seem to help. Any other tips? Of course, using a vac body may help too. 

 

I found a car roughly similar to your Harvey, using more or less a Lotus 79 body, or a reimagined one. 

 

 

 

It's a very smooth runner, with moderate speed. Some of the fastest cars in our vintage races have been Dynamic-brass combos, which seem to run very well with the urethane tires that are pretty standard. 

 

And thanks for the photo of the original Indy car with the Cox Nascar chassis - I have one of these chassis and was wondering if it would fit in an F1 or Indy body... a bit tight, but looks possible! 

 

Don 

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Don, the front and rear tire diameters are 23mm on the Versitec SS101-powered Lola.

 

The chassis area above the drop arm was filed out a little bit to allow the chassis to sit lower with a Cox quick change guide.  Also, the front suspension spring has been flattened out a bit for less spring tension.

 

The car with the vacuform Lola body weighs only 4.4 ounces.

 

Rodney

 

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Joe Lupo was kind enough to give this chassis and motor away to be restored and completed.  Rick Thigpen entrusted me to carry out this project. The car features a Mura B-can motor with a full sidewinder setup.

 

Around 1971, full sidewinder cars were quite popular in England.  I also built one back then and loaned it to a friend.  He won a big amateur class race with it.  My car, like the one featured here, also used a B-can Mura motor in the era of C-can motors.  Why a B-can motor instead of a C-can motor?  I was in high school and it was paid for.  The compromise with these full sidewinder setups is that the axle side magnet is notched and the can is cut up.  Not the best for motor magnetism.  Also, gear spacing is non-adjustable.  The gear mesh was great with full sidewinder.  I liked the full sidewinders and built a few of them back then.

 

Thanks, Joe and Rick.  Wonderful chassis.

 

Rodney

 

Joe Lupo chassis

 

Wheel and tire mock up shown.  AJ's front wheels with Riggen tires with wheel faces machined to match rear wheels.  Tire diameter is 7/8" rears and 3/4" fronts.

A 35-tooth Cox spur gear mated up to the Dynamic 7-tooth pinion that was on the car.  Axles are 3/32" front and rear.

 

 

Chassis was cleaned and rear section soldered together.  Silver solder and paste flux used.  Buss bars were added to the motor.  There is a machine-wound armature in the Mura B-can.

 

Vintage Associated guide flag shaved to clear cross brace.  Piece of Lexan used to shield inner endbell spring post from chassis.

 

Axle tube is soldered to motor can.

 

The body used is a copy of an early 1972 Dynamic Lola T260 body with air control added.  This body seemed to fit the best.  The usual MAC Ti22 and a Lancer Porsche coupe did not look right on the chassis.  Also, in my opinion, the "no floppy pan" chassis works better with this type of aero.

 

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From Miniature Auto Racing February 1972

 

Rodney

[tonyp]

In full glue days that body was killer on a king with no additional aero.


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[Isaac S.]

Cool, I like the B-can sidewinders. Great chassis design. 

[Bill from NH]

I recall those bodies were real popular once the Lancer coupe was no longer being made & MAC hadn't started making them.  I still have a new unused Dynamic  Lola my friend Peter Macay, the HS hockey goalie, painted for me. We also had a Lucas Matra, which I think Tony was involved in.

[Bill from NH]

My racing friend, Danny O'Neil, of Quincy, MA built a full sidewinder chassis with a B-can motor for open racing in the early '70s. He could never get it to handle properly on a Blue King (C&C) but I don't know if he tried it elsewhere. Danny was an unorthodox. unique individual, who often did things his own way. I don't recall what body he used, but it may have been one he made.

[Slot Car Rod]

Aero is removable and held on with double sided tape.