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[Prof. Fate]

Hi,

Actually the ratings started with the manufacturers. In the catalogs, not focused on us, but the industrial and toy market, these "ratings" were suggestions for industrial use.

When the slot companies started using them, THEN they became a marketing ploy!

Fate

[Howie Ursaner]

From what he told me, this is the only drag-racing car that Howie Ursaner raced. I cannot remember if he also built it or if Sandy did:

I built it. I don't think you can silver solder magnesium.

[Bob Emott]

Howie...

Whatever happened to the dragster you had that was powered with a windshield washer motor... I remember it was much smaller and lighter than an DC85-based car. You had it to run at the car show at the Coliseum in NYC (on the weekend that JFK was killed) on the Polk's chipboard track and also on the Car Model Formica drag strip that was used at various shows around NYC...

[Uncle Fred]

Hey Bob,

I remember that car show at the Coliseum. You couldn't get near the slot car display.

[TSR]

I built it. I don't think you can silver solder magnesium.

True, but since the chassis is made of steel, I don't think that it will be a problem...

[Uncle Fred]

Steel? No way! Please check again. Howie never could have machined a frame like that out of steel... and why would he?

[Howie Ursaner]

True, but since the chassis is made of steel, I don't think that it will be a problem...

Those two strips of magnesium I cut out for that dragster were certainly not steel. In fact I can remember building that thing like it was yesterday. Who would make a dragster out of steel when we had magnesium? If you touch the metal with a file or X-Acto blade you will see how soft the metal is. The problem I had with that dragster is that I made it too light and weak.

[Howie Ursaner]

Whatever happened to the dragster you had that was powered with a windshield washer motor... I remember it was much smaller and lighter than an DC85-based car. You had it to run at the car show at the Coliseum in NYC (on the weekend that JFK was killed) on the Polk's chipboard track and also on the Car Model Formica drag strip that was used at various shows around NYC...

Hi Bob,

That car was on loan to me; it belonged to Bob Braverman and was his Lindsay 10-10 powered machine. I loved that thing, it just made perfect passes every time and was awesome. I sure wish I had that one today. That Lindsay motor was light and woke up on 36 volts. As I recall nothing could beat that thing when I had it.

[don.siegel]

Something like that?

I'm not sure if Bob Braverman used a modified Lindsay, or just part of it (arm or magnet, for instance). In the magazines, we read about Bob Cartwright in California with his Lindsay-powered dragster...

Also, Howie, thanks for the comment on 36 volts: on 12v it's very smooth, but hard to see why it would be so world-beating, even in 1963. A very beautifully-built motor in any case...

Don

[TSR]

Howie,

Looks like steel to me because I already soldered it with regular solder and it held, but I want a better repair.

However if it is indeed mag sheet cut as a skeleton, I would be amazed because it is very hard and has no corrosion on it... If it indeed is, welding it is no problem for Bryan; the man is a welding genius.

[Howie Ursaner]

This is a job for "Welding Genius"!

[Uncle Fred]

Don,

I don't think I ever saw a Lindsay "in the raw" before. I don't know who was the first to get the idea to use these in slot cars but they were cool. I especially like the angled armature laminations. I tried that on a couple of Mabuchi rewinds I did back then.

[TSR]

OK, now that I have seen the loot purchased by the LASCM, I will open a new thread to show the pictures because the stuff is pretty cool, even if it was dear.

Stay tuned!