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[Duffy]

Not too different, really.

[dc-65x]

I finally found it! I thought I'd lost it.....Here's the difference Duffy:

Fred Neil - I've got a secret (didn't we shake sugaree)

Fred Neil's Dolphins

Thank you Duffy

[tonyp]

Duffy's posts give me a headache! Hey Duffy, the you know what is killer, use it all the time. Thank you again..

[Duffy]

Hey Duffy, the you know what is killer, use it all the time. Thank you again..

So very glad! I'm using mine right now, will elaborate in my own thread.

[dc-65x]

Gee, TonyP gets a neato "killer" gizmo and all I get is a Fred Neil video

[Duffy]

But, but, but, you didn't ask!

"Dexter" on the way.

[dc-65x]

"Dexter".....

Dexter is an American television drama series that centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police ...

[Duffy]

...continuing with the "killer" reference....

[dc-65x]

That's OK Duffy......the Fred Neil video is just great...REALLY!

[Duffy]

Ahhhh, but you got me started...my Soundtrack for this evening WAS Gil Scott-Heron (with a smattering of vintage Eddie Harris thrown in), but you've just pulled my mood south of the 29th Parallel. I wonder if that will affect what and how I build...

...But I won't start a thread about it!

[dc-65x]

UPDATE on Bob Emott's 1969 2-Rail:



The motor is very smooth and unusually quiet for going as fast as it does . But, it's light on brakes. Light enough to make pushing the car difficult. I bent the brush springs a touch to reduce their tension a little when I put the motor together. I was worried about the motor running too hot. Maybe that was a mistake.

So, I pulled the motor and replace the Camen Light brush springs with Camen Regular.

The chassis seemed to work just fine though...to be continued.

[JerseyJohn]

Priceless Rick!!!!!

Regards JJ

[Noose]

Mr. Trevor Clout originally did the body for GB Models in England. Then, Waters did a repop on it for Tag Powell who owned Mini Wheels in Highland Park, NJ. Today, we have the repop of the Mini Wheels one by John Dilworth that now adorns the Emott / Ursaner 2 railer built by Rick Thigpen. I originally did the body for Howie for that race that he ran this car and this is it.

[dc-65x]

WOW! MINE!

That's spectacular Noose, THANK YOU....and thank you to the Viceroy of Vacuum, John Dilworth.

I've never seen that body before. It's got a kicked up aero rear end in 1969. Hey Philippe, maybe that body should be in your book? Were the Brits doing the aero thing first?

[tonyp]

Waters back poured the original and it was sold under the mini wheels banner. It is actually quite close to the real car, noose has the like for it.

[TSR]

This effectively gives this body a full 1" rear spoiler, which should be quite an advantage on some tight tracks...

[endbelldrive]

Great thread, Rick!  I love the personalty of the two railers with the Champion or Mura A cans.  These old frames are deceptively easy to build and easy to tune.  I'm hoping Rick Bennardo of RGeo can produced reproductions of the motor mounts, bat pans and 1 1/4" drop arms we used back in the day.

[Horsepower]

Fred Neal's music belongs on "The Walking Dead".

[TSR]

Reviving this older post, as I am making display labels for about 400 cars on display at the LASCM, with a picture of Rick's beautiful replica sitting today on the real slot car box used by Howie to psych out his opposition as the box can only contain a single car and a controller. The box was decorated by Frank O'Connor with a menacing cobra. I had to call Howie on this one as I did not remember which car it was, and he pointed me to this thread. Third place, Howie? OK, I have heard all the excuses.