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#1 dc-65x

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 05:37 PM

I'm not sure where to post this so moderators please feel free to put it where it belongs . . . no, not the trash please :mrgreen: .

I'm hoping someone can help me find out where to buy another slot box similar to the one I bougjht at the local raceway (now gone) in the mid-1990s:

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Thanks in advance. :)

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 06:06 PM

That is a Webster box; they were available via ERI. I think webster stopped making them but many were sold and I also remember that someone had cloned them? Check with Michael at ERI . . .

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 07:13 PM

Whitey's Slot Car Boxes

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 01:05 AM

Whodat slot boxes can make anything you want. Give him a picture and an idea and he will make it for you. I have two he made me. The stack on top of each other. You can pick one from his site or have him make you one any way you like. Contact him through his site.

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 12:05 PM

Thanks for the web sites :) . Any further suggestions or comments are appreciated. :up:

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 12:46 PM

Rick, my experience with Whitey was a pleasure. He is all too happy to tweak, adjust, and customize any aspect of his box to suit you. He is also much faster in completing the project than the estimate he gives you. He told me two weeks on my box because he had a lot of orders. I got mine less than a week later. 8) His stuff is top quality, and he lives down in Morgan Hill, so delivery might not be so long. Heck, he might even drive it up to Eddie's if you ask him nice.

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 03:57 PM

If you got a local guy who does good work, that's who I'd go to. :)

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 07:12 PM

About the Slot Car Box Company, they have a small ad in the upper left corner of the Mail page of SARN. and are online at:
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Posted 05 April 2007 - 04:02 PM

I'll throw another plug for Whodat.

Steve Carpenter is a stand-up guy and a pretty darn good racer, too. (And has the perfect name for someone building slot boxes.)

I think Buddy Houser at Slot Car Speedway & Hobbies in Jacksonville, FL, has a Whodat box for sale that is very similar to the one in your picture. You can call Buddy at 904-722-3995 and he'll ship it to you.

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Posted 05 April 2007 - 08:39 PM

I also bought a WhoDat box recently and Steve was great. Made it exactly the way I wanted it. Smooth transaction and made it so dang quick. Wish I could paint as fast!

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