27 replies to this topic

[slotbaker]

This might appear amusing that anyone would care about this car, but I would like a model of it, and I'm hoping that someone out there has some info to help.

I've got stacks of images, so that's not a problem, but I can't find any dimensions for wheelbase, overall body width, and length.

I should have got my tape measure out when it was at Eastern Creek a while ago.

Anyone able to help?



TIA.

[68Caddy]

Steve, do you have a pic of it?

Nesta

[slotbaker]

Nesta,

Here's a linky to Old Yeller 2 website

I'm following the Carroll Shelby, Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant connection as drivers.



Pretty huh!!??

[Hworth08]

The whitewalls helped a lot to keep the beads cool on a sunny day.

[68Caddy]

Steve I won't lie to ya but the fenders look really bad!
Thanks for the pic.
Whats the story behind this ride?

Nesta

[TSR]

Nesta,

This ride was the work of a gentleman by the name of Max Balchowski and you should not make fun of it because in its day it was one of the most competitive cars in Southern California and was sometimes hard to beat.

LEARN ITS STORY HERE.

The whitewalls were to fool the unsuspecting and were painted on very good tires.

[slotbaker]

This was car number 2 of 10 that Max built, pretty much in his back yard (at least the first ones were)

When the first one hit the track, it got the nickname the Junk Yard Dog, just like the movie about a dog named Old Yeller.

From then on, it was called ......

OY1 wasn't as streamlined as OY2, and as Dok says, it beat many more fancied cars of the day.

The later versions looked pretty good.

In Mr. Gurney's early days, he said the OY2 was the best handling car that he'd driven.

[68Caddy]

Dear Philippe I sure did not joke about the car, I just said I did not care for the fender treatment.
If I joked about it I would not have asked Steve to tell the story about that ride.
Are you mad at me if so... you can tell me next time when I meet ya at a D3 race at BP.

Nesta

[slotbaker]

For those interested, follow this link to photos from Eastern Creek in 2006

[chaparrAL]

Good luck finding a model or slot car body of that special car. Might as well wish for a Ak Miller El Caballo de Herrera, too!

Big fan of these hot rod specials, here.

[don.siegel]

We've actually been trying to talk Chris at PSK into doing one of these - and he agrees, since he loves that kind of car, but isn't really sure about the commercial potential... maybe one day!

Don

[slotbaker]

I'm following the Carroll Shelby, Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant connection as drivers.

Many thanks to Mr. Ernest T. Nagamatsu for the these images.

[endbelldrive]

Good luck finding a model or slot car body of that special car. Might as well wish for a Ak Miller El Caballo de Herrera, too!

Big fan of these hot rod specials, here.

... and Duffy Livingstone's Eliminator Special.

[Howmet TX]

This just in...

Staff in the Research and Prototyping Division of Howmet Transcontinental Enterprises Inc. ™ Ltd. have had all leave cancelled and been placed on a 24-7 shift with immediate effect by Lifetime President J. Edgar Howmet. He gave this statement to the press; 'This company will not rest until an acceptable replica of the famous 'Old Yeller' racing car is made available to Mr Slotbaker.'

Asked if he was not risking crippling strike action, Mr Howmet replied that all staff belong to the Union of Obsessive Toy Car Builders, whose motto is 'Through wind, hail, rain and snow, the Bodies will get through!'. He added that extra support staff have already been drafted in to provide round-the-clock tea and biscuits.

Twitter communication from unknown sources within the secure Research and Prototyping Facility in East Twickenham indicate that a block of jelutong has been passed by the technical analysis staff and transferred to the Shaping department.

Watch this channel...

Or go away and do something interesting.

[munter]

I would like a model of it, and I'm hoping that someone out there has some info to help.

I think "greenman62" over on SCI was doing some resin bodies at one time.
He works in 1/32 scale mostly and does great work.

[slotbaker]

Watch this channel....
Or go away and do something interesting.

Thanks for the lead Munter.

[Ramcatlarry]

As long as we are starting a wish list.....

BOCAR

All of the different race cars in "Deathrace 2000"

short wb 250 GTO Ferrari

[Hworth08]

This just in......

Staff in the Research and Prototyping Division of Howmet Transcontinental Enterprises Inc. ™ Ltd.

I have $18 of excess capitol left from last quarter. Looking for new investments I checked the New York Stock Exchange on Howmet Trans Con. Report states there is a serious lack of info on company but they feel sure the Ltd. is correct... the company IS limited!

I'll take a couple of the yellow dog bodies when they're finished please.

[Howmet TX]

Howmet Transcontinental Enterprises is only as limited as the imagination, my dear sir.

Latest spycam images from the Advanced Prototyping Facility in Downtown Twickenham, where the thundering of security helicopters overhead is causing no little disturbance to the local population, show considerable progress on Operation 'Yeller feller';





From comparison with the full-size machine it seems pretty much finished to me. But what do I know, I'm just the Media Relations Officer. A thousand crafty hands are working away, refining and refining still further.

What do you think, Mr Slotbaker? More detail needed?

[slotbaker]

Nah, that's about right.
How about those wingy, finny, fender thingies?
Looking good.

[Hworth08]

Howmet Transcontinental Enterprises is only as limited as the imagination, my dear sir.

An EXCELLENT reply! Can't help but like someone with that attitude!

[Howmet TX]

I'm sure I'll end up annoying you somehow, Mr Hworth. Just an unfortunate habit of mine...
But for Slotbaker, here's some wingy finny fenders;



Nose piece is a ring of 1/16" brass rod soldered to a back plate and epoxied to the wood. Gives a nice sharp line to the vacforming.



Fenders are bent up out of brass shim, which will be filled and blended and shaped with epoxy putty later.



All this information smuggled out of Howmet Global's research facility by hacking into the closed security communications system, an ability that comes easily to us Brits.
Next, the finished master will be presented in the usual way to Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace for Royal assent. And it's tough there- Her Maj has a keen eye for a misplaced rivet.

[slotbaker]

Oooohh... looking real ugly.

[Duffy]

Is it too bold to ask for an Eliminator?

Duffy not-Livingstone

[bradblohm]

Just to add two more bits of useless facts: Max's wife actively wrenched on the car and was apparently very good, and the hood (bonnet) on one of the Ol' Yellers was a road or advertising sign beaten into shape and painted.

Hey Howmet, perhaps you should do that with the bonnet as well, just for "authenticity".

Ugly cars, but really cool history!