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[Jairus]

Keep it vintage! Click the link... ...Or this link here!

[draggon]

Well dang Jairus, ya made that easy!

[Jairus]

Well, I try my best sir.

[draggon]

Heres a brief update. The "havlicek bullet" arrived today, as did some other stuff. Thingie bodies couretesy of George and Pearl out of Oz. Of course I'll use the choti.

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Setup block from Ray Price ( mantaray ) , vintage champion fronts on wire axle, vintage Riggen rears. I love the wheels, I might buy some donuts and mount it on these because they are so cool. Drop arm, motor bracket, bearings, gears, and piano wire ( not shown ) from Pacific Model Car Raceway. And the croning touch to all this is that fantastic motor from John Havlicek. 28 double, epoxied mags, bearings on can and endbell, this is gonna scream! Still on the way are a couple jet flags, braid, wire, and I still have to choose rubber. OOOO Im excited!

[Pablo]

Thanks for picking a normal body Glenn
Looks like you are on track

[Jairus]

... or will soon be!

So George is back in production then? I have not heard from him since shortly after they moved to Tazmania. Ol'Nostalgic's Choti body was even better than the Electric Dreams pull if I remember right. I've built a few chassis under that beautiful #5 body.

[draggon]

Dunno if he is in production Jairus. He sent me these 3 years ago! Gotta agree, his Choti looks every bit as good as the original, might be even better. The quality is impeccable!. He did apologize as it was several thousands thicker than his norm. I emailed him a couple of months ago letting him know I was finally building, and he was quite pleased!

[draggon]

Soldering is slated to start this weekend. Whoot whoot! Pics will follow.

[One27ray]

Ya! Glenn........ normal is in

Keeping in mind what the defination of a Thingie is ??

According to the Thingie-Kingie: Futuristically, Wild, far-out & Fanciful..retro?

Slotbog defination: fantastical original ??

So, what is your defination of a Thingie ?? A question for everyone

Don't be shy, stand up and be counted

BOTT !

[welslotcar]

My definition:

Any body design that does not resemble a body that has been designed for production or prototype automobiles.

[One27ray]

First look at the Choti-noda TwoWinger for 3" chassis mounting another non-avialble body for the next series









molded in .015 PETG plastic, off to paint...and additional trimming.

[chief32s]

Hey Ray, its impressive how thin and tall you can pull those wings. Keep pushing the envelope.

Al.

[One27ray]

Here is the test Painted body,

[The Bugman]

that looks really good Ray,hey maybe NEXT PROXY RACE will allow these,,,,,
if so put me down for 1
"cause it looks fast" just sitting there
good job bud

[One27ray]

The new Choti # 6 sort of ? I see I'll have to make a few changes This version will only fit on a Flexi, sits really low But, you get the drift, looks closer to the original Choti add.







The bottom right hand side #6 Demon
Another thing to take a look at this add is: The # 8 Customs has an A, B,C-1&2 version- A&B would be the Dave Lenz pic's and C 1-2 would would be Wavemaker & Snakehead my version/interpations. What do you think?

[draggon]

Real close Ray, and awesomely beautifu!

[Jairus]

Very close indeed Ray.
The standard for front wheels back then was 3/4", so could you raise up the front fenders to fit them? If not... no worries, just asking.

[One27ray]

Thank Guys,

I did mold this body higher than is shown on this mount, 3/4" front could fit ? The problem is the rear deck lid motor clearence for an inline motor set-ups & I will raise the front wheel wells to clear 3/4 fronts.
This add gives more info but, it's still a drawing of what it could look like. I've not seen a painted version surface as of yet.

[Gator Bob]

Looking at some old magazines ....

it seems the non-scale/non-production model RTRs were called Outlaws before the were called Thingies.

[don.siegel]

Bob,

 

From my introduction to Edo's exhibition back in 2010:

 

"As early as 1964-65, the slot car manufacturers began to produce their own Thingies, although they didn’t use that name. They were called dream cars, or outlaws, or bandits."

 

Don

[Gator Bob]

Dream car bodies then fitted to Outlaw chassis'   That's the spirit.

[Bill from NH]

Slot car thingies are slot cars with a mask on.

[Gator Bob]

Best to remove those when the paint is almost dry.

[Bill from NH]

Had I meant paint mask, I would have said so.   

[mike1972chev]

Dream car bodies then fitted to Outlaw chassis'   That's the spirit.

There is just something about the word "Outlaw" that sells it for me?????