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[Pablo]

Nearing completion:

[Gator Bob]

Looks like a nice candidate for a shiny set of brass beveled gears ... or....spacers can be used to raise the axle, put it in hypoid for more crown clearance.... just sayin.

[Pablo]

Let's not get carried away here, Bob

Track test today revealed the following:

Motor is perfect. Powerband is just what the doctor ordered. It is very very smooth, accelerates well, good brakes, and is just a tad too much power for the poor handling of the 1967 mass produced parts. I don't mean that in a negative way; I mean it's perfect. It makes me want to tune the chassis as best I can. It needs to be driven carefully.

Surprisingly enough, the funky spring suspension worked fine in the few laps I ran it. No problems. Philippe was right, the Dyna-Flex does work OK in stock form.

7/29 gearing works perfect.

Handling was poor, due to excessive wheelying (sp? ) I need to secure the tongue.

Overall, a good test, identified some bugs to be worked out.

The Havlicek motor is the star performer here.

[JohnnySlotcar]

Try an 8 tooth pinion to smooth her out!

[Hworth08]

No need to secure the hinge. If it's not worn out you can lossen the screws and slide the guide tongue aganist the motor frame and take most of the "hinge effect" out. Next glue or silicone some .017 or .032 brass where the two "tits" hit that act as a down stop. Even better, and I guess body armour had been around a long time, is to use body armour in place of the brass.

Dymanic also sold nice lead weights that screwed on the guide arm, six grams each I believe. Often that was a big help with a powerful motor.

The Dynamic frames were the only factory frame that "might" compete with a scratch build but they had to be tuned.

The rear springs. Dynamic offered three springs of different strength. Maybe it's the strong ones that cause no trouble. I've had some frames that would chew a gear up in no time and some that cause no problem.

Last, what kind of lead wire is that? Appear they might be silicone but are also vintage looking.

[Gator Bob]

Tits

[Pablo]

Calm down, Bob, that's not the kind of T's and silicon Don is talking about

You are one perverted cookie, son

Thanks, Don, that is good advice I appreciate it.

The lead wire came from Big H man. I don't know what brand it is. I will tell you this, I just received a coil of gray colored Marklin Train wire

Wheeeeeeeee

[Don Weaver]

.......I just received a coil of gray colored Marklin Train wire Wheeeeeeeee

Pablo, where did you get it? Would you sell some?

Don Weaver

[Pablo]

http://www.amazon.co...klin train wire

[Gator Bob]

Does it come in pink?

"Train kept a-rollin' all night long"

[Pablo]

Don, I put a sliver of brass sheet in there with JB Weld. Then I put a dollop of silicon on the ends of the tongue. That ought to do the trick. Thanks for the ideas !

[Hworth08]

I'll have to try some silicone on the worn out floppy tongue peices myself!

The Cox look-a-like gray train wire is plentiful on ebay. Do a ebay search for model train wire and you should find plenty of Brawa wire with a number of 3107. It's size is 0.14 mm in 10 meter rolls that's 33 feet. Rated to carry 3 amps. It doesn't say it's silicone but it is soft and even more flexible than the Cox wire is now.

Some say the Brawa company makes the Marklin wire and the Marklin brand might not be avialable any longer.

I bought three rolls a while ago from an ebayer that I believe was in North Carolina who was a very good seller.

[Pablo]

The link I gave for the wire on Amazon is, indeed, Marklin train wire from Germany.

[Pablo]

All screws are red threadlocked, ready for track test # 2, and a paint job.

Kim, are you out there ?

[Don Weaver]

Pablo,

Where did you get the brass guide flag weight?

Don Weaver

[Pablo]

Where I got it, is a secret.
If you want one, let me know.

[Gator Bob]

Attention to detail

[Kim Lander]

Pablo,
This car is looking real nice...you have out done your self....after final test all we need to do is the paint....Kim

[Stefano Sbravati]

.............and my having mis-spent hours studying the on-line VSRN catalogs.

By the way, you fellows can tell me why VSRN is not updating since 2008?

[Pablo]

100% done.

Paint by Kim Lander.
Motor by John Havlicek.
Assembly by Pablo.

[Bill from NH]

Looks to be a very nice car. Good work gentlemen! Kim, do you recall who made the BRM body? I saw or had one that looked similar but that was years ago.

[Peter Horvath]

Beautiful work as usual, Pablo.

[Pablo]

Track test results:

Beautiful !  Handles good for what it is, and the power is perfect !  Good brakes, acceleration, and top end !

If anything, the motor may be a tad more than the car needs.  But that is what makes it fun to drive !

Havlicek hit the nail on the head, again  Motor runs very cool too.

 

Mission Accomplished.  Kim is a happy camper.

[Kim Lander]

Pablo...you are correct on two things...great motor and yes I am a happy camper....you did a great job on the restore-rebuild...and Bill..the body came from Joe "Noose"...he has some great bodies...all I did was add paint.Good to see you this past weekend Paul...Kim