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[Steve Okeefe]

Cheetah Powered by RAM

A freestyle 1966 scale racer by Rick Thigpen

 

This was a fun project that was "Ebay Affordable". I'd been buying Ram Hop Up parts for their 426 motor and finally put them all together. Ball bearings, brushes and springs, 64 pitch gears...oh baby

 

The Cox American mags are kind of sought after but you could use Cox BRM wheels (that's what I used for the spare wheel). Cox front tires and German Record Elastic 40mm rears.

 

Lancer body with aluminum tube for exhaust pipes and velocity stacks, sheet metal screw with a straight pin soldered to it for a quick fill gas cap and a Revell driver round out the body.

Thanks for looking!

 

 

 

[Dan Wilson]

Very nice job, Rick. It reminds me of my second 1/24th car built to race at MESAC in 1964. Very similar, but using a 36D...I soon learned the "Russkit Superleggera way"...

Dan Wilson

[Bill from NH]

Dan, aren't you Rocky's old friend from the Denver area?

[idare2bdul]

Car looks good. I always had a weakness for these cars but the short wheelbase/ guide lead was sometimes a handicap. I built em anyway.

[dc-65x]

Dan,

I understand why you might think this fine work was done by Rick Thigpen, but it was done by the excellent Steve Okeefe.

 

Hi Phil,

 

I actually built the car, as stated in the title of the post. Steve was kind enough to post it in his excellent sub-forum.

 

Rick

[Detroit Dave]

Beautiful build.  How does the RAM run with all of those Hop up parts.

[dc-65x]

Here's a link to a RAM XL500 build up. It's a pretty interesting and fun motor:

Ram XL500... going... going... man, it's GONE!