Here's a link to the build:
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Help with gearing
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, May 13 2013 04:08 PM
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Posted 17 July 2015 - 11:43 AM
AND... the finished car runs great, much to my surprise!
Here's a link to the build:
Six-wheel racer
Here's a link to the build:
Six-wheel racer
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Posted 20 July 2015 - 11:19 PM
That looks downright SWEET!
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Posted 21 July 2015 - 12:49 AM
Dang, Rick... the stuff you build is simply amazing. Nice work. 
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Posted 21 July 2015 - 10:32 AM
Thanks! 
This car was really a ton of fun to build and drive.
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Posted 22 July 2015 - 09:29 PM
Does anybody make a March body, you could be right on then. The March ran at Goodwood this year and is for sale.
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Posted 22 July 2015 - 09:38 PM
Hi George,
The car is right on. Here is the picture of the prototype 6-wheel turbine Indy car running at the same Goodwood event:
Well, maybe not..........
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Posted 23 July 2015 - 01:15 AM
Hey, never seen it, thought March was the only one. Cool
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Posted 23 July 2015 - 09:06 AM
Hi George,
When I started the build thread and said I was thinking about using the Indy Turbine body, my buddy Steve Okeefe Photoshopped the above picture for me. It just looked so "right" to me. They should have really built the real car!
The March was an awesome from when F1 was less of a spec series and there was room for innovation. I don't know of any 1/24 body available for it.
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