I wonder if anybody here can let me know which was the spur gear mounted in the Champion of Chamblee Mecom Lola.
Thank you very much!
Posted 09 February 2014 - 05:27 PM
Posted 09 February 2014 - 09:55 PM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 10 February 2014 - 01:35 AM
I was pretty sure I'd receive all the help I needed. Thank you very much, fellows.
Does anybody have a picture of the Williams spur? I wonder if "this" Williams is the same company of the motors "of Cleveland".
And by the way, are there available Champion stickers?
Many thanks again.
Posted 10 February 2014 - 03:20 AM
Posted 10 February 2014 - 03:31 AM
Posted 10 February 2014 - 03:38 AM
Is the gear mesh OK as it is shown above?
Posted 10 February 2014 - 05:09 PM
Does anybody have a picture of the Williams spur?
Stefano, I will put it on my "to do" list of pictures to take.
I wonder if "this" Williams is the same company of the motors "of Cleveland".
Bob responded to you and of course Wilson's is a different entity, but to return to the Williams spur gear, it was indeed a product of Jim Williams and his brother in their effort to make products for the slot car industry. When Cox crown gears became most popular, Williams made similar gears but using their collet attachment instead of the standard setscrew. The reason? A collet offers a much more precise on-center fastening method. Indeed the Williams crown gears were just about perfect once fastened on the Champion straight axles, but one needed much better tools than the flimsy wrenches supplied for slot car use.
And by the way, are there available Champion stickers?
Some of the metal-foil kind were reproduced by Dallas Booth and used on a series of fake Champion motors he sold to lots of good-faith buyers, but obtaining any now might be a tough call. The standard "blue" stickers were never reproduced as far as I know.
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 10 February 2014 - 06:58 PM
Very nice car! Love the shape of the Mecom Lola
Philippe , is that the style Champion chassis they used for setting that world record?
Posted 10 February 2014 - 07:25 PM
Yes, the world-record cars, two Lola GTs and a Ford GT, used the same chassis with the power-house "707" motor.
Two out of three cars have survived and are in the LASCM collection:
While they could use a bit of TLC, originality here is vastly more important, so preservation "as they are" will be kept to a minimum.
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 10 February 2014 - 07:29 PM
Posted 10 February 2014 - 07:38 PM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:08 PM
Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:16 PM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:17 PM
Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:20 PM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:36 PM
Wow, that must have been one tough plastic gear, do you think a Cox could have lasted that long?
Looks like the 'rare' steel drop arm used on those...
Posted 10 February 2014 - 09:00 PM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 11 February 2014 - 11:15 AM
Stefano, is the motor can hitting the rear axle impeding a full mesh engagement?
Posted 11 February 2014 - 12:09 PM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 11 February 2014 - 12:37 PM
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