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[Lenjet]

Hey everybody.

After two years of very hard work from many people, especially Ron DeRoche, the PARMA Engleman used during the 1970's Brass Car Nats is nearing completion. Here are some photos after complete braiding and before we start applying the lane colors and yellow section markers.

The braid is .090 wide specially produced NON-MAGNETIC copper material with a hybrid Nickel/Tin coating. After extensive testing the optimum braid height is .005-.007. We have run, WITHOUT MODIFICATION OR ADDING "FUZZIES", Echorr/Fray Super Stocks, G-Jets, Riggin, Landsharks and other weighted cars with no loss in performance.

More pictures very soon.

Thanks for looking

Peter Lentros

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[SlotStox#53]

Oh Wow!! Never seen an HO track like that before!! That is out of this world Great job on bringing it back to life Can imagine the little cars are superb round a beast like that .

[raisin27]

Is that the track that was at Parma raceways? If so I ran on it at the big race they held in 1972. Everyone teased me because Car Model magazine once again mis spelled my name. They had me as Mike Ferret that time.

 

Raisin

[sidejobjon]

Peter,

Your place is amazing I have to get there. I tried posting link Sabatona Super Speedway History / Story: 5 Tracks.

 

Michael,

Wow you raced on it at Parma? What Cars did you run?

 

Thanks for posting

SJJ

[A. J. Hoyt]

That is, indeed, the same track. I got to see it at Modelville not long after they first got it. They were already starting to get the gutter lanes race-able. As anyone that was there will recall, you could not run on the gutters because they were too close to the wall, I think.

 

Last I heard, they were planning to host a race inviting all of the original participants. Scott Hebron still has the Riggen-based car he raced and then loaned to Gary Rider after Gary's car got stolen. Gary applied his magic to it and won the race!

 

Slotblog would be the place to keep everyone apprised of when that race might be. Modelville should be a "bucket list" place to visit for anyone into slot car history and, if this "reunion" race happens, this is a very good excuse to go there.

 

Keep it in the slot (and keep your "fuzzies" combed out),

 

AJ

[chaparrAL]

 A retro racing weekend next year there has been bantered about.

I do believe given a good amount of lead time we can get Gary to attend, same for Steve Medanic.

Lets make this happen!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

A "classic" track! Beautiful!

1984 1/24 USRA Nats was held on an old 60's Engleman (w/ the esses...)
I miss the esses that the 1/24 Engleman had....... I now days live about 8 miles from one of the iconic "esses" ever made in a real racetrack.... Riverside Rwy.

[Dominator]

Looking great Peter!

[Wayne Thomas]

whats the foot pent on that

[Dominator]

Off the top of my head I think it is 12 X 4

[sidejobjon]

AJ,

Any pictures of the Scotts Riggen Base car?

Thanks SJJ

[Lenjet]

Hey Everybody,

 

 

The lane colors are now down and the Parma track is a sight to behold.  Section markers and lines just like the

original are next.

 

 

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[SlotStox#53]

Superb!! It really looks the part now as the paint is going on   That banking + HO cars =

[Pat McGee]

Been 38 years since I've taken a cross country train ride to a race.....

[A. J. Hoyt]

John,

 

I don't have any photos of the car but Scott could take some. I have his email address so I will ask if he will do that. Somewhere, I have a scanned image of the original race report article from Car Model magazine but couldn't find it - likely on a back-up CD or thumb drive somewhere. If anyone has it, please post it on this thread!

 

Rob Hayes is doing a great job of keeping the Midwest HOPRA guys up to date on the progress and I have forwarded his emails to others. Those receiving the forwarded emails can ask Rob to include them in future lists. All he can do is say, "No", so there is no risk except rejection!

 

I, for one, need lots of forewarning of when the race is going to be because I need to plan for it. I really hope to be there!

 

I'm sure walls around the track are coming ... otherwise every de-slot will be a "car on the floor" track call!

[Michael Block]

Very Very Nice!

 

 

 

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[A. J. Hoyt]

Here is the article, an appropriately sepia toned scan of the Car Model article, just barely legible.

 

 

 

John, a picture of the Scott's (then Gary's winning) car is shown as well as Tony's "factory" AFX Super II. I don't think anyone else could buy them yet.

 

Someone pointed it out to me as being on the Riggen HO web site. Lots of old "gravity racing" history there. A lot of the tired, "The older I get, the faster I was" kind of stuff.

 

And here is a picture of the track while it was at Parma:

 

 

Enjoy!

 

AJ

[Matt Sheldon]

That is cool, kind of like a mini hillclimb

[Mike Patterson]

Peter,

 

Do you know who originally built the track? IIRC, Parma's King track was built by a local woodworker. Did he make this one too?

 

NICE track, BTW!

[Lonny]

Hey Petter is this the track that the old lap counter goes to? The one that looks similar to a old American counter. If so could you post a few pics of it? The track looks great. Y'all have done a fine job rebuilding this peace of history.

 

I was also wondering if you could share any updates on the American hillclimb?  

[John Gorski]

This is a nice one to!

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