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[boxerdog]

One other thing I'd like to propose...I'm not a drag racer, but my understanding is that you don't want the front wheels touching at a "modern" dragstrip that uses glue for shutdown because it can flip the car. Anyone know  anything about this??? I have been setting them .063 high or so. 

[DVan]

BoxerDog, this was dicussed and yes the front wheels have to touch the tech board, these cars are too heavy and slow that they just roll in the shut down area. The glue will be wiped off after they get picked up from the shut down area.

 

 

 DVan

[DVan]

Gator Bob here's a picture of the underside of that Pontiac.

 

 

DVan

[SlotStox#53]

Nice Kemtron chassis DVan

Like how you did the body mounting brackets.

[DVan]

SlotStox not mine, it's a Rodney built car... I'm not that good at this stuff..

 

   DVan

[Rick]

Maybe these parts will help?

 

[SlotStox#53]

Very nice Rick!!! Is that brass or ally? Can't quite tell with the angle.

Looks like it would help a lot

What's the length of the rail?

[Rick]

It's aluminum. About 8 1/2" long. There are more parts coming for this project and will post them all soon in The Parts Counter....

[SlotStox#53]

Excellent news Rick look forward to seeing them

[DVan]

So how are these builds coming along?

How many are going to sign up for this race.

 

  DVan

[boxerdog]

Dvan, I plan on signing up for sure. I'm not certain how many cars yet. One "new build" isn't finished, and one of the cars that went to Florida is still in pieces.

[SlotStox#53]

I plan on signing up DVan

Florida car isn't legal for this race so a new build is on the design board.

[Procrastination] Although no construction has begun yet..

[dc-65x]

I have 2 cars and I hope to have a few more.

[DVan]

Here are a few pcitures for insperation...

 

Rodney built this using some of the parts from his spare box of stuff.

 

Johnny Mac bought a box full of 60s drag racing stuff in the Valley...

 

Another car Rodney build in 3 easy steps. Step 1

 

Step 2

 

Step 3, realy nice acr up close....

 

 

My build so far....

 

And much more can be seen at the Proxy Page on Bracket500,

added two more links of pictures of these cars and projects.

 

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BoxerDog good to hear you're working on your builds...

 

SlotStox, maybe some of these new pictures might inspire you....

 

DC-65x sounds good, can't wait to see these cars..

 

  DVan

[SlotStox#53]

Thanks for the inspiration, have got some bits to build with , just finishing off 2 cars for the Rod & Custom event happening on the 19th !!

Once the cars are in the mail can start looking at a Dragster. . Love that yellow one by Rodney with that proper chassis in brass definitely some inspiration with that one

[DVan]

SlotStox. event on the 19th, can you tell me more?

 

 DVan

[dc-65x]

Hi DVan,

 

Here's the low down on the event and on the 1966 R&C Series in general:

 

Rod & Custom Road Races Revisited

[DVan]

DC-65x  thanks for the info..

 

  DVan

[boxerdog]

Is there a final date for signups?? If so, please sign me up for 5 cars. Then I can sort out the mess I have. 

[DVan]

BoxerDog, no date as of yet for sign-up, will work on that with the others...

 

   DVan

[DVan]

Looks like sign up will close on the last week of August, and cars will need to be in by Sept. 10th, 2014

 

If you want to ship your car, please PM me and I will send you the address where to ship.

Remember all costs are the senders responsibily with return shipping cost.

Please make sure your car is safely packed and it will be returned to you the same way it's recieved.

 

  DVan

[boxerdog]

Dvan, just want to make sure if we show up with our cars on race day, that we can run them. Attached is a roadster under construction!!

 

[DVan]

BoxerDog. Yes if you show up with your cars you can run them on that day.

 

  DVan

[SlotStox#53]

Here's a possible starting point for an entry

 

With the moderately lowered roof I take it this would be entering the Altered class?

 

 

 

[boxerdog]

Perfect!!!