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[don.siegel]

Very cool indeed, thanks guys. 

 

Don 

[Bill from NH]

 Rick, another neat looking drag car from Rodney's house.  I learned to drive with a white '61 Valiant, slant 6 engine, & 3-speed on the floor. Bought used, that car served my parent wells for a few years until they sold it to a friend of mine. My friend never drag raced it, but he would road race the local police's Saab.. 

[Tom Katsanis]

Super cool.

[nomad2race]

Here is Valiant I built with vintage parts. It represents the car my dad raced.

 

 

 

 

I disassembled the motor, and soldered the main rails directly to the magnet plates then reassembled and zapped it. 

 

There is a very nice article about it here.

 

Here the cars is set to run against a replica of my dad's buddy Fred's Studebaker Gasser.

 

  

 

Here's dad:

[nomad2race]

For many reasons, we have decided to extend the deadline and reschedule the entry deadline to June 15th.

 

Good news! More time to build!

 

We will continually update this page our Facebook and our website as things progress.

 

As a thank-you to those who sent cars early, we will offer the option to have us run them as a test run. We will report results only to owners who may request changes to the cars before race time. We have also given the option of having cars returned at our expense, case you need them for other races before June 15.

 

[Slot Car Rod]

I completed the restoration of this Orange Crate from the 60's.  It is from the Oakland Speedway parts bin.  Interesting chassis design.  The drop arm is spring loaded.

The car is powered by the original Kemtron motor.  The motor's armature looks like a 6 volt one that has been de-wound a few turns.  

 

Rodney

 

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[Alchemist]

Awesome Build Rodney!

 

Hope all is well!

 

Ernie

[Bill from NH]

Jim, if you can, could you show us the chassis of the Studebaker pictured above? As I think I recall from your S.D. days, it was a pretty neat chassis.

[Slot Car Rod]

My version of the American Graffiti Deuce Coupe was built around eight years ago.  Here are some pictures of the build.

 

Rodney

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[dc-65x]

Hi Rodney,

 

That's so cool that you duplicated the original frame in brass. The whole car is amazing. That's not just a slot car...that's art. 

[Tom Katsanis]

Very nice build.

[Slot Car Rod]

Thanks Rick and Tom.

 

Modified Kemtron Bronco motor installed.  Plastic motor parts replaced.

 

Rodney

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[Slot Car Rod]

Box of American Graffiti style slot cars.

 

Rodney

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[Isaac S.]

That is very cool, never seen that. 

[Martin]

Now that's "bitchin"

 

You even have Toads scooter, Dedication. 

[Slot Car Rod]

Good eye, Martin.

 

Rodney

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[Slot Car Rod]

More details on the Chevy:

 

Aluminum chassis goes through the Ram DC850 motor.  Ram armature is encased in epoxy.  

 

Ulrich wheels, Cox drop arm/guide, and Weldun gears.

 

Model car detail pieces are off-the-shelf items.

 

Rodney

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[Tom Katsanis]

Cool that's a clever chassis design.

[Isaac S.]

Are the wheels painted or polished? 

[Slot Car Rod]

Isaac,

 

The wheels came in natural aluminum finish or chrome finish from Ulrich.  These are the chrome ones.

 

Rodney

[Isaac S.]

Oh cool, now that you say that I do remember seeing those.  Thanks for the help. 

 

Looking again I noticed that the drop arm weight is Rannalli not Cox, you can tell by the square tube and the shape of the lead. It has been modified though.

 

The Freds Specialties cars have a Cox drop arm I think. It won't let me post that image though. 

 

The common Cox drop arm doesn't have a weight at all. I can't imagine driving one of these super back-heavy cars. My car drifts quite easily and has a fairly short wheelbase. The tires are sticky too. It does a wheelie all the way down the straight if you try. 

[Slot Car Rod]

Isaac,

 

You're right about Rannalli brand.  It was in my Cox chassis parts box.

 

K&B steering unit.

 

Rodney

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[Isaac S.]

I really like that steering. It's cool that you used it on an open wheel car because of how the fenders move.  

[nomad2race]

Jim, if you can, could you show us the chassis of the Studebaker pictured above? As I think I recall from your S.D. days, it was a pretty neat chassis.

Here it is.

 

I cleaned up Fred's original work, keeping to the original design, except I replaced the drop arm. 

 

Then, to accomodate running on both Carrera with it's slighlty elevated rails and recessed braid on commercial tracks I made an adjustable up and down screw stops for the droparm.  

 

 

 

 

[Bill from NH]

Thanks Jim! That's how I remember it when you were in San Diego.