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#1 smithspeedway

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Posted 29 May 2015 - 07:51 PM

Does anyone make a decent looking F1 or Indy body for the womp chassis?






#2 Bill from NH

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Posted 29 May 2015 - 09:48 PM

Riggen used to have a decent looking F1 body that fit womps. I question if it is still available. If anyone has them, my guess would be REHCO in Cincinnati.


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Posted 30 May 2015 - 07:09 AM

buzz A Rama in Brooklyn has three different bodies. This is the only picture I have of them with me20131130_102228.jpg
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Posted 30 May 2015 - 04:46 PM

Found this blast from the past.

 

 

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Posted 30 May 2015 - 08:46 PM

That Lotus is great!  Would you consider selling it?



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Posted 31 May 2015 - 03:24 AM

In the 80s Parma made four, the Lotus, a Ferrari (like the Lauda car) a March (shovel nose) and a Brabham. Parma may even have the molds somewhere.

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Posted 08 August 2015 - 07:42 PM

In the mid '70's I liked to use the Parma Brabham F1 body for Womp races, painted up like an IndyCar. At Phase III Raceways in Farmingdale (Long Island), NY, on an original American Raceways "Hillclimb" track, raceway owner Roy Crawley would let us run any available Parma Womp body. Open wheel, sports car, street car, hot rod, truck, ect. bodies all ran heads up in the weekly Womp races, which was kinda cool to do. We lost Roy a few years ago, and I have to say I had a lot of fun running in those races at Phase III, from Womps to USRA GP27 (amateur class). He called the races live over the PA from the director's booth and made it interesting and fair for everyone. Roy's son Pete runs Crawley Distributing in Florida to this day.

I also did up a pair of the Parma Lancia Stratos bodies for myself and my younger brother to race with. Still have those, in very good condition! In the late 1980's, I had Parma make 50 each of the Pinto and Gremlin NASCAR Modified Womp bodies for our oval track series on our 8 lane, Hasse Nilsson built Pocono Tri-Oval replica at Islip Miniature Speedway in Holbrook, Long Island. We also had a local guy make us a modern (for the times) Chevy Cavalier Modified body. The late Dan Delude (a guy I was proud to have as a friend) of the Model Car Shop in RI (later in MA) created an entire Womp NASCAR Modified series, using a Cavalier body he had created with a spec chassis set up and rulebook. With his permission, he allowed us to run a duplicate series here on the Island, provided we did not directly copy his body design. That was a lot of fun driving up there with a car load of guys to compete with the local new Englanders on an even playing field! I've still got a box of cool Womp stuff, and every once in a while I'll take some out and go on "Slot Car Surfari" for a day and have some fun at one of the NY Metro area's commercial raceways.

Sorry to say that I'm "digitally challenged" and couldn't post photos if I tried. Womps are still cool! Enjoy... Ernie :>)


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Posted 08 August 2015 - 08:22 PM

Mobile Raceways in Melbourne,Australia has 3 types of F1 bodies to suit womps for sale,a Ferrari.a Lotus and a Brabham


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Posted 16 August 2015 - 02:58 PM

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Posted 16 August 2015 - 07:05 PM

Are you willing to sell it?



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Posted 28 October 2017 - 06:00 AM

Does anyone make a decent looking F1 or Indy body for the womp chassis?

Caveman Bodeez has two very nice ones. The AWRA will be adding a class for them in 2018



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Posted 08 November 2017 - 09:03 AM

These are from Caveman Bodeez. You can contact us at Cavemanbodeez@gmail.com

 

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Posted 08 November 2017 - 12:47 PM

These Caveman F1/Indy bodies look sharp!   :)


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Posted 28 February 2018 - 12:04 AM

These are from Caveman Bodeez. You can contact us at Cavemanbodeez@gmail.com

 

The AWRA has two classes for this type of body. One is the Grand Prix class, that will typically use the JK Mini Brute motor; the other is Formula One, that will typically use the JK Hawk 7. Other motors are allowed in both classes. Consult the AWRA rules before building. The AWRA Grand Prix class will debut at Cordle Model Speedway in Marietta, Georgia on Saturday, March 3rd. The second running of the Grand Prix cars will be at Tennessee Valley Speedway in Greenville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 7th.

 

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 06:21 PM

Thunderbird Racing in Adelaide,South Australia and MrSlotcar in Hallam,Victoria,Australia have Formula 1 Womp bodies for sale
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Posted 01 March 2018 - 09:19 PM

Tony, can you post photos of these F1 bodies?


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Posted 12 August 2018 - 01:10 PM

In the 80s Parma made four, the Lotus, a Ferrari (like the Lauda car) a March (shovel nose) and a Brabham. Parma may even have the molds somewhere.

Parma surely has the molds, but they also surely have no plans to pull any bodies other than what few that are in production now. They will pull a body if you order 50 or more, but unless you are a big club or raceway, that is cost prohibitive. 



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Posted 13 July 2019 - 10:55 PM

Smith Scale Speedway can do it! I have a couple gremlins from them I haven't painted yet! =)

The caveman bodies look excellent, I just picked up a Plymouth legends from them today in fact!

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Posted 15 July 2019 - 10:24 AM

Mid-America has a small supply of NOS Parma F1 Womp bodies. IIRC they have a Lotus and a Brabham.

 

Call them for pricing and details.


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