This one should go relatively quickly.
another Ebay score described in the "All Cobras...etc'" thread, a nice NOS Dynamic Inline chassis, a Can Drive 16D motor, and a few other period parts, with a slightly age-yellowed Lancer 289 Cobra body.
I started the build Sunday morning, but - since the track time with the Classic Rat Cobra, and its old period tires - I'd decided to not use the NOS dynamic tires that came with it, and ordered some replacements from Scott at PCH (which showed up yesterday, thanks Scott!), and last night, after guitar lessons, drove out to Modelville and bought some more drill blank axles, as I only had one left in my parts bins. I'm not so enamored of how easily bendable the 5-40 threaded axles are...
Thus supplied, after about 30 minutes screwing things together I had this...
...and, as I was texting with Pam at the time (this is another car for her after all) I set the body on it so she could get an idea of what it was looking like.
Uno...
...dos.
You might notice that the drivers front wheel arch is above the tire, that's because the old lancer body has a it of twist in it. nothing that can't be solved by making the body mount resolve the twist. Also, I began to think the age-yellowing might make the upcoming white pant job look, well, yellow-ish, so I'd gottent another that's a modern molding which is clear and straight.
A couple minutes with the power supply running in the gears and determining motor rotation (its apparently commed at neutral timing, I could detect no increase in speed in either direction), adding a guide flag, and here, the running roller
I still have to massage the clamping strap for the body mounts, so that it clears the bushing on the motor endbell, but its pretty much all over but the painting.
watch this space!
