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Builder
Posted 15 July 2016 - 09:21 PM
These 2 chassis are salvageable and have a bright future:
Others were not so lucky, and ended up in the "round file":
Some historic bits were salvaged:
The Ferrett chassis had a sweet spring suspension gizmo:
But tonight it was liberated from it's jail door cell - right into the round file along with lots of other junk 
When I snagged this stuff on Ebay, I knew they would all be "salvage jobs".
Today was the day, and I'm glad it's over 
Paul Wolcott
Age scrubs away speed!
Posted 15 July 2016 - 09:59 PM
The motor mounting plate in the last photo looks like it might belong with the Ferret parts right above it. I think PCH has repops of the Lancer model "T" roadster & Super Mod bodies that fit the REHCO 36D brass inline chassis in your first photo.
PCH has the Lancer roadster in-stock, but the Super Mod is out-of-stock.
Builder
Posted 16 July 2016 - 05:42 AM
That little 36D inline weighs a ton !!
Paul Wolcott
Age scrubs away speed!
Posted 16 July 2016 - 06:14 AM
That's the reason they don't run too fast either. REHCO was selling the complete kit with those chassis for about $40. There used to be a setup article on here for them.
Race Leader
Posted 16 July 2016 - 06:26 AM
Sure did like those Champion chassis, brings back some good memories.
Builder
Posted 16 July 2016 - 08:05 AM
Stamped "Champion", yeah. Who actually made them is a complex subject for the historians.
They could be made to work real well.
John Streisguth took possession of this one after I completed it:
http://slotblog.net/...led-car-refurb/
Paul Wolcott
Age scrubs away speed!
Posted 16 July 2016 - 09:27 AM
That's an AYK chassis, sometimes referred to as a "Riggen" or mistakenly called a "Champion." Those Champion stamped steel parts & the original NCC chassis are from Japan too, probably also AYK, but I'll defer to PDL on this.
