Not sure if these have been posted before, but I have a small handful of these in my possession.
A few quick pics;
1963 Auto World newsletters
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, Jan 14 2017 07:28 PM
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Posted 14 January 2017 - 07:28 PM
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Posted 14 January 2017 - 08:21 PM
Love looking at the old school dragsters 
Thanks for posting Mike.
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Posted 15 January 2017 - 01:40 PM
Here's a few more quick pics I took last night.
It's fun seeing stuff from this early on , with references and articles, from early legends, like Gene Hustings and Pete Hagenbuch, and touting things like a track with brakes. (Yes, I said Brakes-lol)
It's fun seeing stuff from this early on , with references and articles, from early legends, like Gene Hustings and Pete Hagenbuch, and touting things like a track with brakes. (Yes, I said Brakes-lol)
Mike Swiss
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Posted 15 January 2017 - 05:50 PM
Cool, I never saw those before.
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Posted 15 January 2017 - 08:51 PM
Seriously cool bodies available for the padlock dragsters. Would love some of those.
Would love some of those.
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 04:18 PM
I don't recall that anyone used those SS bodies. They were heavier than a model kit body. I don't think they covered a DC85 or Ram 857 completely. I, and everyone I raced with, used model kit bodies cut to fit over the motor. We then used the model kit engine, cut down so that only the heads and intake remained, to meet the rules for open framed chassis.
Full bodied unlimited cars did not have to have a scale body, so we just used sheet magnesium to cover the area between the rails.
Full bodied unlimited cars did not have to have a scale body, so we just used sheet magnesium to cover the area between the rails.
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 04:24 PM
Well-
Slot car boxes haven't changed that much.
Cheers.
Slot car boxes haven't changed that much.
Cheers.
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 09:10 PM
Some more padlock dragster stuff;Seriously cool bodies available for the padlock dragsters.
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 09:19 PM
I love this era.
Even Mark Mattei didn't seem to recall, (offhand), the interesting chassis parts from E.E. Crane.
Mike Swiss
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 09:49 PM
Even Mark Mattei didn't seem to recall, (offhand), the interesting chassis parts from E.E. Crane.
I'm guessing he just didn't recall the fairly generic name, since the stuff made it to the 1966 Auto World Catalog.
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Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder (pointless era - LOL)
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 10:40 PM
"I don't recall that anyone used those SS bodies. They were heavier than a model kit body."
Dave, I am currently restoring a Lotus Elite body by Scuderia Scale and I would strongly disagree about the weight, as these thin white styrene bodies are far lighter than just about any 1/24 or 1/25 model kit body I know of...
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 11:13 PM
PdL, do you have any of the Dragster shells by Scuderia at the Museum?
