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[JerseyJohn]

Around the Globe, a JJ race report
Congratulations to Bud Denning for his FIRST PLACE finish driving the NEW CAN AM JERSEY JOHN "RAILER " and To Jeff E for his THIRD PLACE finish at
TRI STATE SUMMER SERIES at FANTASY RACEWAY NY
Bud and Jeff also Qualified 1-2. Great run guys and thank you for using JJ frames.

[Dominator]

Family stuff is caught up until next weekend. Here is a new retro pro for Bud Denning. This one originally had .078/.062 rail combo with a 3/4" guide lead and 3-15/16" wheel base. This new one has 7/8" guide lead, 3-7/8" wheel base, .062/.055 main rails, and .062 wire pan. Chassis was built using Chicago Lands new plated piano wire which was very easy to solder to and clean up. No thinning required. Pan movement is a copy of the original Bud gave me. As pictures comes in at 30.8 grams.

[Tex]

Dom, is there any movement back at the bite bar?

[Dominator]

This one is set up pretty tight. 9nly about .010-.015 front to back movement and .015-.020 up and down movement.

[Tex]

ah, I see the .032 upstops now. pictures shot at an angle(instead of only directly above/below) reveal those little details.

[Tim Neja]

Very clean and simple chassis!! Looks great!!

[crazyphysicsteacher]

New 039 rail car converted from a tuning fork. 5 rails per side. It is now getting the bearings glued in.

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[Dominator]

That's going to be a light one. Are you adding a center weight Chris?

[crazyphysicsteacher]

Maybe, gotta see how light it is first. I also need to see how well it works. The original car cornered great but could never get out of the corner very fast. Stuck at 5.6 on the hurricane. Hopefully this will be faster. Going for a light as it will go.

[JerseyJohn]

A JERSEY JOHN F1 "Classico" for El Lobo Chaya.. 025 center pan, Rgeo. 050 pans, nose and Z-poid 2° MOTOR BRACKET. Rails are 1 steel 2 brass each side. Rock solid. Port Jeff tuff!!!!

[glueside]

Starting doing some more building of retro can-am cars.  I messed up and started the soldering first and had some stuff come up and the rails corroded on me before I could get them finished.  Needs cleaned up still but should work nicely.

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[Richard G With]

Starting doing some more building of retro can-am cars.  I messed up and started the soldering first and had some stuff come up and the rails corroded on me before I could get them finished.  Needs cleaned up still but should work nicely.

Nice!

You might want to try Swiss's plated wire. No more corrosion issues!

[Richard G With]

Here's one I just finished using CR plated wire. 039 rails with 1" Rgeo bracket, CR angled tongue. Handmade 032 nose and 025 pans.

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[MSwiss]

Nice!
You might want to try Swiss's plated wire. No more corrosion issues!

Thanks for the props, Richard.

The popularity of the plated wire is gaining more and more momentum, and a 2nd run of it, is highly likely.

[glueside]

Nice!

You might want to try Swiss's plated wire. No more corrosion issues!

 

Ordered some from Mr. Swiss.  Need to get busy building for the Sano!!!

[Dominator]

With family life getting back into a new routine here is a build for Russ Upton to run Can Am at BPR. 3-7/8" Wheel base, 29/32" guide lead, .062 inside rails, .055 outside rails, .062 steel/brass pans, Dominator 1.365" motor bracket and tongue. Comes in at 39.8 grams. Rail configuration is based off the Jackal.

[JerseyJohn]

A new F1 build from Jersey John Chassis, heading to Ben in Australia. Features a 1 inch nose with a. 750 zpoid motor bracket. 4x2. 047 rails. Rgeo made. 050 nose and pans. A. 025 center pan to add lead. 52 grams. Good for any track.

[JerseyJohn]

One of 2 Jersey John Chassis heading to AUSTRALIA.
A WINGMAN.This is a combination chassis built with a little rock and some smooth jazz. All RGEO Components. Nose is a Dragon. Pans are Arrow. Z-poid motor bracket and a forward mounted movement bar like the one I use on my X25 builds. Controls all pan movement and doesn't allow pan droop.

 

[kvanpelt]

Over the years, I have purchased more than a few retro chassis from some of our prominent builders, this however is my first Tony P chassis. It is truly spectacular in every respect!!!!!

 

Tony is a true "master builder". I can't wait to put it on the track for Sano12.

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[Mark Johnson]

to pretty to run 

[SlowBeas]

My latest endeavor...

 

This is my attempt at a hybrid chassis featuring 1/32 pans, a single .062 main rail that connects the motor bracket to the front, saddled with a single .055 steel rail on the outside. They are only soldered together at both ends, leaving room for tuning if needed.

 

 

 

Fully dressed (including the body), she sits at just under 87 grams, so a little weight will be needed. But I want to give her some proper test time on the track before determining what it needs and where.

 

I confess that the design was inspired by two builders whom I respect greatly: Jim Fowler for the simplicity of design, and Don Weaver for recently introducing me to the beauty of using brass rails and how it can affect handling. Don always used the steel rail against the motor bracket, so I wanted to reverse the two and see if it feels and responds differently. Only time will tell.

 

If this design gives me anything to talk about, I'll return and report. If not, well...meh.

[Bill from NH]

Jim, if you are going to tune the chassis by soldering the rails, you could try a silver solder. It's stiffer than 60:40 so you would need less of it.

[Danny Zona]

JK kit with a 1"Swiss motor bracket and bearings. 6 rails of .055 wire. The pans are .062 wire. I originally tried .055 wire pans but didn't feel confident on strength.
Weighs in at 98g.

[Dominator]

Looking good DZ

[Danny Zona]

So all 3 are Bartos chassis. The one in the middle was the heavy version of the 8 rail of.047 wire on the left. I don't need a heavy version on tracks I race on. So I converted it into a cross breed of both version and lightened it up. Weighs in at 99g.