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#2251 bbr

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Posted 08 September 2014 - 12:05 AM

chassis are very nice, I almost hate to race them! 

thanks DC


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Posted 08 September 2014 - 12:37 AM

Beautiful Chassis Duffy and Don, both very nicely done !


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Posted 08 September 2014 - 12:37 AM

chassis are very nice, I almost hate to race them! 

thanks DC

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Posted 21 September 2014 - 01:57 PM

Well it's been a busy month for me. First up is a new F-1 for me that I started at the beginning of the summer and finally finished. 

 

6 rails of .047 unsoldered in the middle.

Tuning fork is also .047

Nose is .032

Pan's and center weight are .064

CR motor bracket and modified horse shoe plate

15/16" GL, 4" WB

Weighing in at 109 grams

 

 Dom F-1.jpg      Dom F-1.2.jpg

 

Next up is another F-1 for my daughter build out of a R-Geo Victory 2 kit

 

.078 main rails

1" GL, 4" WB

Weighs in at 110 grams

 

Chloe F-1.jpg

 

Last one for today is set up for Coupe for my daughter out of a FSF kit.

 

.078 main rails

1" GL, 4" WB

This one weighed in at 116 grams

 

Chloe Coupe.jpg

 


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Posted 21 September 2014 - 06:06 PM

Really nice builds, Dom!


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Posted 21 September 2014 - 08:20 PM

:) Nice chassis Dom!! I hope you built the last one with a motor attached!!


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Posted 22 September 2014 - 06:04 AM

Yes I did Mike. For whatever reason this bracket ws s non-hypoid so the motor has plenty of clearance between the bottom of the motor and center section.

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Posted 23 September 2014 - 07:47 AM

Looking great Dom! Cant wait to chase that F1 chassis around the track this weekend! Looks fassst

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Posted 23 September 2014 - 03:35 PM

Getting ready for the Sano!

 

Just pulled this out of a tumbler full of RGEO tumbling media, RGEO/GVP copy with Chicagoland motor bracket.

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Posted 23 September 2014 - 08:33 PM

Kevin,

Looks Nice!

 

Question, are the short boxes in the center soldered together and soldered to the rails?


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Posted 23 September 2014 - 11:00 PM

Bob, they are soldered together and will slide the length of the tuning fork rails for adjustment. I hit them a couple times with a center punch to create a bit of friction to keep in them place. My latest Samson F1 chassis from Dennis has this feature. 


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Posted 23 September 2014 - 11:12 PM

Good Idea !

 

Thanks for explaining this ...


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Posted 24 September 2014 - 02:05 PM

This is 1 of 3 similar JK chassis I ran all of last year. You will notice the flexi chassis influence in my build, pan is removeable to allow straightening of center section and pan.

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Posted 24 September 2014 - 02:12 PM

Damn, that's clever!


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Posted 24 September 2014 - 07:09 PM

Great idea Kev!

 

I like it. How'd that one work?


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Posted 24 September 2014 - 08:31 PM

Thanks guys.

 

Dave, I used it in the Coupe a-main at the Sano last year. Obviously I've not had much opportunity to run it since.

 

Just doing a little clean up in the tumbler before the Sano and playing with the new phone and posting a few pictures which I could never do before.


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Posted 24 September 2014 - 11:06 PM

Hey, if any of yous retro guys have a spare car or three for the Sano, I will pay my way on motors and tires.

Dial me in.

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Posted 25 September 2014 - 09:53 AM

 You will notice the flexi chassis influence in my build, pan is removeable to allow straightening of center section and pan.

 

Just don't wreck and you won't need to fix it LOL


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Posted 25 September 2014 - 10:03 AM

Cap, some of us are mere mortals and we often test the boundries of durability! :dash2:


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Posted 25 September 2014 - 10:56 AM

A couple years ago, a local Texan named John Myers did something similar. He used a similar method to enable changing the pans for testing(lighter pans vs. heavier pans).


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Posted 29 September 2014 - 04:40 PM

This is the 3 piece version of my removable pan JK. My favorite go to anywhere chassis.

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 04:52 PM

That KVP is a clever guy all right! ^_^


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Posted 29 September 2014 - 08:45 PM

A rarity having 4 customer chassis/runners here and ready to ship at one time.

 

2 versions of the GVP/RGEO tuning fork and 1 Hanada 4 railer. All built using my custom made "Zero" 1"x .050" motor brackets.

 

A Retro Pro and a CA+ Speed Bowl chassis or two are next across the building bench.

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 11:45 PM

Very nice, Tom!


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Posted 30 September 2014 - 07:27 PM

2nd race with my light weight chassis, now comes in at 76 grams - won the race, equalled the lap record total, broke the race lap record, and set a new high heat record. So it is coming along well the bit of weight on the nose made a difference, need to get it better on black and purple. Although second place put up a great fight - caught the car 25 seconds from the end.


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