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[tonyp]

Edo, Inlines, of course. Unfortunately none seem to exist anymore.

[GTPJoe]

Hi Tony!

Sir, while there are at least two good anglewinder build articles that you've done in the past, CM Oct 68 (Team Nutley's Winning Eastern Chassis) and CM Jan 69 (Latest Bat Pan Plumber chassis), there are no inline builds. And now you say there are no inlines still exsisting.

What about YOU doing a real "vinatge" inline build just like you would have before the AW hit?? I'd love to see you do one, and I'm sure many here would too, right Rick?. Plus you'd be bringing back the way it was really done and then at least one would exsist.

If you need parts I'm sure we could get other bloggers to chip in stuff just to see you do it inline again.

So what do you say, sir??? Please??? LOL...

[tonyp]

Hi Joe,

I do have some parts to build a Mike Morrissey rplica that Rick has kindly sent me and I have been kicking around the idea with Noose to build a few old style replicas using modern wheels and tires so we have period looking chassis for our Lotus 40 and 2D Coupe bodies. Let me see what we can come up with.

[GTPJoe]

Tony

( Mr. Burns' voice from the Simpsons.)..."Excellent!"

I also love the Lotus and Chappy bodies but have yet to put anything under them. Between Noose and you I can't wait to see these!! YES!

Thanks!!!

[dc-65x]

Go for the Inline Tony! If I can help with some parts I'd be happy to. Let me know what you have in mind.......

As for this anglewinder (sorry Edo!) goes, it was a fun car to build. Tony's 2-piece motor box meant I didn't have to ask Steve Okeefe to bend up a 1-piece unit for me LOL! Fitting the 1/4" brass strip between the rear uprights was a bit of a pain. After I showed the pictures on the Blog Tony emailed me and said the strip was supposed to simply sit on top of the rails not fitted between them.....DOH!

Of course Tony's right about the wheel inserts for "real" Pro cars. In these later era cars I've only seen pictures of wheel inserts used in the Concourse cars through 1969 or so. When I raced back in the day I always entered the Concourse as well as the race so that's how I like to build cars today.

[dc-65x]

Good grief, my last post was in July and it took me until Feb. to get this car finished . Good thing Noose did some of his "rolling art" on the body or it never would have gotten done. Check out what he created:









Check out the amazing details:





Tony, I got rid of the wheel inserts. I don't know if you ever used Associated wheels as they were a West Coast product but.......





This is the finish of another fun project, my second from my recent project trilogy. Next up, number three, my favorite ..................

[Horsepower]

Now there's a phrase I have not heard for a very long time. "Evil Bucks Racer"
Another total masterpiece!

[tonyp]

Associated tires, Yup.

[endbelldrive]

Bump...

[flem1959]

That is beautiful work.
I would never have the patience, nor the talent to do that.

[Rick]

WTG Rick, another Home Run.............

[Prof. Fate]

Hi

Tony, I don't remember the names of all the women I dated back then, but I can remember every BUILD!

Sigh.

Anyway, I don't know about you, but I would have stripped the paint from the rear of the can and soldered it to the main rail. I did a few chassis like this and always did that.

But I am certain you can remember your inlines.....GO!

Fate

[Marty Stanley]

Rick,

Thank you so much for sharing your exemplary work with us.

It's just so cool being able to look, study and contemplate all that you do.

[dc-65x]

Thanks Marty. I really love the Pro cars built by the greats like Tony P, PdL, Steube, and on and on. I hope if I can build a replica or an "inspired by" version and share it here other scratch builders might get the bug and build one too.

[Phil Irvin]

"That's not a wire bender........



.....this is a wire bender!"



My buddy Steve Okeefe found these big beauties and modified them like so:



They put a nice little radius on the wire and prevent it from fracturing. Even better they allow us to make VERY accurate bends. Here is the email I sent Steve the first time I tried these out titled "HOLY FREEKING SMOKES!"
That is indeed a wire bender

RICK,

Where did you find those wire benders? The red handle ones. I like the way they seem to work..

OLPHRT
PHIL I.

[Duffy]

Well, I'm bit; bit deep, too. Unfortunately, I'm also a little perverse, so who knows what I'll come up with in the way of "Inspired By"...no telling, it may be 1/32; but in any event it'll be inspired.

Thanks as always, Cap't, for bringing the goods and the game.

Duffy

[Uncle Fred]

Great work Rick. Tony was really the first person I know of to manufacture high quality scratchbuilt chassis.....they could win!

[dc-65x]

......Where did you find those wire benders? The red handle ones. I like the way they seem to work..

Steve Okeefe made them up for me Phil. He heavily modifies whatever in the heck they started out as. The only marking on the thing is "Taiwan"....no surprise there .

Hi Duffy,

You've been mentioning 1/32 scale lately. Therefore please riddle me this , if a 1/24 scale Lotus 11 looks like a 1/32 scale car. Will a 1/32 scale Lotus 11 look like an HO scale car? If so, would an HO scale Lotus 11 simply disappear?

Hmmmmmm.......

[Rick]

Steve Okeefe made them up for me Phil. He heavily modifies whatever in the heck they started out as. The only marking on the thing is "Taiwan"....no surprise there .

Hi Duffy,

You've been mentioning 1/32 scale lately. Therefore please riddle me this , if a 1/24 scale Lotus 11 looks like a 1/32 scale car. Will a 1/32 scale Lotus 11 look like an HO scale car? If so, would an HO scale Lotus 11 simply disappear?

Hmmmmmm.......

The bender Rick has pictured is a modified Zee Bend Bender, avilable at most hobby shops and they are BIG! Steve has modified it to the state you see. Cost about 20 bucks and 15-18 inches long. There was a pic somewhere to show the before and after for this mod, someplace. I saw it a couple years ago.

I made a fixture to make those motor boxes in one piece, I'll have to find it. I think I sent a couple to Rick to try out? Not certain any more. If I fin it , I will bend one and post a pic.

Build on Sensi.................

[Bill from NH]

These Zee benders are an RC plane tool. Some hobby shops, definitely an RC shop, and places like Tower Hobbies will have them. Rick, the article I think you're referring to is on Steve's website telling how to build one of Bob Emmott's motor boxes. That's the first time I saw Steve's modified Zee bender.

[Charlie Nelson]

Beautyful! Just glad that it ended up on my post!?! You will be able to catch up on my work by following the 2011 checkpoint reunion followup by Keith Tanaka---forth-coming. Come to BPR-Jan 7-8 and I will shake your hand.

[dc-65x]

Hi Charlie and thank you. Good luck at the CheckPoint Cup!

Rick