The Classic Serpent is a beautiful slot car and I always wanted to own one. So I would buy (not so mint) cars with a mind to fix and restore. I guess I like the challenge of getting broken and beat parts and making them live again. I did not take enough pics of the "before" but the chassis were ugly and they sat in a box for over ten years maybe more. One day it was just time to see if I could make just one good one.
Once I had all the parts laid out and cleaned them, it actually seemed possible to do two.
The chassis were bent and crusty with extra solder from another life. Of course the body mount was always broken so I made a template in the flat, then transferred it onto .040" brass. Brass being much stronger than the .040" aluminum. I did make one in aluminum and painted it to match the blue anodizing. When it came time to mount one of the bodies it was so warped and did not look good. I came up with a plan to put side panel stiffeners along side the stock mount. They are made from thin brass angle and can be removed. They do hold the body nice and straight. Too bad Classic did not fix these issues with an H shaped body mount. A little more front wheel clearance would have been nice too, not much wriggle room in that front wheel well.
I still have questions on which are the correct spinners?
What were the correct rear wheels and tire colors?
Anybody know how to mix that green so I can fix the tire rub marks?
