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[Ramcatlarry]

GAME ON

[Howie Ursaner]

You don't use the Kemtron motor. You use the Kemtron magnet and stacks only , you cut the lams down. You use a Ram 4v 

armature Pittman 85 brushes and make the rails carry the bearings.  I think Braverman might have used Different brush setup,for the LIndsay.not sure but it would be easy to use big dc 85 brushes also.This stuff went crazy on 36 volts. Thats where all the excitement was.

 

For Brakes, you have the shutoff area shorted out so the motor stops the car as well as glue.

[Dave Crevie]

I recall that some guys were using the thin Kemtron lams. I don't remember that their magnets were better, but if you say it, I accept it. The thin lams were easier

to shape, and I believe produced a better field. I certainly wasn't in with the "elite" racers, so most of what I did was by trial and error. (like most everyone else)

Everyone I knew was using the silver Pittman style brushes. 

 

My local dragstrip had a relatively short shut down, and tee'd into a brick wall. If your car scooted under the parachute, it was toast. I started taping the lead edge

of the 'chute to the track with black plastic electrical tape to help make sure the car went into the 'chute. 

[TSR]

Last of Husting's killer racers, the car that set a record not bettered for 21 years. The motor is made from a Buick windshield wiper motor's circular magnet with a Ram armature blank wound by Gene. 0.93" to the "quarter" if I recall.













 

[Dave Crevie]

Real car parts had a way of finding their way into slot dragsters. I have an arm from a window winder motor that I had planned on using in a direct-drive magwinder.

It was a good bit bigger in diameter than a padlock arm. For s**ts and giggles I might finish that car. I'm not at home right now but later I will dig it out and post some pics.

 

I like the statement on the plaque that says there were 60 slot tracks in SoCal. Only 60? You couldn't sling a dead cat back then and not hit a slot track! 

[don.siegel]

Speaking of real-car or other magnets, anybody recognize this one? 

Don 

 

 

[TSR]

Don,
looks like a modified Lindsay but the pictures are too dark to be sure.

[Tom Katsanis]

Is it a circular magnet or a horseshoe Lindsay were horseshoe Athens Jet are circular in slot car motors they may be the only ones I have never pulled down a Wilson I'm not sure if there circular besides that it could come from anywhere like Hustings Buick wiper magnet.

[don.siegel]

It's circular - I'll try to get a better picture up... arm is just a regular Ram if I remember right. 

Don 

[hiline2]

Just to refresh memories of past proxy racing !

 

http://slotblog.net/...nspection-line/

[Alan Draht]

Just to refresh memories of past proxy racing !

 

http://slotblog.net/...nspection-line/

 

I looked at this.  I had no idea...

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It was fun at that time...

[Alan Draht]

In case anyone's interested, I found NOS 1960's Graupner Record-Elastik 40mm tall x 14mm wide model airplane tires.

 

These will be mounted onto vintage Russkit dragster wheels for my Husting replica dragster for sure, and probably the Maldonado replica, too.

 

These were the tires that I had on my Pittman-powered aluminum channel chassis that I talked about in the other thread ("Re-creating Howie's rocketship").  I'll bet they were on Howie's car, too.  Graupner model plane tires were what the mid-1960's slot car race pro's used, at least in the NYC area.

 

Polk's Hobbies' slot car racers used to buy them in the model planes department on the second or third floor of Polk's 5th Avenue building.  They were piled up in a large box or barrel set on the floor.  We'd go downstairs and squeeze the Graupner tires until we found a pair soft/ hard enough for our purposes before we bought them.

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[Alan Draht]

Here's the link:

 

https://www.ebay.com...ikAAOSwTA9X3vnb

 

Please note:  I am not affiliated with or working on behalf of eBay or this eBay seller.

[Phloidboy1]

GENE HUSTING REPLICA  CONTRUCTED 2018 BUILT AS SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED IN 4 PART SERIES IN ROD AND CUSTUM MAGAZINE DEC '65 THRU MAR '66

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[Dave Crevie]

Nicely done.

[Alan Draht]

I've been working on my Gene Husting Rod & Custom replica.  This is a scratch-built project that requires a fair amount of machining.  I've made some progress.

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[Alan Draht]

The next step is to draw/ scribe outlines of the outside form and the inside opening shapes of Husting's magnesium left and right frame plates.