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[Rotorranch]

https://www.thedrive...ould-hit-60-mph

[Dale Tomczyk]

add some oil of wintergreen,mmmmmmm

[Alchemist]

Hi Jeff,

 

Looks like the precursor to RC Cars!

 

Thanks for sharing the article.

 

Ernie

[John Streisguth]

I had this set up in 1965....the first time I ran the car around the track, it scared the crap out of me because it was so fast

[Dave Crevie]

We ran these when I was a teenager. There was a club that would set up a temporary track in Palos Park. My grandfather

raced them when I was very little, mostly in the Canoga Park, Ca. area, but also raced at a track in one of the south Chicago

suburbs. Possibly Downer's Grove. I sold the other two I had, but kept this one because it has never been run. The motor

is .19 size. 

 

 

 

I quit when I started R/C car racing.

[Gene/ZR1]

Not a true diesel racer, but you could make a balsa McCoy motor and add a Pittman motor for power and thump around the track. Could be a fun race class on a oval style track. 

regards gene