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#1 Fred_J

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 03:55 PM

When tech sheets from the late '70s and early '80s say iso, was that a chassis with an iso hinge in back of the drop arm? Or was it a diamond or L-arm front axle set up with the pivot on the drop arm?


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Posted 08 September 2020 - 04:17 PM

It should be with a hinge in the rear.

I started back racing in late '81, and I didn't see anything that resembled an Iso.

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 04:17 PM

Diamond

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Iso.

 

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 04:19 PM

ISO
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Posted 08 September 2020 - 04:41 PM

ISO’s were run up until approx 1977-78ish.


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Posted 08 September 2020 - 04:41 PM

The Diamond plowed through Brown Stick-it better on the West coast; the Iso plowed through Brown Stick-it better on the East coast...or was it vice-versa?

 

Anyway, in Texas and the Midwest, not knowing any better, everyone at the time used both types of sleds to plow through Brown Stick-it.   :laugh2: 


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Posted 08 September 2020 - 04:54 PM

We built ISO’s to get through Camens Brown Death. Lol


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Posted 08 September 2020 - 07:19 PM

ISO’s were run up until approx 1977-78ish.


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I didn't think they made their way into the 80's.

 

We built ISO’s to get through Camens Brown Death. Lol


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Getting away from full glue, probably saved wing car racing.
 


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Posted 08 September 2020 - 07:33 PM

that was some serious stuff. bang! we moved away from it. 


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Posted 09 September 2020 - 06:39 AM

i will never forget watching all the fast guys from the east coast over gluing the Parma King track around 70-71 around 150 qualifiers..the outside of the dead man was pure glue..the solution??MORE inside glue..i so wanted to shout wipe the outside!!..but time constrictions for qualifying being what they were made MORE glue faster to apply while not fixing the problem


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Posted 09 September 2020 - 10:19 AM

The year I went out to the Western States with Joel, the glue was so bad the track was unrunable. The NorCal guys built stiff cars with narrow rear tires and they were the only ones except PDL who could get through.

On returing home I changed the rules with Joel’s approval (our biggest competitor) to switch to limited glue.

We had tracks paint glue lines 12” in front of each corner where was the only place you could apply or wipe off glue. Track could not be touched anywhere else except to clean braid.

Made racing much better and cleaner.

Eventually we moved over to spray glue.


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Posted 09 September 2020 - 02:07 PM

Thank you all for the info!
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Posted 09 September 2020 - 02:39 PM

Origin of the Pro Iso.

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Posted 09 September 2020 - 02:41 PM

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Posted 09 September 2020 - 03:16 PM

Guess who copied that...

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Well, latecomers...


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Posted 09 September 2020 - 03:40 PM

thank-you for the article tony i always enjoy reading about stuff in the magazines ...im even mentioned in the first blue king slot-shop race lol


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Posted 10 September 2020 - 04:04 PM

I found this chassis article, but I wonder now if it was already out of date when it appeared.
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Posted 10 September 2020 - 04:11 PM

Heres what Im talking about:

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Posted 10 September 2020 - 04:13 PM

The pdl diamond has to be my favorite slot car. Maybe during this down time I will attempt to build one. There is an article here that outlines the construction
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Posted 10 September 2020 - 04:15 PM

Sorry! Everything is out of order and sideways! Maybe I should learn how to attach files properly next time!
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Posted 10 September 2020 - 04:29 PM

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Posted 10 September 2020 - 04:55 PM

Sorry! Everything is out of order and sideways! Maybe I should learn how to attach files properly next time!

Try cropping the pic, even the smallest bit, before posting.
 
That seems to "lock it in", in the orientation, you want.

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Posted 10 September 2020 - 05:00 PM

Thanks, Mike!
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Posted 10 September 2020 - 05:04 PM

My pleasure.

Who did that mag?

I don't ever remember seeing it.

Maybe because I didn't get back in until late 1981. LOL

When I got going again, it was all John Ford/Scale Auto Racing News.

PS-maybe post a highlight, or two, from it.

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Posted 10 September 2020 - 05:06 PM

Fred, thanks for posting this John Skeels article. It is not one I had seen before & I'm not familiar with the book it came from either. In the article, Skeels said it was built for no-glue racing & would be suitable for open class, Grp. 27, & Grp 15 motors. I would question if it was an outdated design in 1980. I'd rather say it was one of the designs being used then. In the '79-'81 timeframe, I ran Grp.20/27 in limited glue with both diamond & ISO chassis designs. I should add that the Skeels chassis is a west coast ISO design. Most east coast ISO designs were like those shown by Tony P..


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