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[blue&orange]

Just bought an eBay lot that interested me.  Included were four 26D inline plumber chasses, obviously home built but with commercial parts, one of which is a 4 1/2" stocker.  The question:  was there a time, even brief, between jail door and anglewinder when such a chassis would have been raced?  Posting pics of the cars just as received, before cleaning.  Surprisingly, they are in good shape -- all the hinges work on all of them.  Only the complete car has rear bearings.  By the way, the lot also included an anglewinder F1 chassis that was discussed in a previous thread.

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[Isaac S.]

Cool cars, Axle bracket design, tilting pans, plumber, commercial drop arms and jet flag on the one car indicate probably a late '68 to mid '69 date, Lots of classes required an inline design and angle winder's were more difficult to build. 

[Mr. M]

There were a few areas in that timeframe that has classes where 26Ds were run for a while in local races. I was in a small town in the Midwest with really low power and these ruled with turning up the timing, loose 10 to 15 turns, epoxy the wires, and let’em rip. They were pretty fast for their time. It was a pretty niche thing for sure. Classic 470s at $6 each ruled. Eventually anglewinders took over for sure. They were a lot harder to build and inlines for this lasted for quite a while. I went to college in 1973 and they were still around.

[Martin]

 By the way, the lot also included an anglewinder F1 chassis that was discussed in a previous thread.

Great score Chris.

Love to see a pic of the the angle winder here or can you post it to this post below?

 

http://slotblog.net/...ent-and-future/

 

Still trying to get a feel for how long and popular this open wheel angle winder style car was.
 

[Mr. M]

Unfortunately I don’t have any of them left other than memories!

[Martin]

I was thinking you had just purchased these, as in " Just bought an eBay lot that interested me"

 

What am I missing

[John Streisguth]

To me, it looks like most (if not all) parts were typical of when anglewinders were firmly entrenched.  So my guess is these were made for a local class that specified the 26D motors and inline configuration.  Probably a forerunner of the current "retro" classes.

Especially that 4-1/2"...those wide drop arms weren't around until the 70's for sure.  And the Champion chassis was probably built from a 1970-on group 20 chassis

[Alan Dodson]

Martin, there are two different Chris' involved in this thread. Chris Matthy who started the thread and bought the pictured chassis, and Chris McCarty who commented on the chassis and replied to your post. We need Chris Matthy (blue&orange) to reply back to your post.

[elvis44102]

after 1968 there were no inlines, and plumber rails came a little later...i did run at least one F1 angle-winder in our indy 500 race we had yearly

 

i cut a standard body in half and stapled it together on an angle-winder...that lasted one race..sorta looked like STP turbine

[Martin]

Thanks Alan, it is Chris Matthy that just bought these and hopefully has a pic of the open wheel angle winder?

[blue&orange]

Here's the F1 untouched, with a Lenz A can!  Also a picture of the one 26D -- disassembled, cleaned and reassembled as is, with body.  Note cut-out for gear.

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