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[Isaac S.]

After racing my Bob Cozine copy the drop arm broke off and and I knew I couldn't make another drop arm like it so I decided to tear it apart and build a new one. I tore off the motor bracket, wheels/tires and motor. 

 

I based this one mostly off of the Mike Steube car in the 1st MCS LA Championship Race. I liked the cool half-rails and wanted to build a car that had tilting pans so this worked perfectly. 

 

I left the motor exactly the same except for that I added a NOS Thorp sticker to it. The old gray tires will be replaced with modern blacks soon. 

 

For the chassis I used 3 full rails with 2 half-rails. I didn't have a good sheet of brass to make a drop arm to so I had to steal one off of a trash chassis I had. Still worked out well though. 

 

Body will be a Chaparral 2F, noticed a few of those in the race reports. 

 

I think that's it. Now here's some pictures-

 

[Isaac S.]

[spudboy]

Aaaa...    Steube's Lola T70.  Back in the daty when slot cars resembled real race cars.  Nostalgia...

[Pablo]

Very groovy, baby   

[Martin]

That was a sweet spot in slot racing. Before it got more complicated with angle winders. 

 

Issac, you did a nice representation of that period of car.  Your motor box looks strong too. love to see more builds

 

I do like the double wire on Steube's car.

[Bill from NH]

Nice job completing the build Isaac. I'd suggest you engrave your name on chassis builds, so in 10 yrs. we'll know who built what.   A sometimes available source for thicker brass sheet are door kicker plates at home centers or door & window shops. You might even find one with a defect that was marked down. These plates may show up on eBay too.

[Martin]

Looking at your build more Issac, what is your guide lead.?

[MattD]

Excellent build.  Wish I could do work that good.

[Isaac S.]

Thanks guys.

Bill, thanks for the suggestion, I will make sure to check that out.

Martin, I set it up with a 3/4 GL. This was pretty traditional for the era. It also fit the body well.

[Martin]

You say you are going to use the Chaparral 2H (1969) body, is that correct?. This is the 2H. Dynamic and Lancer made a version, which do you have?

 

When I first read your post I was thinking of the slammed Dynamic 2F. One of my favorites.

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[dc-65x]

Your builds keep getting more and more impressive. Keep up the scratch building Isaac.  

[Isaac S.]

Thanks Rick, the Rick's jig definitely helped. 

 

Martin, your right. It's a Red Fox 2F, I just read it wrong. Just changed. 

[slotcarone]

Excellent build.  Wish I could do work that good.

I'm sure you can with the right equipment and some coaching. 

[Martin]

Great choice, I thought that's what you meant.

I believe the Red Fox is a copy of the Dynamic body.

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[Isaac S.]

Finally finished! Got the body mounted, which was a real pain. It really didn't want to work. Building a chassis without a body is not a great idea but I got there eventually.

 

The body is a Truescale Lola T70 which is a copy of the Dynamic version that was so popular. Noose did a great job and the color is really pretty. The interior also caused some issues and against my better judgement I used Rick's tip of heating up a 16D with a soldering iron and it worked really great. I was so scared of ruining a Noose painted original Dynamic interior (I didn't like the Truescale version so I sent him a real one). Also cut some rears on the Hudy, Alpha rubber works real good on the modern tracks. Ok, here's some pics. 

 

[Pablo]

Superb!       

[dc-65x]

Looks great Isaac. You did a perfect job on the interior "bump".  

[Alchemist]

Excellent build Issac!

 

Please let us know how it runs/handle when it comes time to test with photos on the track would be awesome (please?!)

 

Thanks for sharing Issac.

 

Ernie

[Isaac S.]

Sounds good.

[Isaac S.]

Thanks Rick, the interior bubble looks great and Id even say its easier than cutting an appropriately sized hole.

[Mark Onofri]

I'm with Alchemist, I just got a body perfect for a chassis like this. Run it! You've been good at posting details on track/lane & lap times!
From the photos, it looks like you went with narrower pans & a longer g lead or, is it just a shorter drop arm ?
Either way it's, you know what I'm gonna say.......

[Mark Onofri]

The BOMB!

[Mark Onofri]

One more thing, is that a offset motor/ axel setup?

[Mark Onofri]

I meant wider pans, can't blame the phone this time.

[Bill from NH]

Your car came out beautifully. I had forgotten about this chassis, but I see I posted about it back in Dec.   I was seeing this Thorp  T-70 body in a couple of Noose's posts & wondered whose it was. Now I know. The body is very much in character with the chassis & motor.