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#76 Isaac S.

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Posted 09 April 2022 - 07:47 PM

Looks great Pablo! Gotta be one of my favorites of all your builds. 


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Posted 09 April 2022 - 10:24 PM

Thanks Isaac  :)   At first I thought this body was too low and too short to make a good slot car. I was wrong, all the parts fit well under it and she drives real nice   :victory:  Never could have pulled it off without the inspiration of my friends  :heart:


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Posted 10 April 2022 - 07:07 AM

Wonderful!
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Posted 10 April 2022 - 11:45 AM

Great build.


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Posted 10 April 2022 - 12:08 PM

Thanks for sharing Pablo!

 

Excellent build!

 

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Posted 10 April 2022 - 05:44 PM

:sun_bespectacled:  


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Posted 11 April 2022 - 09:53 AM

Absolutely beautiful work Pablo!  A real museum piece--  


She's real fine, my 409!!!

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Posted 12 April 2022 - 10:42 AM

Nice work Paul!


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Posted 12 April 2022 - 12:15 PM

Thanks Phil  :)

 

Tim, I don't know how you can consider this car, or any others I have built, a "museum piece" when I track test all my builds to very high standards before they are delivered. The Chaparral 2H was tested on a 130' flat track (see my posts #54 and 57) and it hauls beans. It doesn't belong in a museum - it belongs on a track. If the owner puts it on a shelf or a museum, that's his business, not mine.

 

This is a "museum piece" :

 

hat n pants 1.jpg

 

:crazy:


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Posted 03 June 2022 - 11:00 PM

Car owner track tested it, here is what he said:

 

"Ran the Chaparral this morning and it's seriously fast. The track hadn't been treated so it was drifting on the corners but incredibly quick on the straights".

 

Music to my ears. A bit of rear drift (as opposed to tilting out) is fine for a vintage car like that   :yes:   :)


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Posted 04 June 2022 - 08:26 AM

Here is the video. On a longer track with more grip no telling what it would do  :crazy:

 

Pablo-built custom made Chaparral 2H test - YouTube


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Posted 04 June 2022 - 09:26 AM

Nice video! If its consistently running on the flat track I would put some more flex into the rear end but would run great on a nice big track with some banks. Havlicek motor has good torque and seems very smooth! Looks good Pablo!
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Posted 04 June 2022 - 10:45 AM

It was meant as a compliment!?   :shok:  Sorry you were offended.  :o


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Posted 04 June 2022 - 11:32 AM

No problem, Tim  :friends:  Just making sure people don't consider me a "shelf queen" builder. 


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Posted 04 June 2022 - 12:32 PM

I have to disagree with you on this Paul. If anyone has any shelf queens that are cluttering up their shelves, I have plenty of shelf space. Please send them my way. I'll pay postage. ;)


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