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[Slot Car Rod]

With Victor's first MESAC race, he was loaned a Greenwood Corvette anglewinder car from Dave Sloan to race.  The Greenwood Corvette was the largest car in the field.  Victor remembers the car was hard to drive on the tight road course (MESAC could configure the track to various layouts).  The front end would tilt out in the tight turns.  Victor told me he preferred inline chassis cars and smaller cars for the tight track conditions.  Lotus Europas, Porsche RSRs, and BMW 320s and Camaros were popular choices for the MESAC races.  Rick is building a Porsche RSR for this class.

 

This car embodies some of measures Victor would have taken to tame the big Greenwood Corvette.  It has an inline chassis versus an anglewinder one.  This car also has independent front suspension and steering to help prevent tilting.  The car is powered with a C-can Group 20 motor that was the MESAC motor of choice back then.  The C-can motor has white-dot magnets and a Steube group 20 armature.  The crown gear is a Weldun.  Tire diameters, as dictated by the rules, are 7/8" front and rear.  Wheels are Cox set screw ones. 

 

The car is very easy to drive with neutral handling.  No tilting in the turns.  The motor supplies good drivable power.

 

 

 

Rear coil springs do not function.

 

A standard depth guide is fitted.

 

[James Wendel]

Did the rules require such wide front tires?

[Slot Car Rod]

Most cars used these fronts.  They are about 1/2" wide.  These are original MESAC fronts.  The are made with cut down Cox rear tires.  We also noticed some cars with sponge rubber fronts.  Victor says the front tires were normally coated with enamel paint.  

 

Here is an original MESAC car.  The tread was also painted on.

[Mark Onofri]

The MESCA cars have fascinated me for 50 years. The more of these I see, the more I like them.
Is the rear suspension functional?

[Bill from NH]

I was always fascinated by the Greenwood 1:1 Vettes. There was some construction articles published in some cars mags. It may have been Rod & Custom or Car Craft but I'm not sure. In those days I bought any automotive magazine I found on the news stand. I the 60s I traded them all for a S. K. Wayne socket set that I still have.