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you can use mineral spirits or thinner but you have to mix it 50/50 with rubbing alcohol so it will not eat plastic.

it truly was a sad sad day when kranzel's tore up the dirt track and laied down carpet, i'm just glad i was there and got to run on it. the other sad day was when they moved, a sign of the times i guess.

i use a weller WTCPT soldering station, freebe from work, works great.
http://www.hmcelectronics.com/product/Weller/WTCPT

i have done that on aluminum outdrives before but never on stock steel ones.

all hail the mighty Disruptor!

Although after talking to Scr8p this weekend it may have come into play on the hardwood ovals they ran in PA too- also on the polished concrete oval in birdsboro, a lot of guys still ran the 40 even after the 20 was released. people use to say the 40 was heavier by a few grams so it helped with nos...

when i use captured rod/heim ends either custom works or dubro i always use a standard ball cup and ball stud on that one spot. it allows for easy diff adjustments, its much easier to pop off a ball cup than unbolt a heim end trackside. on my truck i could never find a good bolt & cone washer co...

i like both the roadkill and the supermod bodies. they look better than other brands like the cdk or the mcallister. back in 2000 when i called daryl to get a roadkill he wasnt making anymore Deans was, i never understood that, so i got the supermod. i was dissapointed but the extra width added more...

i believe it was the late great "BIG JIM" who always use to say "yeah, we race toy cars for bowling trophies!" that last picture reminded me of exactlay that.

cool, it looks like bristol.

a few years i sent Meir from M&M hobbies/rayborn an email and he said he still had a lot of stuff left and he even sent me an old catalouge.

reg, you should call rob and tell him that you found one of them. i'll bet it will turn into one of thoes "oh yeah i remember thoes" conversations and he'll probably have a cool story to go along with it.

holy rootin bumper!

i really like the losi slider wheels way more realistic.

it looks like the composite craft bellcrank that i have, and yes much more beefy than the stock version.