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Trackmaster chassis from FTW. Got so excited, I threw the bling trans in there within five minutes, just to find out it doesn't fit. The PO had widened the holes in the chassis by 1mm out and I had not noticed. Just need to come up with a plan now.

Ah dang! They just ovaled out the holes? Wonder if you could shave the inner arm mounts. I mean, we could always mess with the chassis holes too if you want. More precisely, they hacked the chassis holes oval (it mounts at the arm holes, not at the gearbox holes). The chassis would seem like the la...

klavy69 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:04 pm

Going to continue the theme? I love it!

I picked up this super rusty POS earlier this week, and have cluttered up a couple of other threads with posts about it, so to quit all that I started a thread for it on it's own. Back story: An ad pops up on FBMP for a vintage oval car a couple of hours away from me. Within 10 seconds I see a coupl...

Belt driven trans / transaxle; pre and post. A bit of post work as the gear shafts came out ~10.06mm, and the bearing inner races are ~9.93, so a little filing was needed. One day I am actually going to fully calibrate my printer, but that day isn't today. :D And these modern cameras put some much d...

Trans looks fantastic! How does it spin? Take some break in? It spins pretty well by hand, with no obvious bad spots. I think there is just enough play in everything that with speed on it, everything will find its happy place pretty quick and stay right there. Looking at the illustrations of the ge...

jcwrks wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:44 am I was today years old when I found out that Cliff had a brother who also raced.

They were triplets actually. Chip never got the recognition that his brothers did, but was a heck of a driver on the local circuit.

romulus22 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:18 pm I wonder what’s up this road…..

Looks friendly enough! Go on in and say hello.

Seems a bit early to be wiring, but that is where I am. Just like 1:1 cars, the best way to clean up wiring is to just stuff it under the seats and floormats.

I don't think I did well with the wiring, but it can't be any worse than Lucas!

Thanks for the tips guys! The 30* blocks I found cleaned up well enough so they will be used. I am starting to look into steering a little bit. Every pic I can find of a TM chassis seems to just show the servo taped to the front tower, and the chassis doesn't leave much in regards to places to place...

Well I gave in a dropped $55 on two front wheel/tires...vintage Bolink...what else was I gonna do, have no front wheels?? You gotta do what you gotta do! :D I dropped close to $50 this week just to get adapters to run pan car Bolinks front and rear on a RC10 setup. :roll: I am hoping the Gambler wi...

I purchased this roller from a guy that I horse-trade with semi regularly in regards to RC cars. He B/S/Ts in all RC, and he gives me a buzz when he gets "vintage" stuff. These are great guys to have on your side! From a couple of cars I had gotten off him previously, and some pics he had ...

So, after cleaning and polishing, electronics were added and most things dialed in. VIPER BUILD 2.jpg VIPER BUILD 3.jpg VIPER BUILD 4.jpg VIPER BUILD 5.jpg VIPER BUILD 7.jpg When it got time to choose a body, I knew that with the BBS style wheels, I couldn't go Nascar or anything American along thos...

If you were of the right age when this hit, THIS WAS THE ONLY SONG!

Dang Rob, seems you have a knack at finding goldmines. Very nice. I am getting to the point where I let others find the good stuff, and they hook me up! Right now, I have a pretty good network of about four guys, who are within two hours of me, in four different directions, and if/when they find ol...