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Been a while since I added to the thread...but progress is being made....bumper fab...since I couldn't find a decent OG pan car bumper I liked that matched my old one (see id photo), I decided to go DIY. Covers about 85% of both front wheels (TRC Style) and fits under almost all '80's bodies. Drawin...

Washers, scissors and a reamer.....body mounting up next!

It's official...just like it was 40years ago.....I HATE LEXAN!! I'm almost willin to pay to fly somebody to the south of France to cut, mount and paint some bodies....you just gotta share the spare room with the workbench

Finished up cutting and mounting the TOJ. Surprisingly not butchered....and no blood drawn.

Outdoor car finished but waiting on paint....so, time to start the indoor car.....with a very special thanks to RC10resto!

With the outdoor/asphalt car finished and stuck waiting on finding a painter to get her done for the track.....might as well open the box and start the indoor/carpet car build. Big...Big Thank you to RC10resto! Here we go....

....well...it's gonna be a runner...so time to file the battery slots. Fairly light at about 35deg. all around. Same for the forward and rear brace LT/RT...so the strapping tape won't break on a sharp edge during runs.

June 14, 1986, Mark Gray won the East Coast Dirt Oval Championships, in the 4wd modified class, held at B&H Hobbies in Mechanicsville, VA. with an early Landgraff Dominator. He was there along with his brother...Darwin Gray. I was sponsored by B&H Hobbies at the time and was only 15yrs. old ...

Once again....and not surprisingly, the old glue on the stud for the CC graphite axle failed as soon as any pressure was put to it while trying to tighten the diff......I've gone through trying to use 3 different ones and still have another NIP....but they used to fail bitd quite often too so.....on...

Shocks rebuilt, mounted and all lined up even......

Now it's a officially a roller...face to face with big brother! Electrics up next.

Large Corally pit/work mat, car stand, some nylon+ locking nuts, MIP ball end hex (2.5mm) for motor screws + 3.25mm turnbuckle wrench, diff balls....and more tires/wheels.

Nice build!! You can still buy brand new 2500mah Panasonic SCR cells (Super SCR's), plus there's a good seller providing all the re-wraps (customized if you like) to match'em to OG red Sanyo cells. Actually, all in...about the same cost as bitd for a race pack. Braid...not bars=Nice! 20240308_15333...

After a lot of research I finally settled on and replaced the foam on the steering wheel of my old Futaba Magnum Sr. (FP-T3PG). Happy with the results and since I didn't find a lot of in depth how to for this online, I thought I'd make a post to help anybody out in the future. Link to the foam I use...

So back onto the question of brushes that fit Checkpoint motors. I foolishly got some 26D brushes that are incorrect size and are standup instead of laydown. What spec of slot car brushes will work? I'm not familiar with any of them other than the ones that I now know are wrong. Brush size is 36D.....