Leonard Wood 1/10 Nitro Oval Car

[RC10resto]

Single favorite car, based on obscurity, the Leonard Woods nitro car that TRC marketed through Horizon at the time. nobody made anything like it at the time or since. It was LW letting his mind wander, and doing a bunch of engineering things that (arguably) didn't transfer well over to small cars. Was a great car (so I'm told, I never drove one) as long as you never hit or touched anything. I bet there weren't 100-200 of them total. It was expensive, and really, either ahead of it's time, or behind it. But it is an engineering wonder. I love to hand it to people so they can be a part of it.

Here are some pics of one example in case anybody wants to see what Bob Stormer was talking about

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

Looks like it would be a piece of cake to work on. Very cool.

[a01butal]

I'm guessing there's another Leonard Wood besides the one in the Nascar Hall of Fame?

[Dirtdiver]

1/10th scale?

[RC10resto]

http://racing.ford.com/stock-car-racing/news/articles/leonard-wood-could-do-anything-with-a-race-car-1293055208463/

as far as I know it is that Leonard Wood

[Phin]

There was an auction for what was being claimed to be a Leonard Wood designed pan car last month...but it didn't look near as sophisticated as the one in the OP. I suppose that's why it only got one bidder.

Here's a pic of Mr. Wood from the box:




This was the car from the auction:

[Charlie don't surf]

Single favorite car, based on obscurity, the Leonard Woods nitro car that TRC marketed through Horizon at the time. nobody made anything like it at the time or since. It was LW letting his mind wander, and doing a bunch of engineering things that (arguably) didn't transfer well over to small cars. Was a great car (so I'm told, I never drove one) as long as you never hit or touched anything. I bet there weren't 100-200 of them total. It was expensive, and really, either ahead of it's time, or behind it. But it is an engineering wonder. I love to hand it to people so they can be a part of it.

Here are some pics of one example in case anybody wants to see what Bob Stormer was talking about

Hey, I was just talking about this!

[Bob-Stormer]

Looks like this too. I haven't touched it, this is how I got it.

I've often wondered, in the back of my mind, if mine was the one that was photographed for the box art. This would also have made it the TRC show car for the trade show booth. Start looking at zip tie locations, dents and reflections on the pipe, receiver pack. Also on the box picture front shock collars both face up, the left rear faces forward, there is room for the right rear to do the same and match. It's facing back like the box art. and all the zip tie 'tails' are the same length, black one much longer. Also there is some crud on the header flange inline with the header bolt and a smaller piece of crud about 1/8" further up the flange closer to the engine.

See if you can spot some of that stuff.

[EvolutionRevolution]

Single favorite car, based on obscurity, the Leonard Woods nitro car that TRC marketed through Horizon at the time. nobody made anything like it at the time or since. It was LW letting his mind wander, and doing a bunch of engineering things that (arguably) didn't transfer well over to small cars. Was a great car (so I'm told, I never drove one) as long as you never hit or touched anything. I bet there weren't 100-200 of them total. It was expensive, and really, either ahead of it's time, or behind it. But it is an engineering wonder. I love to hand it to people so they can be a part of it.

Here are some pics of one example in case anybody wants to see what Bob Stormer was talking about

Wow, Watts bar on a RC car.

Is Leonard Wood the same person who designed the Woods Racing X-13 etc.? Or is that a different Wood(s)?