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littleVETTE wrote:that's sweet. true workmanship. i would of killed to have worked next to curtis. i wonder what other toys he has created?

I asked him the same thing. "What else have you done that we would like to know about, but you take for granted?" He shrugged.

Steve H

lol, i would of done the same.

Thanks Steve.
Too bad Associated never made them as I would have been one of the first ones in line.

Go back a page. I added a couple more pictures - of Cliff's 1:18 car that Curtis made for him.

Steve H

Do you have any pictures of Gene's Team Associated slot cars?

Dirtdiver wrote:Do you have any pictures of Gene's Team Associated slot cars?

I know he has one or two of his own in his house. I can shoot those if you want. I'll email him and see if he'll be available.

Steve H

Don't think anyone has asked these yet.

Hello Steve,

Could you ask Gene the following questions,

1. Why weren't all the chassis holes underneath the original production RC10 chassis all countersunk? Especially, the battery cup mounting holes that go in line with the rear bulkhead.

2. Why were the battery cup holes (the ones in-line with the bulkhead) drilled off center?

Thanks much,

Jeff

Steve-
Yes, I would love to see a picture or two of Gene's slot cars. Could you also ask him what scale slot cars they made?

Thanks

Dirtdiver

Dirtdiver wrote:Steve-
Yes, I would love to see a picture or two of Gene's slot cars. Could you also ask him what scale slot cars they made?

Thanks

Dirtdiver

The slot cars were 1:24, I believe. He had one on hand. You'll see two on road cars in the link. On the first page is the original car Gene built that won so many races. This car had been loaned to someone and never returned. The rest of the pages is of a copy of the car Gene made and still has in his possession.

He raced it for the first time and got third place, I believe, beating out some of the world's best drivers at the event. He was amazed. Then John asked if he could use Gene's car in the next race, and he won with the car.

http://aedownloads.com/pdf/GenesSlotCar.pdf

Back when I was 3-4 my dad used to build piano wire slots, I think that was just the norm for racers before whoever really mass produced race chassis. Here's a question, was the motor position unique for that time period? I really don't remember ( I was under 5) where the motor sat back then, but my parama cars were like that when I was 7, so was that the innovation of that concept?

BTW thanks for the pics and info!

JPAE07 wrote:Don't think anyone has asked these yet.

1. Why weren't all the chassis holes underneath the original production RC10 chassis all countersunk? Especially, the battery cup mounting holes that go in line with the rear bulkhead.
2. Why were the battery cup holes (the ones in-line with the bulkhead) drilled off center?

Thanks much,
Jeff

Curtis Husting answers:
#1 Most people ran their batteries down the center of the car. This was the stock set-up. The car worked best on most tracks this way. The battery mount holes were countersunk in this position so most people would run this set-up. The other holes were not countersunk to help keep dirt from packing in the countersinks as well.

#2 The holes were drilled off center because the resister speed control and throttle servo could not fit with the batteries down the middle. We mounted the front battery box slightly off center to fit correctly.

Charlie don't surf wrote:Back when I was 3-4 my dad used to build piano wire slots, I think that was just the norm for racers before whoever really mass produced race chassis. Here's a question, was the motor position unique for that time period? I really don't remember ( I was under 5) where the motor sat back then, but my parama cars were like that when I was 7, so was that the innovation of that concept?

I believe my Dad's car was the first to implement an angled motor. The others were parallel with the axle.

What was the reason for placing the motor at an angle?

Dirtdiver wrote:What was the reason for placing the motor at an angle?

the motor can would hit the rear axle way before the gears would mesh if it was perfectly horizontal in the chassis.

Steve/Gene-
Where did AE test their early on-road gas cars? Did they have a track behind the shop, run them in the parking lot or go to the closest track?

Thank-you

dirtdiver