55 Chevy Shoebox

[bxlt]

Can anyone help me find an article. IIRC it was an issue of RCCA and they did a 1955 Chevy "Shoebox" build. I remember reading that article over and over as a kid it has to be either RCCA or RC Modeler but they didn't do a lot with cars. I'm pretty sure this article was pre 1990. I've downloaded all the old scans and just can not find it.

Please help me if you can!

[steelhead]

I'll look through my old collection of RCCA and see if I can find it. I remember the article because I was going to do a similar build. I still have the '55 Chevy body somewhere.

[Phin]

Oct. '87 RCCA has the article you're looking for.

I happened to know this because that issue is the Sprint Car special and I've looked through it a bunch for my last build.

[bxlt]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

That would also explain why I couldn't find it as that is one of the few issues that isn't available in the historical archive section on RCCA's website!

I knew I wasn't entirely crazy! Well now to hunt down that issue!

Thanks again!

[teman]

I have a PDF of that issue. PM me you email and I'll send it to you

[bxlt]

I have a PDF of that issue. PM me you email and I'll send it to you

Thank you but I was able to track a pdf of it down thanks to this site so the tribute build will start soon. Finding a Hornet shouldn't be a problem but sourcing the wheel/tire combo and a bolink 55 chevy body might take some time.

The search begins!

Please don't tell my wife!

[Phin]

You can buy the body from RJ Speed still. They're the old Bolink molds.

http://www.rccarkings.net/bodies.htm

[bxlt]

You can buy the body from RJ Speed still. They're the old Bolink molds.

http://www.rccarkings.net/bodies.htm

Yeah I have seen those on ebay. I didn't realize that they are the same molds. Good to know, thanks!

[steelhead]

Glad you found it! I dug up my old issue (Oct 87) and was gonna scan it for you but I guess you're good to go. I should go track down that body and see if I can find it, it's the original Bolink body. Good luck on your build, can't wait to see how it turns out.

[bxlt]

Glad you found it! I dug up my old issue (Oct 87) and was gonna scan it for you but I guess you're good to go. I should go track down that body and see if I can find it, it's the original Bolink body. Good luck on your build, can't wait to see how it turns out.

Thanks for the help. I don't know how long this is going to take as like a lot of us on here I do have a few other projects but I am excited about this one and am actively sourcing a hornet and wheels and tires. I will update as parts start arriving and the build begins.

[bxlt]

For those that are interested here is the article and basically what I plan on doing. Hopefully I will be able to build it as close to specs as possible but a few things might be hard to source, mostly the wheels and tires and a true bolink 55 Chevy body.

[Phin]

After the 55 Chevy you can do the Petty Grand National (Feb. 88 issue) and Grumpy's Toy VI (March '88).

They're basically the same Grasshopper/Hornet builds with different bodies and wheels.

[GoMachV]

I have quite a few of the twinn-k/Aj's tires and wheels

Get me some dimensions on what you would like and I probably have them or something close

[REMJ666]

Can't wait for ya to build this one...I luv the shoebox...

[longboardnj]

nice mag pics.. when i was a kid i knew someone that had a hornet with that body in blue with the same wheels and tires.. thanks for the flashback