philo426 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Working on this '57. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I and others like member Sixx have painted up model car bodies and sold them on ebay as slot car bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Have never done it, but I remember when some model car bodies came with a "slot car adapter" thingie for body mounting. I'm pretty sure the first-issue MPC '66 Charger had that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I put a 1/32 vee-dub body on a Scalextric car once, it was quite slow and fell over on tight corners (just like the real thing...) Looked great though! Different ball game from your Chevy, I like that a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I just remembered, I HAVE done it! Back in the day, I took a tiny "Mini Lindy" Lindberg Dodge Dart, put it on an Aurora T-Jet frame, and painted it like Dick Landy's Super Stock. I think I still have it somewhere, but at the moment it's "missing in action" or I'd post a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 I tested it out and it is wicked fast!I used an 1/24 R/C chassis .I removed all of the r/c parts and put a guide flag on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I have no place to do slotcars here or anywhere around here. I have, however, killed at least fifty different R/C cars in my life. I killed a Mustang GT the day I got it. Body completely broken in half, two wheels, fried board... Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonioseven Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I've painted several static bodies and sold the. I would post pictures but apparently there's a web blocker on my computer here at work since I returned from lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yes, back-in-the-day in the mid-60's I used an AMT Fairlane body for a slot car as we had a few tracks nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 1/32 scale road racing style, yes many times jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yep, a few times actually, I have a 1/32 scale split window VW in the slot car section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Converted this one too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 AMT '40 Ford sedan mounted on a K&B chassis - circa 1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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phantomw Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 A few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Used to be back in the mid 60's that all model car kits could also be used to build slot cars. Until vacuum formed bodies became mainstream, all slot cars WERE made with injection molded scale bodies. A manufacturer who made a new slot car kit of a Ferrari 275 P for instance, also figured out a way to sell it as a static model kit and thus amortise the cost of the molds over a wide range of the hobby. Good business. It was the speed freaks who necessatated the need for vacuum formed bodies... and later the squashed "handling bodies" that really ruined the hobby. But... all good things eventually come back around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MG Brown Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Look here for some information and inspiration: Mid-American Hardbody Racing Series Edited October 28, 2014 by MG Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Brown Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) There will be a Mid-American Hardbody Series race this Saturday 12/13/14 at Thazer Raceway, 2925 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46615 phone (574) 232-2118 "Pony Stock" and "Super Stock" classes will be run with races beginning at 3PM Eastern time. Racing will be run on the American Raceways "Aristocrat" track shown below: More information on this racing series can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/MAHardbodySeries Edited December 12, 2014 by MG Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Brown Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Some recent saturday night hardbody racers:\ More Information: Mid American Hardbody Slot Racing Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Back in the 60's I used the body from the '63 Fairlane kit to use as a slot car body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Brown Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Hardbody racer by Rick Russell. Edited January 14, 2015 by MG Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Brown Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Mid-America "Pony Stock" racer - 2015 Mustang body with B&E "Eliminator" chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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