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Any of you guys convert a static body to slot racing?


philo426

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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.

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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.

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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. :)

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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

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"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:

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More information on this racing series can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/MAHardbodySeries

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