Jairus

Bill, you built one of these yet? Would have been fun to have had Paul, YOU and I build one each and post them on ePay.....

Hey! Someone finally build one of these... This car is on eBay, just click on the first picture to be taken to the auction. He did a nice job huh?

Welcome Dave! To everyone else, David Susan is a member of one of the oldest Model Car Clubs in the U.S., Scale Auto Builders Association (Inc.) out of Portland Oregon. Dave has been a member for a long time and his designs are always wild and thought provoking. Nice work on the Hollywood and I look forward to seeing what else you are willing to post... ... ah, anything new? Jairus

Bad boy Harry, bad boy!

Z, I am applying for a "concealed carry" permit and have a lock box purchased and ready to install in MY car for just such an emergency! So, I applaud FL and hope that OR will follow suit.... but doubt it. J man Remember, "CHANGE is for parking meters!"

Here's the two that I found in only a 3 minute search and I can remember one more: Show Us Your Workbench Posting your workbench

This thread idea has come up in the past at least once if not more. Please do not take offense at my suggestion as it is a GOOD idea for a thread... but my suggestion is to do a little searching through past threads to make sure your "epiphany" has not already been thought of and posted on before. Just a thought. Carry on!

LOW-RIDE-R by War!

Coffee first thing in the morning Vodka at night Go to bed early Get up even earlier Pay your tithe to the Church Hug your kids Listen to them Make sure the cap is tight on the paint bottles Throw the cap to the toothpaste in the trash Lock the doors at night Clip coupons Be nice to the Ex What was the question again?

Rick, I'm gonna slap you! (Gee thanks Bill)

Looks like an early Model T Ford Frontenac. Not sure who built it... you Art? Heard somewhere that the Chevrolet brothers designed those head for, of all things, Ford engines! Hahaha.

Nice little 1/32 rides! Love the Ford!!!

That's not quite what she says..... Oh, wait! What are we talking about?

Depends on how many carburetors you want to put there....

And yet you didn't see fit to correct the misspelling.... ?

I post quite often.... and check back twice a day!

Depends on what you want out of the hobby. Most 1:32 tracks and cars depend on magnets to keep the cars on the track for an unrealistic handling package. But what they do give you is unparalleled scale look. Each company provides good or poor samples of subjects, so logging onto a forum like "Slot Car Illustrated" or "Slot Forum" and reading some of the old threads will save you some time deciding which is best. Personally I have only dealt with scratch-built chassis and modified motors ... and one stock Fly build up. Therefore I am not the best person to ask. Good luck with your track. Jairus

B.S.!

I am NOT following this thread very well...

:D

But Zeb, Bush is hiding out in the W.H. waiting for the moving vans to take him back to Texas. I am not sure what the Dokk wants.... but I suspect he is curious about your choice for the next presidential "bashing post". I know that I am!

Nice stance.... looks good so far!

Extremely beautiful build mate!

You could use two transmissions but they should be sync' together somehow so as to change gears at the same time. Running through one tranny was also done, generally with one engine in front connected to the front of the crank shaft of the rear engine with a flex joint. (Generally two sprockets side by side connected by a double row chain wrapped around both sprockets) The one transmission thing is a more logical design because it simplifies things while the torque buildup on a SLR car is slow enough to allow a race prepared automatic to put up with the additional horsepower of two engines. Many SLR cars only have two speeds anyway. As for two differentials.... I don't think that was ever done! It couldn't work unless one gear set was removed. You only need one set anyway, so a show-car like the Invader probably had two rear axle tubes welded together with one differential gear set allowing for the slippage between left and right wheels while the other differential was solid. Many early 60's Dragsters didn't even use a transmission. Most just had a clutch and an in-and-out box for idling at the line. A couple of early dragsters used two axles to solve the problem of coupling by running one narrowed axle behind the wider wheel set. This allowed the axles to be mounted very close together. ("Jack the Bear" is what I think it was called) The builder later said it would have worked better if the two axles had been mounted on a common "Bogie" pivot. Unfortunately, the way it was built, the front end tended to lift when it accelerated which lifted the forward drive axle slightly unloading the wheels which would spin even faster creating a huge amount of rubber smoke....

Hey, send me a video of that one Virgil....