have what looks like a screw post in the back?

I'm guessing that it's for a rear guide pin.

I dunno, but that 56 Ford is begging to be scaled down to afx/xtraction and be reproduced. wink wink

This is a specialty chassis. It screws on the body using the front screw, rear screw holds gearplate to chassis to keep rear gearmesh good. Non Mag chassis didn't all have the screw and would ruin the pinion gear on the gearplate, later versions of non-mag and magna-tractions have the screw.The screwpost in the body was probably just a way to inject the plastic for the lower centering post and the bed of the truck.

First of all guys, (and ed, shame on you for missing it- lol)) That 56 Ford is not a snappy. It is sitting on a specialty chassis. (see the shiny screw behind the guide-pin?) Secondly, and the point of my reply is:

I have no clue why this body (or the ford custom van with flames) has a rear screw post. I have never had the P'up and this is the first time I have ever seen the under-side. I do* have several of the vans and always puzzled over the rear post myself. maybe they were thinking ahead to a spec. slotless chassis that never made it off of the drawing board? The rear guide-pin speculation is great, but that pin would end up being extremely long.

This has now become more than just an idle curiosity for me in light of Lennys new info. I will ask a couple of the AFX fanatics that I know of and post the replys. (If I get any)

Thanks for the new puzzle, lenny! :thumbsup:

nevermind...
Dan

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Chris, Can you please post a picture of your truck?

Dave

I have scaled down this truck months ago,and offer it in thunderjet form.
Chris
It'll have a brother soon...

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It'll have a brother soon...

will it be for x-traction chassis or thunderjet500 chassis?

Wes

Here is my guess on the rear screw post. Since the chassis is only anchored by the front screw, it needs something to hold it in place in the back. There are two side pegs that do that and the rear screw post keeps it snug. The side posts are skinny little posts, but because of the length they need to keep the rear of the chassis wedged in, they had to do a thicker post. A screw post would use less plastic and aid int the forming process.
Jim

So your going to copy it huh?
If your question is am I going to remake the car, the answer is yes. If your question is am I going to copy yours, the answer is no. I'm going to take an original, pretty much what you did, and resize it for the regular chassis, and possibly the X-Trac chassis as well. Do you have any problems with that?

Dan

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As long as its different its ok by me.
Chris
Why the edit from your ealier post which said: 'I've seen your work, go for it'...?

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By the way,the truck in question is a specialty chassis truck,not a snap on,and an AFX type chassis wont ever fit unless you widened the cab out to epic proportions.
Chris

Epic proportions... Like how much?

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Like over a 1/16 of an inch,which would throw the nice lines of the truck out of kilter.
Chris1/16 of an inch is epic? OK...

If he means 1/16 per side that would look Bad/Bloated.

But hey, you'll never know till you try, So Go For it and Build It.

Maybe you can hack off the side holders on the Xtraction chassis and just mount it with a Screw post?

Thanks and looking forward to any rebuild of that Truck,

Keith

I'll take the 1/16" "bloat" if it'll fit on a regular AFX chassis instead of those freakish specialty chassis.

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when talking in HO scale,1/16 is huge,but you go ahead and widen her out.
Chris
Chris,
You need to chill... Personally, I think the cab on your version sits way too high and looks strange. But that's just my opinion... When you made it shorter, did you also make it lower?


Let me ask you a question. In an earlier post you said that as long as mine didn't look like yours, you were OK with that. I can understand 'artistic license' and all that stuff and making sure that someone doesn't rip off all your hard work, but how similar is your 442 to Chris Mullis'? It looks like an exact knockoff to me, right down to the hood locks, doorhandles and "442" molded in the side. But maybe that's just coincidence...

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That henry j and Mullis merc you say your copying looks close to,but maybe thats my imagination.
Chris
It is your imagination. The Merc I'm doing looks nothing like Mullis' Merc and the Henry J I'm doing is based on the Hot Wheels casting.

Nice try.

its to low,the 442 is to close its all wrong...I will wait for you to get it right and show the rest of us how to do it the right honest way.LMAO!
Chris
No, I think your 442 is an exact copy. Nice that you want people not to copy your work but it doesn't work the other way.

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the merc your showing on your site IS a mullis merci own like 3 of them,so nice try.
ChrisYes, I know that his Merc is pictured on my site. But the Merc we are releasing is nothing like it. In fact, I have quite a few different Mercs in progress. some have Carson tops, some have Lake pipes, some are LWB, some short. A few have the wheels weels opened up. There are a few convertible samples also. I'll post a picture later tonight of my desktop which has at least 15 different Mercs on it.

The 442 is a mullis,had a blemished roof,thats why i vinyl topped it,nice try again.
Chris
uh-huh... Was there something wrong with the glass too and you needed to replace it?

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Actually there was.
you're a hoot...

Im sure they all look as good as that lowrider on your site to,huh?
Chrissome look much worse...

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I have far to many projects to finish.
Christhey shouldn't take you too long, all the hard work for your cars is already done beforehand...

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Now your a hoot!like the merc,and henry j and such that were your idea from the ground up,what a dink.
Chris
Yes Chris, just like your Daytona and Camaro scam 'limited editions'...

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Have a great life Lenny.
ChrisBye-bye, Chrissy

I'm telling MOM!!!!!

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I'm telling MOM!!!!!


hahahahahahahahaha......
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Coach

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1 final thing to say,RRR,most of HO Detroit and most others get there cars by copying old Aurora cars,so to single me out,is just incorrect.Last I will say on this topic period.Thanks to all my loyal customers.
Chris
Chris,
you missed the point. No one is singling you out for copying Aurora cars. My Super Mod is a copy of an Aurora car. It's out of trademark protection and it's not affiliated with any particular copyright, so it was fair game. I'm also doing the Hot Rod and as many old Aurora, Atlas or other cars that I can. Tom Lowe grew a whole 17 milliion dollar company out of copying toys that were out of trademark protection.

But Aurora didn't do the 442 that Mullis casted. You're selling a car on ebay right now that looks identical to the HO Detroit car. After I called you out about it, you now claim it IS an HO Detroit car. Maybe it is. Except that Mullis casts his windshields and the 442 you're selling has a vacuformed windshield. But lo and behold, it had a problem with the glass, also... Hmmm... And in January you posted that you've been 'molding that car for a month now'...

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=134376

Knowing that HO Detroit cars go for big bucks on ebay, if I were selling even a blemished one, I would note that it was an HO Detroit car, but it's not mentioned.

so it's a bit hypocritical to get in my face to make sure I know that you'd be 'unhappy' if I copied your 56 Ford, which I never had an intention of doing in the first place, but yet you turn around and cast someone else's car.

Now make sure that you put the proper spin on this because I'm sure that I have it all butt-backwards...

Dan

After I called you out about it, you now claim it IS an HO Detroit car. Maybe it is. Except that Mullis casts his windshields and the 442 you're selling has a vacuformed windshield. But lo and behold, it had a problem with the glass,
Dan

Actually, i know for a 100% fact that in his later years of casting fame, Mullis sent out ALOT of bodies to people who he owed money/cars to... Sometimes the glass & chrome would be with them, sometimes they would come later, sometimes they would never come at all...
Once in-a-while those bodies WOULD have blemishes, or small problems. And his "limited editions" would often times be available without the label in that form... It was just Mullis' way of putting off his debts, like trying to scam people into sending more money by saying "i need $200 to get chroming done..." in hopes that those waiting, hoping to recieve the rest of what they already paid for...
So it really IS NOT altogether unheard of to find a Mullis car with a small blemish or problem - especially in the eyes of someone very discriminating...
Maybe the problem w/ the glass was that it wasn't there....