~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dash Motorsports Newsletter
9/25/2007
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue1970 Olds 442 (http://mhtml:mid://00000129/#LETTER.BLOCK10)Aurora Falcons (http://mhtml:mid://00000129/#LETTER.BLOCK5)AF/X 55 Sedan & Convertible (http://mhtml:mid://00000129/#LETTER.BLOCK6)Future Projects (http://mhtml:mid://00000129/#LETTER.BLOCK9)
1970 Olds 442 - T-Jet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are now taking preorders for the 1970 Olds 442, made for the Aurora T-Jet
chassis. They'll be available mid to late October in the following colors and quantities:


Matador Red with white hood stripes (factory color) - Production qty - 250
Sebring Yellow with black hood stripes (factory color) - Production qty - 250
Viking Blue with white hood stripes (factory color) - Production qty - 250
White with black hood stripes (factory color) - Production qty - 250
Galleon Gold with black hood stripes (factory color) - Production qty - 250
Orange with white hood stripes - Production qty - 250
Turquoise with white hood stripes - Production qty - 250
Black with white hood stripes - Production qty - 250
Unassembled kits - Production qty - 175

As I've done for the past few cars, I'm offering a prepaid preorder
discount of $1 per car/kit. The prepaid preorder price for the finished
bodies is $9.99 and the kits is $8.99. This preorder price can expire without notice so don't wait!
These will be AWESOME!!

Click here to order the 1970 442!!
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4wwy7ecab.0.dihapecab.xsjmc4bab.76&ts=S0280&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dash-motorsports.com%2Fshopping%2Fpage6.html)Aurora Falcon hardtops and convertibles
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The Falcons are enroute to us and should be in stock late this week. Here's a group shot
of all the cars:

http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs066/1101628057175/img/7.jpg?a=1101823498975

Click here to order the Falcons!

(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=4wwy7ecab.0.4fogsccab.xsjmc4bab.76&ts=S0280&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dash-motorsports.com%2Fshopping%2Fpage5.html)</IMG>AF/X 55 Sedan & Convertible Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We have still have a small number of the 55's pictured below.

Click here to order!!

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Due late September... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Coming late September/early October -
Our remake of the Faller VW Bus, adjusted to fit the Aurora T-Jet chassis. Preorders will open soon.

A T-Jet version of the Dash 55 which looks awesome on an Aurora Tuff-Ones chassis
or a JL/RC2/AW T-Jet chassis!! Preorders will open soon.

Here's a CAD drawing of our upcoming Cobra for the JL/AW T-Jet chassis, due to be released late October, early November.

http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs066/1101628057175/img/6.jpg?a=1101823498975

Also late October/early November we will release our 71 Racing Camaro for the JL/AW T-Jet chassis
and also the AF/X chassis.

In the next 6 months you'll see the 1969 Chevelle, Karmann Ghia, 1967 Charger, Thunderbolt and
Fairlane hardtop and convertible for the T-Jet chassis, the Pantera for the Tyco and AF/X chassis,
and the Cheetah hardtop and roadster for the AF/X chassis.


We are moving ahead with our plans to release our version of the popular tyco 442-X2 chassis.

There are also plans to release our versions of a few lower maintenance chassis similar to the the
Tyco HP7 and the Tomy Turbo narrow and wide chassis. These chassis will be geared more for
the novice home user and feature one-piece can motors that are easily replaceable, and also
electrical systems that are easier to maintain. For those who want more performance, there
will be motor and traction magnet upgrades available as well as a brass weight that can be used
in place of the traction magnet.

Look for the Turbos and HP7 chassis soon.

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Those Falcons look awesome!

Dash chassis... I suppose there is a market for clones/replacements if they are priced right. Turbos go for as little as $6 from places like SlotCarsDirect. If Dash can crank out Turbo-quality chassis and sell them for $6, they'd get my business. If they're shooting for $10 or more for a basic chassis, it'll be a tough sell.

I Need A Few Of Those Cobras, And The Cheetah Hardtop For Afx Is A Must Have

Dash chassis... I suppose there is a market for clones/replacements if they are priced right. Turbos go for as little as $6 from places like SlotCarsDirect. If Dash can crank out Turbo-quality chassis and sell them for $6, they'd get my business. If they're shooting for $10 or more for a basic chassis, it'll be a tough sell.


The reasons for selecting the HP7 and Turbo chassis' are that they would give us a reliable 'entry level' chassis that we would use to sell complete RTR slot cars with AF/X and Tyco bodies, which would retail for $15. The Turbo chassis would of course also be able to be used with the older AF/X bodies as well as the JL and Autoworld bodies. And the HP7 would be able to accept older Tyco pan bodies. Even in entry level form, a Turbo or HP7 chassis is still a pretty good ride.

This would help us expand our business which is being limited due to not having a chassis to go along with our bodies.

These chassis are relatively simple, at least compared to a Magna Traction. With that being said, the tooling costs for this chassis are a fraction of what it would be to try to clone another magna trac. The manufacturing costs are also low.

Also, the chassis would have an upgrade path available with more powerful motors and stronger traction magnets for those that want to go faster than the stock cars, or pop in the brass weight in place of the traction mag and slide around all you want.

We haven't thought of pricing for individual chassis because our emphasis would be complete cars but it would be foolish to price the chassis higher than what is currently available.

Those who have bought my products know that I don't release garbage and won't bring an inferior chassis to market just to pander my bodies. You can be sure that what we release will be high quality. And the first thing we will change in these chassis is that awful plastic that is currently used...

Dan

Dash Motorsports

Thanks for the added insights. I like the concept a lot.

The future looks bright for slotcars...

Scott

This is great news. I'm glad Dash is producing chassis'. Another company selling slot cars and competing with the others. I only have four Dash bodies, the quality is great. They are among my favorites in my small collection. It will be nice to buy complete Dash Motorsports cars. Randy.

I think the Dash plan sounds very promising. I like the sound of things to come. And I have always liked the way the releases are done.

The Cobra looks awsome!!!

HP-7 and turbo chassis are great, but personally I feel that the 2nd generation Tyco HP-2 with the 2 separate traction magnets is a much better piece.

But what Id really like to see is a revamped version of the matchbox speedtrack. Non-magnatraction for lots of sliding but still handles real well, and its about as versatile as you can get. I've used it to mount 4 equal size humongous tires on one of my resin Jeeps. It looks killer, handles great and even fits on a standard track.