THE SNAKE

OLD SCHOOL

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/y3.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/ychass.jpg


35th Anniversay version

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/s8.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/s1.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/schass1.jpg



THE MONGOOSE

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/m4-1.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/m4.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/mchass2.jpg

My money's on the Mongoose, just by looking at that engine compartment!!!
That's a lot of work VJ... cutting, grinding, fitting, getting the stuff to hook up, etc... Mattel uses some extra hard metal I do believe, too keep us kids from breaking em!!! Looking goooood anyways, nothing wrong with old school at all, wish I could go back in time (for a while anyways), love them old cars too...RM

Nice conversions VJ. Really like the old snake!

Good topic for a perma "thread" as well.

Dang!! sweet looking cars man!! :thumbsup:

Wes

Actually, the 35th anniversary cars have tops that are held on by a single screw... so it was easy to remove... and the life like chassis fits in with a little trimming on the sides. The only challenge is creating the front wheel and pick up assembly. On the Snake, I just cut a Marchon chassis in two and used two small wires to reconnect the picks ups to the motor.

On the Mongoose, I cut off the front end from the chassis and used a Riggen pick up and build a front wheel bracket. You guys would really be surprised at how fast these cars are and well they handle.
You just can't run them for more than 10-15 mins because the motors get hot.

These were the first cars I didn't make removable chassis for, other than the old school snake... those babies are glued in forever. That also made these very easy to convert.


I think I'll have to set up a drag strip and see which one wins the classic battle

:thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Freakin awsome VJ! I wish they put tire smoke in a bottle for moments like these....kodak. So,where~s the rumble in the jungle going to be held, por favor.

Rich

Nice cars VJ.

Yeah!!!!

THE SNAKE

OLD SCHOOL

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/y3.jpg


They are all totally cool, but this one rocks like a hurricane!! :thumbsup:

Nice choice on the old style rims :)

Snake vs. Mongoose. :thumbsup::thumbsup: These are all winners VJ.

Love those Snake & Mongoose cars VJ....Vrooooooooooooooooom!

Bob...Way Kewl...zilla

SWEEEEEEET, I am a sucker for the Hot Wheels. I would love doing up one of my Monte Carlo Stockers, my favorite cast of all time....

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/Dale82Wrangler1.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/Dale82Wranglerchassis.jpg


http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/rasintruckfront.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/rasintruckchassis.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/rasintruckchassis2.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/scoobyvan.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/LostinSpace2.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/LostinSpacechassis.jpg

Jimmy- Great looking conversions. I am amazed at your pick up assembly work. You seem to have an endless supply of Riggen/Tycopro assemblies as well as great wheel sets.
Keep 'em coming!
Jim

Thanks Jim.... I usually buy in lots of 10-15

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/scoobyvan.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/LostinSpace2.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/LostinSpacechassis.jpg

WOW I LOVE THOSE TWO !:woohoo:

Jimmy,

Those are just plain fun looking! Nice...............:)

Bob...yeah baby...zilla

Great looking swaps VJ!!!!!!!!!
When I heard Mattel was buying Tyco, I was licking my chops at all the great bodies that were going to be made available to slot car racing. After all, JL PM had started to reproduce the old AFX stuff, and I was pulling out my checkbook for what I thought was going to be a slot car manufacturers battle! I expected hit after hit of old Nascars, hot rods and road racers. Boy, was I dissapointed. I guess we all were. The only body to come from the diecast world was that twin motor thing. AAAAAAAAHHHH. Watch out for the rolling eyeball!!!!!! Ive never tried resin casting. Ive been reading the post, but Im too messy to be trusted with chemicals. VJ, you've sidestepped the problem altogether. Ive always heard it wasnt good to run diecast bodies because of the possibility of arcing the track. I guess on drag racing it wouldnt matter. Has anyone ever tried racing diecast bodies as a class% Theres just so many more choices.

Rich :confused:

Hot Wheels does plastic too. "Jester"looks like a El Camino.

Hot Wheels has many plastic bodies on die cast chassis. Their UK Cab is a good one to convert, it fits perfectly on a AFX specialty chassis.

The Lost in Space car is from JL and it';s all plastic. SUPER easy car to make, the Tyco Traxx chassis is perfect, like it was made for the body. Just slide in the Alum posts that come with it, a few drops of super glue, and sit the body on top. It lines up perfectly

:confused:A TAXI:confused: Im talking muscle cars, hot rods, road racers and such. Do they have any of those:confused:

Rich :):hat::p:wave:

Just out of curiousity, what has happened to the old Tyco stuff sinse Mattel bought them out? I like Tyco cars , but I primarily am interested in T jets, Aurora, A/FX, Tomy . etc so I haven't followed them too much but would like to know. Also haven't been back in the hobby long enough to know.

Well, Scott, nobody knows. Tyco had resorted to pulling some of thier older cars back out to save money I guess. But, since Mattel took over, they've been doing a half but job of keeping up with the Nascars, and making movie sets. If you can put it on the smallest figure 8 imaginable, Mattel has probably made it. They did make that Charger-Superbird set with the messed up wheels. But the molds are not the same as Tycos were. The quarter panels are a lot thinner at the wheel wells and the windshields arent interchangable to well. They have a long list of good ol Tyco bodies they could pull out if they dont want to engineer anything new. Now, AW is taking off with new releases and all we get from mattel is 'speed racer'. The kids love it I guess.

THAT JUST PLAIN STINKS !! I mean why would a company with Mattels power and money buy up Tyco and then waste it away like that so it won't generate interest enough to buy? What a waste ! You got an address I want to write them an email. I have purchased some of there older cars and trucks and I do like them and that just makes me mad.

Sometimes a big company sees a market they think they want to play in. They will usually buy their way in by purchasing an existing company within the target market. This in no way means that the large company will manage the purchased company as well as the original staff did.

In 1:1 scale cars, Ford bought Jaguar and GM bought Lotus. One deal worked out pretty well while the other did not. It can be a throw of the dice.

One could see a Mattel honcho thinking that slot cars are just like Hot Wheels - they're nearly the same size and they're both cars. Honchos aren't always good at getting down to the finer points of detail. So, Mattel has Tyco and they have not done with it what probably all of us slot heads wished and hoped they'd do. Maybe they'll sell it off or maybe they'll wake up and get a slot head to run the line. However, as long as they make money putting out the stuff they currently do, they have no reason to change. To us it's about cool slot cars. To them, it is just about money.

:confused:A TAXI:confused: Im talking muscle cars, hot rods, road racers and such. Do they have any of those:confused:

Rich :):hat::p:wave:


is this one "hot roddy" enough
custom painted plastic Hot wheeks UK Cab

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/UKflagcab2.jpg

Sometimes a big company sees a market they think they want to play in. They will usually buy their way in by purchasing an existing company within the target market. This in no way means that the large company will manage the purchased company as well as the original staff did.

In 1:1 scale cars, Ford bought Jaguar and GM bought Lotus. One deal worked out pretty well while the other did not. It can be a throw of the dice.

One could see a Mattel honcho thinking that slot cars are just like Hot Wheels - they're nearly the same size and they're both cars. Honchos aren't always good at getting down to the finer points of detail. So, Mattel has Tyco and they have not done with it what probably all of us slot heads wished and hoped they'd do. Maybe they'll sell it off or maybe they'll wake up and get a slot head to run the line. However, as long as they make money putting out the stuff they currently do, they have no reason to change. To us it's about cool slot cars. To them, it is just about money.

Resin Thanks for the update. Actually I do get what you are saying I work in retail mangement . I guess after getting back into the hobby and seeing all of the cool stuff out there and all the cool stuff you guys build it just irritates me to see a perfectly good slot maker get wasted like that. I'm sure a lot of the kiddies out there got SPeed Racer sets but I wouldn't buy it, but there was a lot of there old stuff I would have bought , even as repops. Except there track as I do prefer Tomy. They are probably making money with what they do sell so thats all they will do with it,no doubt. Just such a waste though :(

is this one "hot roddy" enough
custom painted plastic Hot wheeks UK Cab

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/UKflagcab2.jpg

Okay, now that IS cool! :thumbsup:

Old school meets new

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/snakerear.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/snake7.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/snake3.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/snakechassis.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/ghostbuster5.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/POP%20CULTURE/ghostbuster4.jpg

That is FUNNY ! I always thought that was a cool ride.:dude:

Freakin Awsome VJ! :thumbsup: I love the HW Dragster. Be careful putting those together, or this could happen..........:eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqUvMkBQyIk&feature=related

Rich :woohoo:

Love that Snake Cuda! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

This week's model....


http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/h1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/h2.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/h4.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/hchass.jpg

V J ! SWEET DRAGSTER < I LOVE IT that and ,well you know Blue is my favorite color .:thumbsup:

I'm going to build another one and put it up for sale on ebay...look for it next week.

However, be warned.. the parts to build this car cost me about 35 bucks... so that will probably be the opening bid price.

I have a Mongoose funny car for sale this week, if anyone is interested

Un-freekin real VJ!

You've taken conversions to a whole new level.

...and then some!

Fandamntastic!!! You need to show these to the diecast boys, maybe they'll see the light, find out what there're missing...RM

VJ , just tell me what you want for the car and I'll send you the $$$ . Saves auction fees !

now that's cool Jim.. great use of a thin body.... hope ya don't mind.. but I may just borrow that side mount idea.. someday in the distant future when I get more then 8 hrs off in a row...


Dave

Must steal Video Jimmy's brain and make cool dragster...

Must steal Video Jimmy's brain and make cool dragster...

Why not just steal the whole Videojimmy? It wouldn't be as messy, ya know...or better yet......just steal his dragster!:thumbsup:



So jimmy...just curious....
do you have any...oh...I don't know....urmmm...guard dogs at your place?
If yes, do you keep them caged at night? Just curious, mind you.;)

Why not just steal the whole Videojimmy? It wouldn't be as messy, ya know...or better yet......just steal his dragster!:thumbsup:

So jimmy...just curious....
do you have any...oh...I don't know....urmmm...guard dogs at your place?
If yes, do you keep them caged at night? Just curious, mind you.;)


Better than a guard dog... I have hot Latina wife with an even hotter temper... she'll cut you, man.. she'll cut you bad!

Just kidding, actually my wife is pretty tame.
She actually encourages my hobby... I trained her well.

hehehehehe

Seriously, thanks for the kudos fellas. The hard part is tracking down a can motor with posts on both ends. So for the only ones I found, ran me 26 bucks per (OUCH!) ... So I only bought couple. I like to save 2 for an all wheel drive chassis, and another for a front wheel drive chassis

If somebody can find these motors, let me know.
It's the only way I my last two dragsters could be built.
It'd be great to find them in bulk, get a few guys together and buy
a huge lot of them. They run great!

Ok, Jimmy....do you have any cutlery in the house?.....if yes, do you keep it locked in a drawer at night? Just curious....heh~!

Where did you find these particular motors? Is there a particular designation or part number? a Mnfg name or code? How about dimensional size?
The "double shaft can motor" search in the Yahoo sure leaves a lot to sift through. Walthers has some interesting looking stuff but everything is measured in MM and not inches.
Can you give us more to help in the search?

Do the newer Sizzler cars have this motor like the 60's ones did?

The new Sizzlers do have the same type of motors, but the'll burn our inside 5 secs if you try to run them on a slot track. Maybe one of you genuis types here can figure out how to knock the voltage down?

Joez... I got the motors from TCR go-carts, and the nly place I could find them where from tubtrack on ebay. The chassis have a few other parts worth saving but I bought the cars for the chassis motors. I was able to swap them out with HP-7 motors...added a pin and donated one to the Hobby Talk Charity drive...I tried to sell 2 others like that on ebay, but there were no takers.

I tried a google search and found one place that makes double post 12 volt motors, but they're round and they look pretty big. I was thinking about picking a few up and checking them out anyway though. I

'm sure I'll find some sue for them.. but the double post box motor is the bomb!
Direct drive allows for a lot of customizing options

VJ have you done Jester ( Hotwheels) as a Slotcar?

nope, I haven't come across that onew yet Taz