I keep seeing aurora solid rivet chassis' on ebay like this is a big deal. I know what the two different chassis' look like, but I was wondering if their is a difference in performance?
Thanks for you help.
Russell

Solid rivets apparently keeps a tighter contact with electricals than open rivet. Better contact, better performance. Just a theory.

From a collector standpoint they are the earlier chassis, if that makes a difference. You can still buy NOS open rivit chassis. Finding an unrun solid rivit is a much rarer occurence. If you are buying an early car (or any car) as a collector piece you'd want the right chassis under it - that's why Tuff Ones, Wild Ones and early T jets with open rivit chassis wouldn't necessarily bid as high as those having the type chassis they came with.

ANother thing is solid rivit chassis are older and in many cases well broken so they can be a smoother running chassis

look better rubbed up!

The Non-Mag AFX also came in open and solid riveted. They also use the same parts as a thunderjet. I never found any difference other than the rivets so it may be a date issue and or a value issue.

ANother thing is solid rivit chassis are older and in many cases well broken so they can be a smoother running chassis

Yes, those new fangled open rivet chassis are only about 35-40 years old. LOL.

Just kidding.

Joe

Think of the solid rivet head as gusset/bracket that re-inforces the perimeter of the rivet head. IMHO this is why they hold their set better.

Just for the record I believe they call them "bobbins".

The older chassis are superior, again IMHO, because they hadnt begun shaving material, scrimping, and cutting corners here and there.

when I was racing tjets a few years back, racers always wanted to start a build from a solid rivet chassis... maybe as stated above, they were better broken in... maybe as stated above, the solid rivets made for better connections... maybe the solid rivets ones were squarer/straighter. then they performed secret magic voodoo stuff on them to make them stupid fast. the car i used to race was an open rivet chassis that just happened to be lightning fast out of the box compared with the other stuff I had, but then I was always lap traffic anyway... :D

--rick