Since some of you guys have your own garages... I thought I'd start my own too. Here's the first release from JIMOTORS. As always, ask any and all questions... and ENJOY!

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http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/ModifiedCustom2.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/UKflagcab1.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/CUSTONBLKWILLIESROD3.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/mod1.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/b5.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/COX3.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/COXREAR.jpg

Great lookers as always Jim!!!! The hot rod and the panel wagon are my picks out of this batch.. Are those RRR wheels with wierd Jack's whitewalls I see?? Slimmy or standard chassis on the rod?? Super job on all!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :woohoo:

Thanks... the rod has RRR rims with Weird Jacks, good call

The Hot Rod was a body I picked up on the bay a few ago, I cutaway the front, added JL pipes and blower... it sits on a JL chassis.

the panel chebby is from my expanding Tom Daniels line.
I had his Quicksilver model when I was kid, always a fav of mine.

I made the decals for all of them

Cool work VJ :thumbsup::thumbsup: Glad to see a new shop open!!! Hey I likes those ghost looking flames on the hotrod!!! Likes the Chevy wagon toooo!!! Hasn't somebody cast that??? Haven't raced the Slat Flats much, but I'm expanding. Gotta love the Pinto drag racer!!! Just my thoughts...RM

The Pinto is a remake of one of my all time favorite toys growing up, the Cox Funny car.
I was surprised to later learn that is was modeled after a real funny car.

Beautiful, VJ! We've all come to expect no less.

Wow, way to bring back some memories. I always dug the Quicksilver panel too.
Can't wait till the next batch.

All cool Jim.

That 3 winder came out especially tight!

If anyone wnats to build their own Quicksilver or Cox funy car, I've got lots of extra decals. Just PM me with your address

WOW!
Great looking set, Jim! :thumbsup:
yeah...Bill is right. The three winder coupe. I want one too, hey!

Love the wheels and tires on the wagon.

VJ Rules!
The Hutt drools...

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Wes

Diggin' the coupe VJ. Great job! :thumbsup:

Wish I could find a coupe body like that to build off of. Any ideas on the molder?

Diggin' the coupe VJ. Great job! :thumbsup:

Wish I could find a coupe body like that to build off of. Any ideas on the molder?

Thanks... I think I got from Bud's HO around 6 years ago or so

Thanks VJ, I'll look into it.

I had to peak at the pictures again and drool a little more and noticed your post about the Cox Funny Car. Mine is still sitting on the same shelf in my parents basement from 25 years ago. The flashback is making me consider taking it out for another burn with my kids.

Based on it's condition....I'd reconsider.

They are unobtainium!

Glad to see another garage open, VJ, and with such Flare - Four Great builds! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ..RL

If anyone wnats to build their own Quicksilver or Cox funy car, I've got lots of extra decals. Just PM me with your address

VJ,

Just sent a PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved those gas powered cars as a kid and also flew and built lots of balsa guide wire planes in circles. .049 gas powered toys from the 70s ROCK! :woohoo:

Had a black 57 Chevy that went in circles on a string that I picked up from a 55, 56 and 57 chevy car show back in my youth days. After that I picked up a black Van that you had to follow and could turn the front wheels as it went. Always wanted the VW Dune Buggy and VW Baja Bug.....that Pinto would have been nice to have also.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet slot car builds!!!!!!!!! Love them all

Bob...I am still a kid from the 70s...zilla

Very nice! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Hey Zilla.... I was really into the Cox and Testors planes too. I had a few of them growing up. When I was 18, some freinds and I got a little wasted one summer afternoon, gassed up the Testor's Mustang, taped the rudder straight, went to the top of the local mountain... and just let it fly away.

Dumb, I know... who knows where the thing landed, or crashed?
I remember thinking about the symbolism of letting my childhood go when that plane took off. Ah, to be that young and dumb again!

"far out, man ... I've got the munchies now... let's hit Krausers"

I just hope it didn't hit anyone's car, house, or kid! I've often wondered how far it flew before it ran out of gas... those things would run for about 5-7 mins, at least. All I know is the plane was well out of sight. I lived in a pretty rural area, so chances are it crashed in the woods in the next town or two over.

As for the Funny Car, I tracked down a new one, MIB, in 2002... paid $275 for it... now they go for about 600-700, if and when you can find them... I didn't care about that though. While I haven't run it, I did open the box and put it on the shelf for a while.
I also had the Penske car and the Sandblaster. The Penske was my all time fav because it had long tube that hooked up to a "remote" steering wheel.

anyway, got your PM... I'll send them out on Monday

Nice builds VJ :thumbsup::thumbsup:


Diggin' the coupe VJ. Great job! :thumbsup:

Wish I could find a coupe body like that to build off of. Any ideas on the molder?

I too am a fan of Bud's HO coupe

Nice car Win.... I cut off the front grill on mine and replaced with one from a JL roadster... it was more hassle than it was worth.

All way cool :thumbsup:

Hey Zilla.... I was really into the Cox and Testors planes too. I had a few of them growing up. When I was 18, some freinds and I got a little wasted one summer afternoon, gassed up the Testor's Mustang, taped the rudder straight, went to the top of the local mountain... and just let it fly away.

Dumb, I know... who knows where the thing landed, or crashed?
I remember thinking about the symbolism of letting my childhood go when that plane took off. Ah, to be that young and dumb again!

"far out, man ... I've got the munchies now... let's hit Krausers"

I just hope it didn't hit anyone's car, house, or kid! I've often wondered how far it flew before it ran out of gas... those things would run for about 5-7 mins, at least. All I know is the plane was well out of sight. I lived in a pretty rural area, so chances are it crashed in the woods in the next town or two over.

As for the Funny Car, I tracked down a new one, MIB, in 2002... paid $275 for it... now they go for about 600-700, if and when you can find them... I didn't care about that though. While I haven't run it, I did open the box and put it on the shelf for a while.
I also had the Penske car and the Sandblaster. The Penske was my all time fav because it had long tube that hooked up to a "remote" steering wheel.

anyway, got your PM... I'll send them out on Monday

VJ,

That is Hilarious...ahahahahahahaha tapped the rudder and threw it off a mountain...RALMAO...to be a kid again. Oooooooooooooooh yeah!

I wrote a song when back in my hard times of working and going to Trade School about 18 year ago and here is part of it that kinda goes along with your plane flight...

The other day I went to fly my Kite...

& wouldn't you know it didn't fly right...

It came down and hit this kid...

You wouldn't believe the damage it did...

It had razor blades all over it...

It was soaked in gas and it was lit...

It would be great if we all could be kids again and all live in the same neighbor hood together. hahahahahahahahahaha Jimmy you crack me up and love your free spirit...fly be free...Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz OUCH! hahahaha

Don't worry at best that plane just trimmed some tail hairs on some Wild Beaver. :eek:

Bob...I never did this to a real kite (it's just a song)...zilla

I'll have to dig for some pics of the coupes from Buds but these are already in a folders......Aurora coupes............the black one is slammed on a standard T-jet chassis with a flat head v-8
............more later.

Wow!! Now those are cool ESJ!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: I haven't run across those on Bud's site. I wouldn't mind snagging a couple of them!!

Sweet looking rides and cool chicks make a great combo. Now I feel the need to de-stockify a specialty Coupe or three. Where did you score the eye candy?

Hutt :drunk::hat::freak::dude::tongue:

I haven't run across those on Bud's site....SCM

Slotcarman.....These aren't the coupes from Bud's. These are the Aurora 4 gears cars but I ran across the pics while looking for pics of Bud's coupes of which I have a few. I just decided to post these pictures anyhow. I'll have to search deeper for the others. The coupes from Bud's are the two red ones earlier in the thread.

Hutt.....The eye candy came from a Hot Wheels set from years ago that included some Hulk looking life guard dude & a boat & trailer too. Not sure where the dude & trailer went!!
If i ever see anymore of them , maybe at somewhere like
the Toledo Toy show, I'll grab up a bunch.

4 gears with some minor modifications!!! They look sweet as they sit now.. I do see the old 4 gear in them now that you mentioned it..

Wow had to go back didn't get by the eye candy first round.. nice work ESJ..


dave

for more info: http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=252443&page=4

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/Modifieds/rrp1.jpg

Cool Hot Rods Eastside J. I likes the rear bumper and pipes on the purple/black combo. Nice wheel choice on the other two for the street rod look. Bob...your one stop accessory shop...zilla sent me a pair of those hot babes, each had a pair I might add also. They are from a Hot Wheels Baywatch set...RM
P.S. check on line Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hot-Wheels-Baywatch-Surf-Patrol-Team-Action-Set-1996_W0QQitemZ110322784901QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDieca st_Vehicles?hash=item19afc01a85&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C 301%3A0%7C293%3A2%7C294%3A50

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Hilltop, Thanks for the comments. Building rods & customs relieves the pressures from racing!...and yes, that is the Hot Wheels set with the eye candy! Maybe I should try making them in resin?!

VJ, Nice looking modified! Since you've built one, I'm going to ask 'cause I'm curious as to how much would need to cut away to fit them on a regular Tyco pan chassis? I'd like to add them to our races as an oval track class, but I don't think that we could pull it of with the older style chassis AND we all have LOTS of pan chassis.
Thanks

Hey Eastside... it looks like it could be done, but you'd have to dremmel away quiet a bit for the engine to fit over the Tyco Pro pick ups. If you glue the engine from the front and the top, you could probably dremmel it out enough. The engine wall would need to be taken up some too... so the lead wires and shunts have room to get to the can motor.

It's a plan soooo crazy, it just might work.

Thanks to Hilltop Randy, two innocent 1:64 scale plastic ladies will soon be prisioners in The Hutts' Layer. Muuhhaaahhaaahh! (Think of diabolical laughter - maybe a Vincent Price as Dr. Phibes sort of vibe.)

Oh, and I also found Tool Man Tim and Al at the same seller. (More channeling of Dr. Phibes.)

Now I just need a axe bladed pendulum, an iron maiden, a drill press, and a battery charger to complete The Hutts' Layer...

Hutt :drunk::hat::freak::dude::tongue:

Hey Eastside... it looks like it could be done, but you'd have to dremmel away quiet a bit for the engine to fit over the Tyco Pro pick ups. If you glue the engine from the front and the top, you could probably dremmel it out enough. The engine wall would need to be taken up some too... so the lead wires and shunts have room to get to the can motor.

It's a plan soooo crazy, it just might work.


Thanks for the reply....I may have been a bit misleading though. When I asked about the Tyco pan chassis I should have said the Tyco 440 x-2 pan chassis. With our race club we just refer to it as "pan" as opposed to "narrow" when talking about the 440's I figure that there would be a lot of dremmel work. Ive got a good selection of high speed bits & they do sometimes get a workout!

........A LOT of my ideas are off the wall & crazy:lol:

BODY BY ACTIOn... SITS ON AFX MEGA G CHASSIS with the pickups removed and braids added

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/snakem5.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/snakem2a.jpg

a Hot Wheels version... I still need to add side pipes, sits ona life like chassis
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/snakeh2.jpg


BODY BY RACING CHAMPIONS, POWERED BY LIFELIKE
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/VAN1A.jpg

TRAXX BODY, saved from ruin. Clear coat came out a little milky on ths one... I don;t know why.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/gremlinfc1aa.jpg


and the restored AZTEC... with fresh homemade, waterslide decals
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/AZ3.jpg

Awesome Work Jim. Diggin the Msytery machine.. robbe DOooooo


Dave

love the army car. other car are great to. fcb

VJ,
Some great lookers! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Great stuff VJ :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Nice job on the decals.

Cool cars VJ, GO ARMY :thumbsup::thumbsup: That blue car is leaving some hot TRAXX, like the flames and chrome stuff-a-roos. Great Aztec resto work too, I might add!!! ... RM

Thanks guys... I have an extra set or 2 of the aztec decals. PM me if anyone is insterested in them.

... SITS ON AFX MEGA G CHASSIS with the pickups removed and braids added

Jim was a shoe-in to be the first to "re-purpose" a Mega-G chassis.... Nice Jim :thumbsup:. nd

Jim was a shoe-in to be the first to "re-purpose" a Mega-G chassis.... Nice Jim :thumbsup:. nd

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

mounted with double stick tape... and a few drops of super glue to hold it tight... but not so tight I couldn't remove the chassis if need be.

I slid the braid up the the slot for the shoes, wrapped around the barrels, touched with a little silver sodder and away we go! I even added a screw post for the wheelie bars, so I can take them off for car storage

Jinkys!!! I like them all, but the mystery machine is my favorite!! It's cool what you did to the firewall on the gremlin too!!! Nice decal work!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Slicker than snot Jim.

That mega g convert came out squeaky clean.