[videojimmy]

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Die cast body, dremeled out to make it lighter, a modified Atlas chassis with an HP-7 motor, tycopro gearing and Tyco wiper blades. RRR rims, fat silicones in rear.

 

[Bill Hall]

Thats a nice lookin rod. The light blue sets this car off nicely. Hows the handling with the diecast body?

 

[videojimmy]

as long as you use a strong enough motoer, die casts are great to drive. They handle well because of the lower center of gravity. You;re not going to win any races with them, but they're still fast enough to fly into a wall if you mess up on the turns... only this time, there's enough weight to leave a dent in the wall

hehehehe

I also dremel out inside of the body as much as I can. It really helps cut down on the overall weight of the body. Just becareful you don;t sand through the body though. Once the metal heats up, it really grinds down fast. Keep a glass of water near by to cool the body down. I like to dip them every few seconds when I'm dremeling (is dremeling a word?)

 

[JordanZ870]

Now there is a sweet DC, Jimmy! :thumbsup:
Any slotter can wedge a stock chassis up into a DC, yeah? Your craftsmanship is brilliant!
Parts bins are great, yeah?! Keep at it!

 

[41-willys]

That is one sweet ride. awesome job.

 

[Tycoarm]

Oh man you done it again absolutely incredible, you got talent, awesome talent.

 

[videojimmy]

Thanks guys. Your prasie is my motivation.

And... God bless the parts bin!
Actually joe, the tall body helps a lot. You don't have to lay the motor flat against the chassis. I glued a piece of hard rubber hose to the front end of the motor and gave it about a 30 degree angle of lift on that end. That little lifting gave me the tiny extra bit of room I needed to get the motor in. It doesn't affect the gear any.

So... same power, shorter chassis

I made the pickup blades pallete out of 2 thin hard plastic sheets. I spread a little Rub N Glue between the 2 sheets and inserted the blades. It really holds the wipers tight and it still allows me to replace them later, if need be.

The body came clean. I added the decals

 

[scratch]

VJ,

Nice looking rod-ride. As before, have thought what would happen if done in 1/32 size ... think not . . . Cool idea, leaves world wide open for you, in that a ton of HO done in die-cast.

Cheers,
Jas

 

[roadrner]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: rr

 

[T-jetjim]

Jimmy- This is a true Hot Rod. You are amazing with the Atlas chassis, HP-7 motors Tyco wipers, just like the real hot rods and their combination of parts from every manufacturer.
I haven't touched a Tyco wiper blade since the 70's. I have a couple old TycoPro's but they rarely see any track time.
Jim

 

[videojimmy]

Thanks T-Jim. I've always liked Tycp pros. They make great drag cars, but they don't handle curves that well. I loved their bodies too. I think they made some of the nicest bodies for HO cars ever produced