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I had a friend that lived on Crystal Lane off of northeast 47 avenue when we were kids. The houses on the north side of the street bordered the slew. The sewer piping in those houses dumped directly into the slew. We would go fishing behind his house and the other houses along that slew. When we heard a toilet flush and water running into the slew we would cast our bait there. The carp fishing behind those houses was always really good!

I'm in!!!!

New generation gravity racers on display in the Scuderia Kouba Works Shop?

Well, I might make an exception in that case! Although the box is heavy and I do have a long set of stairs from the "Room" to the garage/track!!!

The snow out here is not going away. With the temps so low what snow the sun does melt during the day just turns to ice. The roads around us are slicker now than when it first snowed!

As a matter of fact, that IS Mr. Saager's chassis, and body.

The pin tube body mounting system has been around forever, and for mounting clear plastic bodies it is nearly perfect! When mounting a new clear body you can see where the tubes are and just push the pins through the body into the tube. It's when you can't see through the body that I start having trouble!

In this photo you can see how the leading edge of the tape lines up with my silver mark on the bodie's rocker panel. This ensures that the chassis will be located correctly in relation to the wheel well arches/openings and locate the wheels/tires correctly.

Here you can see how the chassis lines up with the silver referrence marks on the body when mounting is completed.

This is the type of thumb drill I use for drilling the pin holes through the body.

Carefully drill through the body using the aluminum tape as a guide for the hole's locations.

After you complete drilling the holes, check the fitment of the body to the chassis.

After the aluminum tape is marked the body can be placed on the block. Be sure to maintain the correct front to rear orientation in relation to which side of the body/chassis you are working on. Many times there are slight differences between left side and right side chassis dimensions.

Place the body bottom side down flat against the block, and slide it up against the aluminum tape. Be sure the leading edge of the tape lines up with the referrence mark for the leading edge of the chassis. The tape will hold the body in place on the block.

Then I place the chassis, bottom side down onto the set up block and slide it over against the aluminum tape. The side of the chassis is placed against the sticky part of the tape, with the leading edge of the chassis even with the leading edge of the tape. The tape holds the chassis in place. I do one side at a time.

I first test fit the body on the chassis. After aligning the chassis with the body wheel well openings, I marked on the body with a silver Sharpie, where the leading edge of the chassis sat. Many bodie's wheel well openings align evenly with the edges of the chassis, this one did not. The photos show the chassis leading edge referrence point mark on the bottom of the rocker panel.