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by howie » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:53 pm

While in Wyoming at the "farm" I decided I would continue on Blake's Early Modified. I took two old chassis with me to convert to Blake's car. The chassis I chose to modify really did not work out as I completely had a melt down with too much heat and the entire front end came apart. I ended up using the other chassis which I had to shorten by quite a bit and that is when we had to head back to Portland. I have some photos of the build before the "melt down". I will try to get this project done before we start racing the Early Modifieds for points on Feb. 27th. When I finish up with the chassis, Blake will paint and detail it.

This is the "melt down" chassis that will be put in the old chassis drawer for using at a later date, ( maybe ).

At least you get an idea of what the car will look like. This is the second chassis and as it turned out will be a better fit for the car anyway.

by racerbob9 » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:17 pm

Here is a look at the Revell 1/24 Snap kit Ford Fusion Gen6 on a Schoeler Chassis.

by howie » Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:11 am

Ok, I scrambled and got the car done a couple hrs. before yesterday's race. The car is fast down the straight, we had to add some weight to get it to go around the corners. Blake claimed this car as his ( Grand sons can get away with this ). He raced it and really liked it.
I believe I will replace the aluminum mount as it did move after contact with another car, making the rear axle out of line. If you can see in the pictures, the bottom part of the block that bolts to the chassis is not long enough. I think I will make the new mount out of sheet steel. I will add pictures of the new mount when I get time to do the job.

by howie » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:53 pm

Not getting much done on the project. The wife and I left town for a few days. I did manage to get the chassis mount mounted today. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, getting anything done on the project then is not looking good.

Be sure to counter sink the bolts on the bottom of the chassis.

by howie » Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:46 am

I took the easy way out on the front axle by just soldering a tube onto the stock uprights. Body mounted. I cut the body at what I thought was the place to cut, as it turned out the True Scale tires up front would not fit under the body. I have some clear plastic and I cut a piece and super glued it to the sides. Consequently I will have to paint that part on the outside, no big deal. The rear tire at this point is just a prop. I will have to take more material off the chassis on the inside of each front wheel as they are rubbing, not good!! Now the hard part: making an adjustable rear axle mount.

by howie » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:07 pm

As if I don't have enough to do I am going to build a True Scale Can-Am chassis out of this Champion chassis that I found in my old chassis drawer. I would LIKE to have it done before next race ( Nov. 28th. ) with a new body and all! We will see how that goes!

The Champion chassis.

#1 is to cut the front pan off so the tires will fit. 2. move the guide flag back a tad. 3. cut off the motor bracket and install one that will take a Hawk 7 motor. 4. Cut off and make an adjustable ride height axle bracket. 5. Make new front axle brackets, yea, I know it says 6, but it is 5 ok?

by howie » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:06 am

Chevy NASCAR and a Mustang TA2 painted by our youngest racer Blake. We are taking these projects to the farm in Wyoming ( Blake and his twin sister Aubry are joining us ) on our semi annual trip. They will be sitting on a Sloting Plus SP800001 chassis.

by howie » Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:40 pm

Got this Indy body form Beau who ordered it from PCH #10948. Beau has more of these bodies. Took this old 4.5" JK chassis from my old chassis drawer. I am going to combine these two items to make my first Indy car. The body is like it is made to fit this chassis! I can't pass this up! First thing I did was cut off the front axle mount ( may not have been necessary ) so I can make a new mount. Then I cut the top off of the rear axle mounts so I can raise the axle bushings and lower the car for 1.0" + tires. This is going to be a simple Indy car so I won't make the rear adjustable for ride height. Stay tuned.

Decals for this project.

Just a mock up of a perfect fit!

Raised the rear axle bushings. Yes, I will clean up the rust etc. when I get done with this project.

I will have to cut off the chassis where the marks are so the body will fit flush with the bottom.

by howie » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:35 pm

Bob; that is a very nice Can-Am. Looks like we are going to have some Beau built chassis competing this 2016 season.
Yes a little weight up front helped my Beau chassis quite a lot. I also added a little in front of the rear tires, I was not too thrilled with that move but left them on while racing and I will more than likely take them out. The chassis is a nice handling unit ( at least on the Rapid Raceway track ) and takes very little tweaking to get the handling right.
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by racerbob9 » Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:32 pm

I finally got going on my Beau Can-Am. Beau did a beautiful job with the chassis! Thanks Beau. Still needs some detail work, but finally............

by wb0s » Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:33 pm

I finally got my Can Am car done and ready for the race today. I sure hope it works OK....