4,326 Reply by wb0s

(9 replies, posted in Modifications)

Update on the Vette. I had to repair the chassis' rear motor pod mount. I thrashed it pretty hard the last time I raced it and the multiple hard crashes took a toll. I re-epoxied the rear mounting point.  Made a few more tweaks to the chassis while I had it apart. I think I made some improvements. We'll see........I've been trying to keep this car as close to stock in appearance as possible. But with a couple comments along the lines of; hey that's not a RACE car, I decided to update the body and details a little. I replaced the Carrera driver figure's head with one from a Ninco car that had a helmet AKA; Race Car Driver. I decided to go with a Rally Car theme (for you Monte) so I added another cockpit occupant, again using a Ninco helmeted head, with rally notes in hand (learned that little detail from Monte!). So I think I have it now as Monte has told me; rally cars are technically RACE cars, racing against the clock.

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8942.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8943.jpg

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4,327 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Front to Rear: Bob, Rico, Thomas, and Dennis at the driver's stations.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8847.jpg

Rico gets the Lola T70 loose coming out of the corner.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8849.jpg

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4,328 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

More from The Gorge:

Flyin' Bryan in action with The Grabber!
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8839.jpg

Tyler keeping a close eye on the competition.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8844.jpg

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4,329 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Here are some more photos from The Gorge:

Left to Right: Bob, Dennis, and Rico get in some practice time.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8836.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8837.jpg

Flyin Bryan stands ready in his turn marshal pose.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_8838.jpg

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4,330 Reply by wb0s

(7 replies, posted in Cars)

So I was lookin' around to find outlets to buy these Dash-T-Jets. Under one of the ads for the complete chassis it read: Made for Fray Racer.......

Hmmmmmm...................

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4,331 Reply by wb0s

(7 replies, posted in Cars)

Another photo courtesy of Flyin' Bryan:

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/photoc.jpg

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4,332 Topic by wb0s

(7 replies, posted in Cars)

Here's an email I recently received from Flyin' Byran:

So I got some of those new Dash Jets last week...here's what I know...

at first I thought they were all crap... I had to grind on all 5 chassis as the crown gear was hitting part of the chassis.
all the metal gears on top were very tight. I took all the chassis apart and made a few fixes... oiled up all the gears and shafts and put valve lapping compound on the metal gears and ran them for a while. I took all the stock axles out and changed them all over to tuff ones. I put about 300 laps on each one   with the help of the niece and nephew. I spent a lot of time tweaking, testing, retesting and more tweaking....

I noticed when I was running them around the track they were not sliding like the old ones... at first I thought maybe it was the arm.. just not as much torque maybe?  But they were running some pretty good times.....   Then I was working on one of them and noticed that a loose axel I had on the table was sticking to the bottom of one of the new chassis...   I tried to see if an old one would do the same... It would not... So the reason these cars do not slide is they have magnatraction.  The Fray cars we raced at Terrys race were wider...and much lower so the magnatraction was even greater... check out this pic.. try and do this with any ordinary T-jet... as soon as I tip the track the other one slides right off... I can even go a little more vertical than in the pic...

I think the rivets that bond the plates on the bottom of the chassis are conducting the magnetism.  They must not be made of brass like the originals.   

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/DSC04706a.jpg

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4,333 Topic by wb0s

(0 replies, posted in The NASTE Library)

Here's a couple of cool old photos and an email Howie forwarded to me:

This lady is from Louisiana. Her husband and I met in Houston. He races 1 to 1 cars and he is about my age. He asked me what I do for a hobby/ entertainment and I gave him my Rapid Raceway business card and my interest in 1 to 1 street rods. His wife says she has a picture of his slot car that he used to race. And if she ever found it, she would send it to me. Here it is. It looks like maybe a Cox Chaparral.
I am leaving the note she wrote me intact.
Howie.

From: jcr41dolls

I finally found the photo of his slot car and the other photo is of the track they ran on. This was in Japan about 50 years ago.

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/slot.jpg

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4,334 Topic by wb0s

(0 replies, posted in NASTE)

Christmas at Our House

My Grandson Henry running some practice laps. He's almost 2. Dad says he can set up an race his SCX first slot car set by himself now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLAqTL8 … e=youtu.be

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4,335 Reply by wb0s

(137 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

Well, it's Christmas Eve and as usual I am just finishing up my shopping and present wrapping. I am at my best when the pressure is on.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

And may the Santa of all things slot car be good to you all!!!!

===========Bill

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4,336 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Bob, Thank you for letting us break in your new track! What a fantastic turn out for the first running at The Gorge Raceway!!! 22 RACERS!!! It was NASTE racing at its best!! The track was awesome, and performed flawlessly!!

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4,337 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Dorothy, I've got the paper plates and utensils (forks, spoons, and a couple knives). Also bringing my famous almost homemade potatoe salad.

============Bill

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4,338 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

YOU DA MAN Rico!!!!

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4,339 Reply by wb0s

(2,177 replies, posted in NASTE)

Oh yeah, the MONEY thing!!! Gets me all the time!!!  From racer to Ebay!!!

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4,340 Reply by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in Modifications)

I think they'll work fine John. If necessary you can always turn them down a little.

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4,341 Reply by wb0s

(60 replies, posted in Too Bad Motorplex)

AWESOME car!!!!

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4,342 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks Dorothy!!!!

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4,343 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

You're right Dorothy, doors open at 5:00pm not 4:00pm. My mistake sorry!!!!

Yes, posting on FB would be great if you don't mind!

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4,344 Reply by wb0s

(2,177 replies, posted in NASTE)

That sounds cool Mitch. Bring it out to the next race!

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4,345 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks Goose!

We will have IROC controllers. The doors officially open at 5:00 pm, but I'd like to get there just a little early to help Bob get things set up. How about we meet here at my place around 4:00 pm?

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4,346 Reply by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Monte, Victoria and I made a trip over to Bob's on Saturday morning for a little testing. The testing went well and Bob's track is a lot of fun! Bob's track is in a room he designed and decorated just for the track and racing. The race on the 20th will be exciting!

Don't forget, this will be a POT LUCK event!

See y'all on the 20th!!!!   ===============Bill

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4,347 Reply by wb0s

(2,177 replies, posted in NASTE)

Oh man..............I don't blame you!!!!

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4,348 Reply by wb0s

(60 replies, posted in Too Bad Motorplex)

I inserted your photo for you Mitch.

That looks like a K&B or Aurora chassis to me. Although I don't think I've seen one that color before. All the ones I have seen were just bare aluminum. That one looks like it might be anodized?

Sure looks like it's in excellent shape!

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4,349 Reply by wb0s

(60 replies, posted in Too Bad Motorplex)

Very COOL!!!!

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4,350 Reply by wb0s

(2,177 replies, posted in NASTE)

Don't try to get away with using Turkey Feathers! We'll know!!!

I'm going on Amazon to see about buying a drone with an infrared camera to position over your place so I can find out how you are setting up your cars, and monitor how much practice time you're puting in!!!

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