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Jim,

1 Ferrari 612 Lola & 1 Lola T-162 Can Am - Bagged & Tagged!

Great racing, thanks Bob!

UPDATE: July 7, 2026

The latest Team Bluegroove body order was submitted today!

15 of the best Can Am bodies coming! We need to allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery.

There will be limited quantities (1 or 2) of each body ordered.

Jim, the links don't work. Can't see the photos.

Never mind Jim. Evidently it is only MY computer!

Basic Body guidelines for Short Track Stockers. - Bob N.

This is not a complete comprehensive list. It is designed to point you in the right direction. Note: Minimum wheelbase for any car is 4.30".
Basic Body Guidelines: Short Track Stockers
Scale: 1/25 only
Years: 1962-1982
Buick: 1964-1979 – Skylark
1973-1982 – Regal
Oldsmobile: 1964-1985 Cutlass
Pontiac: 1964-1982 Lemans / GTO
Grand Prix – 1969-1982
Chevrolet: 1966-1972 Chevelle
1973-1975 Laguna
1971-1982 Monte Carlo
1962-1979 Nova
Ford / Mercury: 1960-1976 Fairlane / Torino / Falcon
1962-1966 T-Bird
1977-1982 T-Bird
1973 Cougar
Mercury: 1962 – up Cyclone / Montego / Comet
Dodge: 1962-1982 Dart, Demon, Coronet, Charger.
Plymouth: 1962-1982 Scamp, Roadrunner, etc.

Once the strip was cut for the side pans, I jigged the chassis up on my soldering block and soldered them in place.

I decided to make a new front axle mount to accomodate front tires and wheels with a minimum .800" diameter. This will allow me to make additional modifications to the chassis and be able to race in a Northwest True Scale Class should this experiment go sideways. I soldered a brass tube across the chassis to hold the front axle oillites, with a brace behind it. Old metal crown gears were used as wheel jigs.

After the front axle mount was finished I soldered "U" channel brass strip to the sides of the chassis to serve as body mounts. At this point the chassis was pretty much done. It's been a long time since I have completed any sort of chassis build in one day. I spent about 4 hours on this one, with a lot of time wasted when my torch ran out of fuel!

I assembled the chassis for testing. I installed an old Parma pink endbell 16D motor. I didn't think this chassis will handle much power. The first few test laps indicated to me why nobody built any chassis like this. It was crap! It handled very badly, jumping up and down all over whenever the throttle was applied quick and hard. This thing had all kinds of traction! I replaced the rear tires with an older set that I figured wouldn't be as tacky. That settled the chassis down somewhat, but it was still a handfull! It could run 5.8 second laps pretty consistently, dipping into the 5.6 second range occassionally. Not great.......It was still a fun day going from sketch to completed build and testing all within a single day! That is BIG for me! What now?...Well I'm not quite done with it. I'm going to try another motor, maybe an old Falcon, to see if I can calm it down. Probably change the gearing to a higher ratio at the same time. If I can make it work, this will be a really easy build to put some of my Team Bluegroove bodies to use. I have plenty of "Flexi" type chassis to use!

Not to worry, this is NOT going to be a new class! This is just an old man revisting his early slot car building past.

The Roseburg Team only had two members. James on the left and Rich on the right.

The "Hooligan" race was exciting! There were no slow racers anywhere in the entire field for this IROC race! Left to right: Paul, Kevin, James, John.

These are the racers that made it into the "Main Event" (sorry for the poor photo). Left to right: Rich, Steven, Gary K., Gary T.

The IROC cars prepared by Rich were all model car bodied Ferraris mounted on an assortment of 2NASTE, Schoeler, and other types of bolt together 1/24 chassis. Other than a couple of gear mesh issues there were no car failures!

This section of the track is very fast! Exiting the bank, down the back straight, and then a quick transition into the left hander. It was amazing to see how quickly some of the drivers could get through this section!

A short straight gets you to the "Lead-On" left hander. Challenging to not throttle up too soon!

This is the uphill section into the "Lead-On". The key is to not push too hard!

This is the right hander at the end of the main straight. The outside lanes are really fast through this curve!

Underpass....Don't crash under there!

Rich did a great job of preparing all of the IROC Ferraris!

This past Saturday five portland area racers travelled to Roseburg Oregon as part of the Columbia River Cyclones Racing Team. The plan was to compete in Rich Vecchio's IROC race at Electron Raceway. The team consisted of four drivers and the team manager.

Rich built a total of five cars for this event. All five cars were fitted with 1/24 Ferrari model car bodies. The chassis were a mix of 2NASTE, Schoeler, and other bolt together style chassis. There was one car built as a backup car. We raced these cars HARD for nearly 1,000 laps without any failures. That is a huge statement in regards to Rich's preparation efforts! The cars were fast and handled the tight Electron course very well.

A race program similar to that used at Pelican Park Speedway was used, consisting of a Qualifying Race followed by Semi races, a Consi race, a Hooligan race, and finally the Main Event. Steven representing the Columbia River Cyclones scored our best finish, second in the Main Event! Bob Nak and myself finished second and first (respectively) in the Consi race. John Gill was relegated to the Hooligan race which was not an accurate reflection of his performance for the entire race. Our Team Manager Greyson Ennis did an outstanding job of keeping us on track and focussed!

In addition to some great racing on a beautiful track, we were treated to an outstanding lunch from Rich's wife Susan. Thank you Rich and Susan for putting on this fantastic event! We are all looking forward to the next one!

I am receiving inquiries regarding available Team Bluegroove bodies. As most of you are aware I do not "stock" and inventory of bodies for sale. I have a few examples on hand which varies from time to time. If there are enough racers interested I will put together a large order which allows us to save a bunch of money per car. I just need to know who is interested in bodies and which bodies. You can send me an email, respond here, or on one of the other affiliated Facebook pages. I will start making a list.