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Bill
The cars are just fun and way too cool. It is good to see different style of vintage racing coming back to life. The old cars were not fast and they did not handle well although you are able to work out some of the problems of the early chassis to get them to run better. They were the most fun to drive and a great racing challenge.

Happy racing,
Jim

Slot Car Chassis build of the month
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Hello Slot Car Builders, Collectors, & Racers:
  I started with a Revell Mustang IMSA GTO Series 1/24 hard plastic model body made in 1987. I scratch built the chassis for the 1987 Mustang.  This is how it looks like today. The car ran very well at "Tom's World" track in Bend, Oregon during practice session with no paint, windows or interior.  The body will get full paint and larger rear tires before the race next season at Dust Devil Slot cars for the 1980-2010 IMSA - DTM - GTO - Trans/Am hard body Challenge race. I will update the picture after it gets painted. I build a lot of chassis for upcoming races then paint them as needed. That way I can practice driving them without banging up the paint.
If you have any questions, let me know and I will do my best to answer them.

Jim

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Hello Slot Car Builders, Collectors, & Racers:

I started with a Lindburg 1/24 Ford Cobra Coupe hard plastic model body made in the 1960's. I "scratch built" the chassis for the 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona, then NickiJ in the NASTE slot car club over in Bend, Oregon painted the body. This is how it looks like today. The car ran very well at "Tom's World" track in Bend, Oregon during practice.

If you have any questions, let me know and I will do my best to answer them.

Happy New Year.

-Jim

Hello slot car racers,

  I build slot car chassis from scratch.    Also known as scratch built.
They are not from a chassis kit that is assembled, a chassis striped down and reassembled, or something cut from many chassis and soldered together as a Frankenstein chassis. 
  In order to build a good chassis, you will need a good quality jig, wire bender, wheel diameter blocks, 90-degree square, 80-watt solder iron, good clean metal your choice, Dremel and some common hand tools (needle nose pliers, skewer - stick, ruler & pen or pencell).
  Sign in and click on the attachment below.
 
  I am not saying I am smarter than the next guy, because I am definitely not. It is that some people just do not know the difference. i.e. (If I put together a Revell model kit - I did not scratch build it).

Jim Mitchell

Hello Bill,

  Can you bring the Blue Groove bodies that I have ordered to Tom's and I can get you paid for them.

Thank you,

Jim

Hello Bill,

I have a bunch of 1/24 front wheels with tires for womps if anyone is interested. They fit 1/8" axles.
They are $ 5.00 per pair.  To see the picture click on the JPG file, you will need to sign in on this slot car site.

Call or text 5 4 one - 5 two 7 - nine 3 one 4

Jim aka Professor Fate

Hello Bill,

Looks correct. Thank you, for getting all the bodies together.

Jim

Hello Bill,

I would like to order the bodies listed below;

1-1966 GT 500 MUSTANG
1-KING COBRA LOLA VINTAGE
1-LOTUS 40 BODY
2-MCLAREN M8-D VINTAGE
1-CHAPARREAL 2F

Thank you,

Jim Mitchell

Hello Bill,

  Do you have any of the bodies listed?

2- PORSCHE 908 V3 LOLA
1- 1966 GT40 MKII
2- FERRARI 312P Vintage
1- MCLAREN M12 LOLA

Thank you,

Jim Mitchell

Bill,

I would also like:

the 2 Elf 6 wheels
Fly GT40 Playboy
White / Blue Ford GT (no numbers, with wing)
Ferrari 250LM

Parts bin:
Cobra Daytona
White / Blue MRRC Cobra
Green Mirage (looks like GT 40, no numbers)
#2 Grand Sport Corvette

Thank you,

Jim