Bill's Junk (Page 7 of 9)

This is a continuation of a post from April 8, 2020 in regards to just how many slot car pit boxes I have. Well here's a few more:

I met Hal Tacker at the PIR Swap Meet some years ago. We talked quite a bit about slot cars and his involvement in the racing scene in California back in "The Day". We kept in touch through email and a couple years ago I was lucky enough to purchase some of his collection he was getting rid of. In the mean time I had learned that Hal is a well known artist, known for his water colors and drawings. His race box is one of my most prized!

Another box I've had for a really long time, which has also seen duty as my race/pit box. Again a lot of the stickers were on the box when I got it, but I have added some. This box is also pictured earlier in the original post.

Another box that I don't exactly remember where it came from, more accurately I have no idea where I got it....This one has provenance! A piece of the Northwest's slot car history!

Another thing I have been thinking I should do is document some of the cars in my collection, before my memory gets any worse! I took the time to get photos of the cars in these few boxes I just posted photos of, so I guess I'll start here. I'll add more as I get around to it.

To start things off, I have a lot of cars that are semi-complete or in need of restoration. I find myself liking these cars more, and being more attached to them. I can put tires on them, throw them on the track and run them, restore them without worrying about reducing their value. I find these used cars being much more valuable to me than the new RTR slot cars and kits I've had over the years.

Here's a Monogram Chaparral. It is rough but complete. I don't know where or when (DKWW) I got this one.

Ferrari 330P. Scratchbuilt with a clear type body. She's rough (DKWW).

This clear type body is mounted on a Dynamic inline motored chassis. (DKWW).

Most everybody will recognize this Cox Ferrari. This one is pretty nice! The body has been painted but they did a really nice job. The chassis is really clean too! It came with both the roadster and the coupe bodies! DKWW

This one is a REALLY early build. Note the lack of actual "slot car" parts in this build, including those rear wheels! If I remember correctly this car was part of the Jerry & Norton Gaston collection.

This Dynamic chassied car powered by a "Padlock" motor (K&B or Pitman) was an Ebay purchase a few years back.

Even the cars that are something less than perfect and pristine deserve respect. Someone took a lot of time and care to built this F1 car. Check out the detail in the rear control arms and front "suspension" springs, and the paint on the driver's helmet. The soldering job doesn't look all that great, but the chassis is pretty straight and level. This car was probably in the hunt for the Concours Award at some race! DKWW.

Here's a group of 1/32 scratchbuilt chassis. These chassis are made for clear bodies and are powered by extremely fast motors, except for the two with Falcon type sealed can motors. The chassis on the lower right I purchased from Bob Ward at a race at Lee Dundas' in the early 1980's. Bob was down from Seattle to do some racing at Lee's. That car is flat AWESOME! The other chassis were from Goose's collection and a couple from Ebay.

I have no idea where this one came from. It seems a little big for a 1/32 car, but a little small to be 1/24. It's cool whatever scale it is and in good shape!

Here's some more 1/32 cars that were part of Goose's collection.

Parma International 32s.

Similar to the Parma I-32 but I'm not sure of the manufacturer.

A really nice scratchbuilt!

Goose had some awesome 1/32 scratchbuilt cars!

Here's a trademark of Goose's some of you may not be aware of. Check out the .080" hex bolts he used to mount the body instead of using pins and tubes. He also used this set up on some of his Parma Womp cars he raced. I copied this idea for awhile. All you had to do was tap out the stock body mounting holes in the chassis. Check out the hand lettering on this body!

Another scratchbuilt where Goose used the hex bolts and a piece of brass strip to secure the body.

One of Goose's Womps with a custom fabricated independent front axle.

Back to some more 1/24 that fall into the DKWW category. here's a bolt together chassis with a Russkit motor.

Here's a Champion of Chamblee production chassis that needs a little work. The drop arm guide flag mount is bent but can be repaired. These are cool great handling chassis!

Another early scratchbuilt car from the Gaston collection.

Ah yes, everybody has or has had one of these! And most of them are now this rough looking! Cox Chaparral. This one has a nice clean chassis. Can't say much about the body.....

Dynamic with and inline motor.

Another used and abused Cox Chaparral, this time the 2D. It has a nice chassis but not the correct one for the 2D.

Testors' 36D anglewinder.

From Goose's collection, this nice 1/24 Can Am car with a Champion chassis.

This is the first Parma I-32 car I purchased sometime in the early 1980's. It was Goose's fault, he introduced me to them! You can see here how I copied Goose's .080" screw technique for securing the body to the chassis. I did not paint the body.

Another 1/32 Eurotoy.

A Classic ASP. These cars had a chassis unique to the ASP only. I'm not sure where I picked this one up. The front half of the body is broken off but reproduction bodies are available.

This is an early NASTE Legends Class car. These cars were based on Parma 1/32 Legends clear bodies. It was a spec chassis, built out of a single piece of .062" brass strip. The front of the chassis strip was bent up for a guide flag mount. The rules called for a TYCO HO can motor, 48 pitch gears, and the use of stock Parma Flexi front wheels and O ring tires. The motors were soldered directly to the brass strip chassis. We considered them 1/24 scale Legends cars. These cars were a blast on my short little 3 lane routed 1/24 track. the best thing was we could use our worn out Parma Flexi rear tires on these things! I do not know for sure who built this car, the chassis looks like my build, but I did not paint that body.

A padlock motored 1/24 dragster I picked up somewhere.

Although it has been painted, this is a pretty nice 1/24 K&B Cobra Daytona Coupe.

Ferrari body on a Dynamic sidewinder 36D chassis.

Thanks for sharing Bill, you’ve quite the collection and I know this is only a fraction of it.