[Fot] Slots

[jrhill at chorus.net]

Bob Bownes writes:

> So you are saying you'd favour Vintage Slot cars? :-)
> . . .
> my personal fav was, and still is (in a box in the
> basement) my 1/24th scale M8B McLaren with the hand
> built brass chassis. . . .
> Now if I only had a place to race it.

If you guys don't cut out the slotcar chatter, I'll be forced to haul out my tube-frame, twin-motor Tipo 151 Maserati from the early '60s. A real pig in the corners, of course, but we had a great track to race on -- the replica of Riverside Raceway at the Automech Foreign Car Shop on University Avenue in (where else) Riverside CA.

Jim Hill


> Now if I only had a place to race it.
> 
> iii
> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Bill Babcock wrote:
> 
> > Controllers were always the weak spot for hot cars. I tried to build
> > a transistorized one, but didn't really know enough to do it right.
> > Had the right idea though--use the controller variable resistor to
> > control power transistors. Unfortunately my funky electronics usually
> > quietly expired just when I needed them most--when I was trying to
> > crank it up to "eleven". Now you can buy controllers the size of a
> > postage stamp that witll control 30 amp brushless motors. Thank god
> > we didn't have those motors back then. We would have been killing
> > people with runaway cars.
> >
> > On Dec 18, 2006, at 5:34 PM, jcjcarrera at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > > I've tried all the usual sources for badge bars for the front of my
> > > street TR4's, Moss, RF, Victoria Brit, etc. No luck, only TR3's.
> > > Anyone on the list know of a source? Please contact me off list at
> > > jcjcarrera at comcast.net
> > >
> > > Enjoyed hearing everyone's comments on slot cars. My GPA would have
> > > been much higher in college except for this addiction. Still have
> > > my two cars, Jim Hall's Chapparel and a custom job--"Guy Farley's"
> > > stock car converted to road course setup. Had an electrical
> > > engineering student re-wind the motor for me in exchange for
> > > letting him use my TR3 for a date. One fast car, had to wire two
> > > "D" cell batteries in line to beef up the braking. Burned through
> > > my controller in a hurry, but did place in a 24 hour enduro at the
> > > track in Williamsport, PA 1965!!
> > >
> > > Thanks, John James
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