Custom 1/32 Slot Car Build

[TN Shelby Cobra]

Originally Posted by Flygirl

^^^Great cars! I love the Impala, all of them really. I can't wait to see how your track comes along. Routed tracks are the best! Mine is a small little thing, but it's portable and has survived two moves with no damage. I'm kind of mixed about the cars; I like slower non-mag racing but those doorstop cars were unbelievable, and I found myself hypnotized by the motion and speed. It was kind of a trip.

And to those who identified it, that is indeed a Lotus Cortina. The Pinto? It's an early '73; I drove it in high school in the late '70s and (of all the cars to end up keeping), it just kind of never went away.

I suspected I might find a few kindred spirits here.

Some more pics:

1. A Porsche 908 body that I built and mounted on a TSRF brass chassis equipped with a pin guide and all the other old school running gear. It's blazing fast on my track, but I like the body so much that I don't run it too much since I've yet to add guard rails.

2. Ford Galaxie with Slot.it running gear and a brass chassis. This one's a sentimental favorite but is happier on bigger tracks.

3. Slammed GT350. Also with Slot.it running gear and a custom chassis I cobbled together from the parts bin. I Dremeled the inside of the body to where it's thin as an eggshell, and lowered it as much as I could in hopes of wringing every last tenth out of it. It's fast, but not quite as fast as I'd hoped after all that work. The body is also a bit too delicate for its own good.

4. McLaren. Another custom decal job, vacuum formed interior, a super lightweight that competed with some success in the first Slot.it Shootout some years back, but failed to find the podium at the end of the series.

5. Lotus Cortina. Lots of lead underneath, and it's still a bit top heavy.

Very awesome Flygirl! Makes me want to get mine back out and set up! Mark