7th-Oct-22, 09:11 AM
It is indeed a Phantom
This one has the torque tube disconnected
Cars back then were a mix of parts from garage manufacturers, Schumacher rear axle, slip-on wheels and differential that Cecil invented and changed r/c for decades (interestingly they currently race with solid axles again).
Team Associated front axle blocks (Gene Husting of Slot car anglewinder fame joined Team Associated right at the dawn of R/C as Slot car popularity was on the wane).
Soft Armaflex foam tyres coated in silicone sealant with hundreds of tiny stipples which only lasted one race so you had to prep a few sets every week (we raced on wooden floors in those days before carpet came out).
Parma motor (and wiper taken from their Slot car controllers).
Tamiya connectors (they're rubbish).
...and Saft BVY nicads with a grand total of 1000mah but we still raced for 8 minutes and had a tendency to 'pop' if you left the charger leads on too long (no automatic chargers then...a stopwatch and DVM
)...they also liked to reverse polarity if you over-discharged them!
...happy memories I couldn't resist sharing.
This one has the torque tube disconnected
Cars back then were a mix of parts from garage manufacturers, Schumacher rear axle, slip-on wheels and differential that Cecil invented and changed r/c for decades (interestingly they currently race with solid axles again).
Team Associated front axle blocks (Gene Husting of Slot car anglewinder fame joined Team Associated right at the dawn of R/C as Slot car popularity was on the wane).
Soft Armaflex foam tyres coated in silicone sealant with hundreds of tiny stipples which only lasted one race so you had to prep a few sets every week (we raced on wooden floors in those days before carpet came out).
Parma motor (and wiper taken from their Slot car controllers).
Tamiya connectors (they're rubbish).
...and Saft BVY nicads with a grand total of 1000mah but we still raced for 8 minutes and had a tendency to 'pop' if you left the charger leads on too long (no automatic chargers then...a stopwatch and DVM
)...they also liked to reverse polarity if you over-discharged them!...happy memories I couldn't resist sharing.
Life is like a box of Slot cars...

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