Improving the Cox chassis!..chassis finished!!

[chrisguyw]

Hi Folks, For those that know the Cox chassis, this thread will have some interest, as you will be able to see/understand the modifications.........for those not familiar with the chassis, please feel free to look at the pretty pictures!! :)

My first "serious" 1/24 slot car was a Cox Team Modified Cheetah.......Or at least I thought it was serious until I got blown away by the Russkit Carrera's and the hybrid Dynamic/brass scratchbuilts, on my first visit to the local commercial track. At that point I turned my back on the Cox cars, in my search for speed.

Years later, I still love the cars, and with a lot of vintage racing going on in Europe, I have committed myself to trying to get one going......well enough to travel to France and the Bordeaux vintage meet.

Three things need addressing with this chassis...1/ lower the front ride height, but still use scale sized wheels/tires, 2/ Freeze the drop arm, and allow for some guide height adjustment, and , 3/ add a lot of weight low and to the sides via body pans.

I did want to engineer something that was simple, and would not require altering the original chassis, in case I wanted to return it to stock.

The following pics. are of the results

Cheers
Chris Walker

[gonegonzo]

Fantastic >>>>> give us more .

Gonzo

[HomeRacingWorld]

That's slot car art.

[BARC 1]

Beautiful. I love that Cox chassis, just because.

Cheers


Dan

[mattb]

Nice work. As high as those chassis set, I would probably put a full pan under the chassis and set the frame on top of the chassis. One thing I learned from a friend in OZ, the Lotus 40 body is the lowest center of gravity of all those bodies and that is what was always the fastest Cox car in their annual Cox mag frame races.

It is funny that Cox has become the car for collectors, due no doubt to the great packaging and scale model quality. They were one of the poorest performing cars of the 60's. The iso chassis was a great improvement, even if a little late in the game.

Those Cox cars do look great on the shelf!

[chrisguyw]

[mattb]

I see. I didn't realize you had the Dino frame, I thought it was probably a team modified frame. It is really nice work. Those Dinos are great models.

[chrisguyw]

[Audi1]

[VTECFOUR]

Wow! This is so timely for my winter project.



Did you paint your Dino's body? If so, what paint?

Dan

[chrisguyw]

[chrisguyw]

The rolling chassis is all finished.......For Vintage Racing rules, all parts must be period correct...in this case, parts must be from mid 60's.
Now, on to the Body!

Cheers
Chris Walker

[mattb]

Outstanding work. Here's a couple pix in regard to your track and the Simoniz car. Look familiar?P1010006.JPGP1010015.JPG