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Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby sadco racing » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:26 am

Found this beauty at the flea market. Wasn't sure it could be done but for $5 I was willing to give it a shot. Turned out to be both easy and big fun. Everything just snapped together so very easy to take apart.
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Wheel base is very close to 1/24 and the existing axles holes were 1/8 so more easy.... I decided to epoxy in these bearings with the axle in place. Worked real good. Experimented with some guides and went with some old Slot It HRS Chassis stuff Ive been pushing around. Didnt do anything to the front, just went with a smaller dia axle for a little slop. (sorry about the big pic, couldnt get it to resize)
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Found some old Parma stickers and some black striping tape (the black hides the joint between the top and bottom body parts real nice). Dropped in an old NC5 with a 26T Parma crown gear, some Pro Tracks all the way around and it ran like a dream on the blue king. Ill keep my eye out for these at the flea market for sure.
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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby Jesla » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:50 am

Holly Shite!!!!

Got any picks of the inside?
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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby DHansen » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:21 am

Wow, that turned out way cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby Lou E » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:53 pm

That turned out awesome, especially considering what you started out with!!
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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby ourwayband » Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:09 pm

NICE build!!!

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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby dge467 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:38 pm

That is a great looking car! Awesome transformation!
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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby Ember » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:09 am

Wow. That's a serious makeover. Nice job. Wouldn't guess it was the same critter as in the first pic.
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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby smallblockhero » Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:52 am

looks great! i take it that its basically 1/24 scale? i see these on ebay quite a bit. theres a few JYS tyrrells that were made. i forget the company name now.
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Re: Lotus - Toy Car to Slot Car

Postby noddaz » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:22 am

That turned out SWEET....
What a great job you did on a cheap, overlooked toy car...

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