old coathanger chassis

[btaylor]

Found this in my junk box,old coathanger and brass chassis almost done,from a long time ago!
dont know when i started building this,but i know it was at least 25 years ago.might have to finish it up and see how it does.
built a many of these back in the day. they worked pretty good on commercial tracks with sponge tires and mabuchi red end motors.
thought a few of you old timers might get a kick out of it. Kind of cheesy by todays standards!

[SLOTTING SINCE 1963]

I most definately like it.What is the cut off date to qualify as an OLD TIMER?

[btaylor]

I wouldnt touch that one! But if you remember building these you might be in that group!

[HomeRacingWorld]

My buddy Tom built one for a modified. I will pst pics soon.

Very cool stuff.

[btaylor]

I can say this, those chassis were STRONG! they were not heavy as a metal chassis goes,and for sure they were cheap. i used flux coated 1/8" brass welding rod from NAPA. sheet metal guide plate,and motor plate the axle tube was steel brake line tubing also from NAPA. The rear tube size was usually larger to accommodate a bushing (parma} back then,i also sometimes would use plastic airline for bushings,depending on the axle size used. very low buck build,

[btaylor]

There is a lot of pride in scratch building your own cars, i think the level in which we do it varies greatly,but the end result is the same.
I have as much fun chopping up the Artin chassis (and it takes about as long) to fit under much smaller bodies than they were intended,as i did welding up the hanger versions. i do think the old ways should be kept alive,so as to educate new comers,and with the economy like it is today,a new/old way to build chassis' that dont cost much could be a good thing. And Yes Dave,i think we have it very Damn good today!

[waaytoomuchintothis]

In 1965, I made a rail dragster chassis from the wire that bundled the newspapers from my paper route. After every run, I had to straighten it, but I was very proud of it. Must have been close to a foot long. It had one of those huge Kemtron motors and some AJ's slicks on it. There was no drag strip, so I ran around the 8 lane curvy commercial track in the hobby shop. I could only run it when there was no one in the adjacent two lanes on each side.

[RazorJon]

thats a great chassis, and it needs to run :banana-dance: