Strombecker GT 40
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:35 amI was looking through my stash of old slot cars and found a yellow Strombecker early 1964 GT 40 Prototype. With the Ford/Porsche Proxy war on the Horizon, I thought I would build another Ford. This will give me a couple of cars to choose from before finally committing to which #20 Ford will get entered.
The chassis in use is the Lego Technics one I posted about earlier. This has PGTires, Pioneer front wheels, and CB Aluminum rear wheels with some resin cast inserts. Motor is the Avant open orange can that is rated at 21K at 12 volts
I opened up the headlights and kitbashed in some Front lights., I also added some detail to the rear with grills and exhaust pipes. I vacuum formed the Glass, as the original had a crack in it. The car is painted in BARC Livery in a mid 60s flare.
So bringing this old vintage car back to life was fun, and I now have another contender to test for the right to be submitted to the Ford/Porsche war.
Note in the last picture you can see the guide flag moved into its far left position. This was in the design to allow me to run 2 132 scale cars on my section of modifed GO! track The offset allows the cars to pass each other on the tight 143 slot spacing
The chassis in use is the Lego Technics one I posted about earlier. This has PGTires, Pioneer front wheels, and CB Aluminum rear wheels with some resin cast inserts. Motor is the Avant open orange can that is rated at 21K at 12 volts
I opened up the headlights and kitbashed in some Front lights., I also added some detail to the rear with grills and exhaust pipes. I vacuum formed the Glass, as the original had a crack in it. The car is painted in BARC Livery in a mid 60s flare.
So bringing this old vintage car back to life was fun, and I now have another contender to test for the right to be submitted to the Ford/Porsche war.
Note in the last picture you can see the guide flag moved into its far left position. This was in the design to allow me to run 2 132 scale cars on my section of modifed GO! track The offset allows the cars to pass each other on the tight 143 slot spacing