I built this car a couple of years back
I will do this a parts this time after losing the nice highly detailed post earlier today
specs
winneco 74 Thunderbird 460-4
nsr 17k motor
nsr gearing
slot-it wheels and F22 tires
ninco prorace guide
this is what I decided to use to build the chassis
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first I trimmed a motor holder and side rail section from a old cracked chassis
I glued then together in a S/W set up
I placed the motor and axle/gears in so I would get it all in the right spot
i also used a bit of paper to pack in between the motor ans axle to set the gear mesh
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while waiting for the glue to dry I cut the rear half of the chassis out of the slot it display case base
I also cut the front half of of another old broken chassis
once the join edges matched correctly and the front and rear axles were parallel and at the right wheel base
I used the sticky tape hinge method for gluing them together
and gluing the motor holder in place
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then I braced it using steel rod and JB weld and trimmed the front excess chassis off
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then fitted the motor and rear axle set up
then JB welded the front axle bushes in place
I use the plastic bread tag method for this
the tag is .8mm thick just the right thickness to allow for the braids
I place the tag under the guide and then sit the front axle/wheels in place and glue them
now I have a rolling chassis
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