Camaro, revisited FINISHED!

[waaytoomuchintothis]

[btaylor]

Sure looks a lot better!

Bob

[BRP32]

I second that!

That is the way that car should of been built in the first place.....

[scatman]

Me like!!!

[FootScoot]

Looks great Rob! Too bad Carrera didn't do it like that. I think I may have one of those bodies somewhere. :)

[waaytoomuchintothis]

That's the chassis from a Sunoco Camaro by Scalextric. It took only about an hour to modify it to go under the car. The Sunoco chassis was part of a trade years ago, and was the first thing I set hands on for this project.

[Dundee Denny]

1000% better!!!!!

Dundee Denny

[dreinecke]

BINGO! Now, put that chassis on eBay and make some money!

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I'm glad you mentioned that, David. The wheels are so oversized, they come very close to 1/25 scale. I have been thinking about using this under a small 1/25 hot rod model- maybe a T-bucket, all I need to make the illusion is some fat tires.

[HomeRacingWorld]

Outstanding job. You really got'r done quick!

[Modlerbob]

Does the Carrera body/interior weigh much more than the one from Scaley?

[Jesla]

[Fast Co.]

Nice work. Looks a whole lot better than the original.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I didn't care for the fake engine anyway, so I hacked it up to lower the body. The chassis screw holes actually line up pretty good in the rear, but up front you have to invent a post. The interior has to be cut out for the motor, but you cut it out in a spot that is almost invisible from above. Whoever had this chassis before had turned the front tires down enough to make the car a tripod, which I can't stand, so when I put normal tires up front, the stance and the body height just fell into place. This really was an easy conversion, and like I say, I had this chassis just laying around in the parts box, anyway. I disassembled the front end and outlined the parts with silver to make the details of the grill and headlights come out, and I took the numbers off the headlights. Carrera put little plugs in the fresh air scoops under the front bumper, which looked weird, so I popped them out and drilled the scoop holes open, which added a lot more than I thought to the looks of it. The body itself is very thick plastic, so there's plenty of room to thin out the inside of the fenders for tire clearance, which not only helps with lowering the body, it allows a wider stance for handling improvement.

[waaytoomuchintothis]