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help, just pulled this body out of a drawer,fits AW 4 gear chassis.
do not know who i got it from, off of ebay. guy had a
lot of pro-mod bodies for drag racing. if anyone knows who
made this body please let me know.
email me at rjdadrf@yahoo.com.




thanks in advance.

Hairy Canary body or Bondoman I think.

how do i find Bondoman ?
thanks

lonestar racing resins.

When speaking to Jimmy Flintstone at the NNL East model car show and swap meet (his table was in the aisle behind mine), he handed me a beautiful HO scale '50 Merc Pro Mod body that is made for a T-Jet chassis. He has other styles, and also bodies that are for what are now called 4Gear chassis. Check his website for more info.

<jimmyflintstonestudios.com> Everything is listed, but for some reason the pictures are not posted. Try calling him, I guess!

Hope this helps... Ernie

Ernie, are those "Other" bodies made for the 4-Gear Chassis or the "Specialty" chassis, as there is a Big Difference between the two ! ie- the old Aurora Specialty uses a Screw post mount, while the Auto World 4 Gear uses AFX Style Basket handles.

Yeah Ralph, sorry I wasn't too specific on that. Like most of the other aftermarket guys, the bodies Jimmy are making fit the Auto World "4Gear" chassis.
As per my conversation with him at the show, he has bodies for the T-Jet type or the aforementioned AW Chassis.

I've only got three of the AW 4G's, a Top Fuel Dragster and the two Mustang Funny Cars from the John/Ashley Force AW drag strip set.
For the little I've played around with them on the Max Trax drag strip (at 20 volts 10 amps), I haven't been too impressed. Now that my buddy Tony has put the 1/4 mile into storage (and up for sale - call 516-655-5713 for info), the cars have laid dormant. There's a lot more I'd like try with them as far as pickup shoes, guide pins, motor brushes, tires, running with or without the traction magnets, ect. I'm looking for a smooth, consistent running car, and I'd like to hear more positive results from the consumers who'd just like to run them for fun -- as they are out of the box, on the AW drag strip set -- without performance issues to ruin their day. I realize that even then a pair of rear slip on silicone tires may be in order, so that's not asking too much of the consumer. Hey, maybe AW could set a new precedent and supply two pair of silicones (and an 18-22 volt power supply) with their drag race sets.
We can only ask, you never know! :>)

If I was still HO drag racing every week, I'm sure I'd be messin' around with the 4Gs and some alternate bodies a little bit more by now.
Jimmy had some photos on the website at one time, but for some reason, now there are none! A phone call may be in order.
Again, sorry for any confusion, I hope this helps explain things.
Just for the record, the body pictured in the original post doesn't look like the Flintstone version.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !! :>) -- Ernie

Ernie, I hear ya on the AW 4-Gear chassis, they really kinda suck in stock form, as all my AW Ultra-G T-Jets will beat them. And if you ever pick up the rear end, and rev a 4-Gear, they sound like a Box of Rocks shaking !
Personally, I much prefer the original Aurora Specialty chassis, even the Non MT versions, although the first (non Screw ones) had issues....but I found even THOSE issues could be solved with a bit of Safety wire wrapped around the back of the chassis. :handgestures-thumbup:
Anyway, thanks for the reply :)

Ralph -- You got it my man, gimme the Aurora A/FX Specialty chassis any day!
I'll give ya a shout if I come up with any cool aftermarket bodies for them... HAPPY NEW YEAR !! -- Ernie