New Dash '36 Atlas body

[TuscoTodd]

Picked up a couple of the unpainted '36 Atlas bodies that Dash is selling. Added a little paint detail to the lights, grill, bumpers, etc on this one and have to say I am definitely happy with the look!
:)

[Ralphthe3rd]

I own (or had owned) a few myself...which I didn't leave stock, but didn't paint either...
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BTW- the spot where the spare was removed became a hole that needed filled in with Goop(chemically melted color matched plastic), which was sanded and polished to a mirror shine, so that's a reflection you see on the trunk lid, of the wall of the shop.
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[Ralphthe3rd]

I Did paint this one though, but it's not a Dash, it's a Resin Repop of the Atlas, and I not only removed the Spare, I changed the body to look more like a certain custom '40 Chevy Gasser that I grew up around in my Hometown.
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[Ralphthe3rd]

My Modded Resin '36 Coupe repop - turned Tribute build....of Mr. Irish
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[TuscoTodd]

Those look GREAT!
Really like the Mr.Irish ride!
:text-bravo:

[mrstumpyHO]

You'll have to forgive me fellas, I'm an old (in both senses of the word) "car guy." Having seen several of these 1936 Ford "three window" coupes, and dozens of the more common "five window" coupes, the Dash/Atlas body is not a particularly accurate model of the real thing. While the trunk area WAS longer on the shorter roofed three window body (side and rear windows were counted for this distinction, not the windshield) the hood was longer and rear was not even close to as long as it is on the Dash/Atlas body.

While most slot car racers wouldn't know this or care, and it IS a pretty neat body, it just doesn't look right to me. Could there be some reason the body was made this way? Clearance problems with the chassis perhaps?

Stumpy in Ahia :character-oldtimer:

[TuscoTodd]

Stumpy - I think you hit the nail on the head with the "clearance problems perhaps?" thought.
What I found, is that there is basically no room inside this body as it is now, in fact sides of the hood bind slightly on the corners of the gear plate. So I think if there was an attempt to lengthen the hood and move the passenger compartment back - it would limit the body to only fitting on one of the relatively unavailable "slim" chassis?
So while it is unfortunate that it isn't a truer representation of the 1 to 1, I will say it is nice to have a readily available, inexpensive alternate body as a running mate for the Willys. :)

[gonegonzo]

I like the option it gives you over the Willys as well . I also like the 39 Lincoln and have seen it turned into a modified .

Let's face it . There is only so much you can do for keeping scale with a body so small . I have to admit that when I seen it a the show in Richfield , it jumped out at me as a 36 Ford .

Gonzo

[Ralphthe3rd]

The Original Atlas body was made to fit the Atlas Chassis with it's Tall Box motor...it's lucky it also fits the T-Jet Chassis, although the wheelwells are modified by Dash to align them properly for a T-Jet.

Oh, and scale and precise detail is really a Joke for HO Scale slots, you need to lighten up ;)
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[Ralphthe3rd]

oh btw- the Atlas/Dash body doesn't look that far off....

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[BIG E]

Picked up two 11/22 in Parsippany, NJ and another six this weekend at the show in Morgantown, PA. Most of them are slated for major body alterations to be converted into asphalt modifieds with large tires all around. At least one will be set up as a Gasser for the 'strip. And I've still got the two resin repops I picked up a few years ago sittin' in a bag! Probably experiment on those first. Now There are two FORDS I can use for this purpose - the '36, and Aurora's original Lincoln Continental, which looks great set up for either the oval track or the dragstrip. Have fun, guys! -- Ernie :>)