Low Budget Race Team

[dreinecke]

Nice ones!!! Irish is still my favorite though!

[dge467]

The Irish came out nice! The coupe looks cool.

[RichD]

Ralph3rd, PA is too long of a drive for me and I do have a race in MA this weekend.

[Ralphthe3rd]

Also this past weekend, while in Allentown for the ECHORR Races, and Also from my buddy Jim Hoar, I acquired a pair of decent shape TycoPro Cobras.
Anyway, they were both missing rear axles and wheels. Now axles and wheels are not really a problem, but finding the correct Crown gear was !
FYI- the Stock TycoPro Crown Gear is 19t. And looking around for something to retrofit, I had several AW Ultra-G Thunderjet 18t Crown gears, that I picked up new, to retrofit my old JL/AW T-Jets. And well, the gear looked close, so I slid her on the Axle, and although the Gear needed Shimmed for proper mesh, it appeared to be a Perfect Replacement. And after shimming, she tested out perfectly, and was even as silent running as the OEM Gear. Also of note, if you have the early Tyco Curvehugger Cars, they use the same small crown gear as the TycoPro, and you can retrofit them as well.

[RichD]

Are you sure about those AW crown gears? I thought they were 15 tooth. Maybe Ultra Gs are different, I have never seen one of those. Aurora Super IIs had a 19 tooth crown gear and those are available from JAG Hobbies. The last time that I looked Riggen HO still had some Tyco Pro gears.

[Ralphthe3rd]

Yes Rich, I'm Sure ! And I was one of the first ones to notice the chnage two years ago. ie- shortly after they switched to the Ultra-G Neo Traction magnet chassis, they also switched out gearing to an entirely different style 18t Crown, also around that time they switched to Non Round Brushes ! YES- you read that right, the Ultra-G's now use comm Brushes with two sides lopped off flat, which kinda makes they look Square ! dunno the reasoning, could be for cooling or less friction in the Brush Bores, I dunno.
PS- and before anyone comments about Tyco Axles be a smaller diameter (.059")than Aurora Axles (.063"), This 18t Crown is from AutoWorld ! And Auto World Axles are undersize at their Journals, heck- some mic out as low as .058" !

[Ralphthe3rd]

[RichD]

I will have to make a note about those gears. I was reminded that I have a set of Riggen gears stashed away someplace. All of the Johnny Lightning/Auto World Thunderjet type cars that I have came with brushes that have a groove on the bottom and taper to a rectangular area on top. Usually those seem to work OK, but sometimes the brushes can tilt a little in the chassis so the brushes are not riding flat on the commutator. Most of the time I have replaced the stock brushes with conventional brushes that are flat on the top and bottom. I score the bottom surface to keep the brushes from spinning around.

[Ralphthe3rd]

Rich, the NEW Auto World T-Jet Brushes have the same dome and V-Groove, EXCEPT, they have LOST their 360º Cylindrical shape (that all Pancake brushes have), and NOW- have lopped off and flat sided two sides ! Which if you worried about canted brushes in their bores BEFORE, well....
LOL- just another Wonderful Auto World Product Design, that makes you.... :o

[Ralphthe3rd]

[Ralphthe3rd]

Just felt like having some fun at the Non-Sanctioned Drags....


Who Needs a stinkin Christmas Tree when ya got an Old School- Flagman !

*Sidenote- Notice Mr. Irish is now sporting some wider rear tires on deep dish Aluminum Wheels. Although the Tyco Centerlines looked cool, the rears just weren't wide enough to replicate the look of the Real 1:1 Mr. Irish in the 1970's- which didn't have no stinkin' Narrowed Rear End !


Hookin' Up :handgestures-thumbup:


Can you hear 'em hittin Redline and bangin' those gears !

[Ralphthe3rd]

Here's a little project , that was pushed aside for a year or more, and I just pulled it back out and completed it.
I received this Matchbox Pinto Modified in sad shape, as a gift from fellow HRW member- "dge467" back over a year ago.
Anyway, the Body was a bit broken, with missing windshield A pillars, a missing hood, and a bad motor and bad rear axle assembly. I crafted my own Hood, and it's removable. I added faux motor details too. I replaced the toasted 6 volt MB motor, with a Tyco Pro Motor. I used a 7 tooth pinion gear(in place of the OEM 8t) on the motor from an old Tyco Command Control chassis, which also supplied the heavy metal rear wheels, which are now fitted to a Tyco 440X2 axle, but still carrying the original MB crown gear.
The end result is a super great running car, that also looks a little different than the original M-Box Pinto Modified.
So what do you think ....?

[Ralphthe3rd]

And they were loaded up and ready to Roll, but they were STILL Kissin' ! With another waiting in the wings.... ;)


A view from the pits, sorry, the Blonde on the back of the Bike caught my eye as she passed by.... I'm easily distracted :D

[dge467]

That came out great Ralph!! You gave the old heap a new lease on life! The blonde in the first picture of you last post looks like Suzanne Somers!

[BRP32]

Hey Ralph,

Where did you get that '32 Ford coupe body from that is racing the Irish coupe?

Way cool!

I use to have a '30 model A coupe 1:1 years ago with a Big Block chevy 402, 4 speed and ford 9 inch rear. It use to haul the mail!

Wayne (Bolton's Speed Shop) :D :D :D