I inherited my dad's 1/24 Cox (Jim Hall approved) Chaparral about 10 years ago, and it's taken me nearly that long to find a period correct driver figure till recently. But the best part is that dad's ole slotcar is still largely unassembled and has never been run (it's all there) the driver I recently scored on ebay about two weeks ago, and the original box has been MIA since about 1970. I have been building all sorts of models for 50 yrs and am going to give this jem of a car the final construction/completion it truly deserves. I may not ever get to 'run it' but (just as soon as I get ahead of some current life projects) it will get finished...and properly! So please forgive my boldness when I say I got skills (experience and all the tools) things my pop's never really had really. So in the spirit of Jim Hall, the mighty, mighty CanAm, and the ole man!
This is the only 2E that Sharp drove in competition. He drove it at Nassau in December of 1966. The suffered a wing linkage failure and crashed. It was a write-off. This was 2E-001, built on the tub of the 2C. The surviving 2E-002 would be rebuilt as the 2G-001 for the 1967 Can-Am season. The difference between 2E-001 and 2E-002 was that 001 retained the curved rockers of the 2C. 002 was built on a flat sided tub, constructed by Chevrolet R&D. Hall would drive 001 in all races, except Bridgehampton. There, Phil Hill damaged 002 and Hall gave him 001 for the race. Otherwise, Hill drove 002, including a win at Laguna Seca. Hall declined to go to Nassau. So, Sharp had 001's bodywork revised to allow for a mandatory in-race refueling and took it to Nassau. He won the Governor's Trophy race and qualified on pole for the Nassau Trophy race. This race featured a Le Mans type start. The car balked at starting, and Sharp got off nearly a lap behind. He reeled in the field, and just 2 seconds behind Donohue and Skip Scott, the wing linkage failed. It had failed on both cars at the last Can-Am race at Las Vegas. Those incidents did not cause crashes. Sharp was not so fortunate.
I had one as well where the wing was connected to motor can by a rod and motor would rock slightly in its mount activating position of wing either under acceleration or deceleration,Man that was in the late sixties and slot car racing was I thought was great in the Toronto area with every hobby shop with a track and one or two large tracks with different layouts, and suddenly the hobby died
I inherited my dad's 1/24 Cox (Jim Hall approved) Chaparral about 10 years ago, and it's taken me nearly that long to find a period correct driver figure till recently. But the best part is that dad's ole slotcar is still largely unassembled and has never been run (it's all there) the driver I recently scored on ebay about two weeks ago, and the original box has been MIA since about 1970.
I have been building all sorts of models for 50 yrs and am going to give this jem of a car the final construction/completion it truly deserves. I may not ever get to 'run it' but (just as soon as I get ahead of some current life projects) it will get finished...and properly!
So please forgive my boldness when I say I got skills (experience and all the tools) things my pop's never really had really. So in the spirit of Jim Hall, the mighty, mighty CanAm, and the ole man!
My one and only slot car when I was a kid 50 years ago was the 1/24 Cox Chaparral. Good memories of taking it to the local track and racing it.
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Great runner with a little work and some NSR tires.
This is the only 2E that Sharp drove in competition. He drove it at Nassau in December of 1966. The suffered a wing linkage failure and crashed. It was a write-off. This was 2E-001, built on the tub of the 2C. The surviving 2E-002 would be rebuilt as the 2G-001 for the 1967 Can-Am season. The difference between 2E-001 and 2E-002 was that 001 retained the curved rockers of the 2C. 002 was built on a flat sided tub, constructed by Chevrolet R&D. Hall would drive 001 in all races, except Bridgehampton. There, Phil Hill damaged 002 and Hall gave him 001 for the race. Otherwise, Hill drove 002, including a win at Laguna Seca. Hall declined to go to Nassau. So, Sharp had 001's bodywork revised to allow for a mandatory in-race refueling and took it to Nassau. He won the Governor's Trophy race and qualified on pole for the Nassau Trophy race. This race featured a Le Mans type start. The car balked at starting, and Sharp got off nearly a lap behind. He reeled in the field, and just 2 seconds behind Donohue and Skip Scott, the wing linkage failed. It had failed on both cars at the last Can-Am race at Las Vegas. Those incidents did not cause crashes. Sharp was not so fortunate.
I haven’t had my track up in years. I’m ready now thanks
I remember seeing a vintage model of these where the wing would move under braking/acceleration
I had one as well where the wing was connected to motor can by a rod and motor would rock slightly in its mount activating position of wing either under acceleration or deceleration,Man that was in the late sixties and slot car racing was I thought was great in the Toronto area with every hobby shop with a track and one or two large tracks with different layouts, and suddenly the hobby died
I really wish they made Sprint Car slot cars.....Ive never seen a modern style Sprint Slot.
Hi Harry-Can you tell me which quick slicks tires you're using. Enjoy all your videos & tips. You're the best.- Glenn
good channel and fun bro , dont know why you dont have more comments and views im ,subbed