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Ken Smith: Four from Ken's Collection
Ken Smith sent these pictures of four cars from his collection. One is a customized 1/24 RTR Riggen chassis
from about 1970, and the other three were scratchbuilt by Nevin Snyder.
Notice the brass rod sidepods -
those are not body mounts, fellas. We are looking at slot car Modified Stock Cars or Dirt Cars,
and those are bumpers, for fending off the inevitable collisions!
Ken wrote:
"I have attached some pictures of the slot cars for your enjoyment.
I inherited four hand built cars from a friend
of my dad's, named Nevin Snyder, who passed away this year.
I used to admire him racing his cars when I was a kid -
now I am lucky enough to own them."
Thanks, Ken, for sending pictures of these cars. This helps preserve Nevin Snyder's memory.
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Above: Four slot cars from Ken Smith's collection.
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Above: Four bodies removed.
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Above: Four chassis turned over.
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Above: Some slot car racers find the best racing in cars and classes that encourage "nerfing" -
the fine art of deslotting an opponent from the inside lane. The slot racing can get as rough-and-tumble
as the real Modifieds!
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Above: Slot cars modeled after Modifieds or Dirt Track Cars are
often built with side bumpers between the wheels, and for the same reason:
you don't want the competitor's tires 'tween there!
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Above: This racer has a guide guard made from curved brass rod.
Must be some tough racing hereabouts.
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Above: Note the wide, heavy Champion drop arm.
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Above: Here's the third chassis - these motors look powerful, too, to push these heavy chassis around.
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Above: In some forms of slot racing, it is required that the body completely hide the chassis,
when viewed from above. This rule doesn't apply to Modifieds!
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Above: I think this is a Riggen Ready-To-Race NCC Can-Am car from about 1970.
It has been customized, plumbered.
Compare with this one. |
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Above: Bottom of the Riggen RTR. (The motor is modern.)
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