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Here's my latest, slowly taking form in the cold, cold basement:


'34 Ford five-window by AMT, 1/25, powered by an SCX Pro Speed 20k motor. I think it is slower than the H&R Hawk 19k motor. Rear tires are Ortmann repro Monograms on vintage aluminum wheels (Ranalli). Fronts are H&R with Dynamic wide-fives (sort of) used as inserts. The whole wheel fits inside the H&R wheel.

I used 1/16" brass cross tubes to mount the body, with steel wire pins, and bent the ends down to look like braces for the running boards/side nerfs.

This thing rattles like crazy. It is a Jalopy.

Thanks -- I had to wire the hood down because it is hinged with tape! At the end of the straight the car was going so "fast" it would lift up, and block the driver's vision.

I think any motor around 18-20k, with <150 gcm torque would be fine for a proxy, but if it has a more powerful motor, it should have a plastic model of a 580HP big block. At least.