Brass Wars Repro...NOT of the era

R….Check out the link below, unreal. I raced Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio HOPRA from 69-75 and even went to some far away races like Kentucky and Missouri just for kicks. I raced all through the Brass Wars era and never did I ever see anyone seriously try to race a car like this guy is presenting as a vintage HOPRA car. He has some good points, like the 36 rewind and the lightened clamp, which I never did because it made them to weak and you would lose the gear plate in a hard crash. But in reality nobody used anything of the Super II other than arm, magnets, 19 tooth gear, brushes and springs….

eBay: AFX BRASS PAN CHASSIS - LIKE SUPER II - RIGGEN - HOPRA (item 6026876657)
Ebay ad text: “This is a brass pan chassis slotcar. This is the style car that guys use to race in the late 60's, early 70's, before the magnet cars took over. All of you HOPRA ( H.O. Professional Racing Association) guys remember these all to well, and what a blast we had racing and building them!!! This particular car uses a Super II chassis and Super II weights along with a TCP Brass Pro Pan that is screwed to the chassis. A BIG benefit for this car is that it uses copper wire soldered from the pick-up shoes to the Super II commutator brush cups, making a direct, solid connection. All of the rivets have been removed.
Here are some other features of this car:
--Super II 19 tooth crown gear.
--Threaded axle with brass bushings (to get rid of any slop in the axle). |
--Polished aluminum rims with jam nuts.
--Super II independent polished front rims.
--Threaded guide pin allows you to raise and lower the height of the pin.
--Super II magnets.
--Lightened idler gear.
--Cluster gear has a threaded bolt to take out any wobble.
--Gear plate clamp is lightened, this also helps for easy oiling of idler gear.
--Green, Gold armature, that ohms out at 5.8 on my fluke multi tester (Very Fast)
--Super II LEXAN BODY, handpainted by ME!!
Also included is 1 #36 guage rewound armature that ohms out at 2.8, for REALLY serious racing!
The big thing with these cars is to try to add as much weight to the bottom of the chassis while trying to lighten the top as much as possible. This gives the car great handling characteristics, considering there are no traction magnets.

Why its NOT:

When we first started doing pan cars there was no Super II so there were no 19 tooth crowns. ...! Actually we always used Faller springs and brushes.

Still love the effort though!