Hi Anders
Your very welcome. I am glad you liked the care package i sent. The return springs are out of the junkyard , and off a chrysler fifth ave. I soaked them in alumaprep for an hour, rinsed them off, and polished with a fine wire wheel, then coated them with WD40.
The return spring bracket is fresh off a 67 barracuda with 273 V8. The engine is about all thats left in the shell. The small tab on it was meant to be inserted in a slot in the stock intake manifold. You will likely need to cut that off to mount it. Its supposed to be mounted with an intake manifold bolt.
The .40 caliber valve stem caps i tried selling for $20 set of 4, or $10 set of 2 for motorcycles. Nobody seemed to want them. So now i make them as gifts, and give them away once in awhile.
I originally did this as a way to recoup my losses from ammo purchases, and gun range useage fees, but it never took off. I tried making them out of brass but they tarnish easily, so now i give my brass to a friend who reloads ammo as a hobby now. Aluminum casings are one time use only, and the polished aluminum stays nicer longer.
Btw, i race slot cars as a hobby, and built a 4 lane track in my garage that folds up into the wall complete with a timer system on an old windows 95 program.
Recently bought a Tomy AFX racemasters Chapparal 2J slot car. Its super detailed for 1/64th scale. Has clear windows, an interior in it, even has a Texas licence plate on it.
Matt
2J is one of them. Really super fast and light cars but the gearboxes (in the game, at least) limit their performance. They are only 3-speed and 4-speed respectively.
