A neighbor (a professonal auto mechanic, ex-racer, former Shelby Mustang owner and currently the owner of three high performance collector cars) who is into model car building and collects old model car kits, gave me an unexpected gift.
A 1/24th scale clear Studebaker Avanti slot car body. It was made by Hawk in 1965.
The vacuformed body is just glued to card stock. You have to cut away the lower body and wheel wells from the base.
The back of the card gives instructions on how to paint it from the inside. Appearently, thatkept the paint from cracking and peeling after the inevitable track mishaps.
I remember my brother (a very talented model builder in his day) had a painted clear body he took to the local track at the Truman Corners shopping center south of Kansas City.
What's also fun is to see the company the Avanti kept...at least in the eyes of the hawk model company slot car division.
The other cars they list on the back of the card are: 57 Ford T-Bird, Chevy Corsa, Ford Cobra GT (the Daytona Coupe), Corvette "Fast back", Lotus 23, Ford Falcon Sprint, 41 Willys, 39 mercedes W163 (The "Silver Arrows" GP car), Ford GT, Cobra, Porsche RS-60. Oddly, no Mustang.
So obviously, the Avanti was thought of as a performance car.
A 1/24th scale clear Studebaker Avanti slot car body. It was made by Hawk in 1965.
The vacuformed body is just glued to card stock. You have to cut away the lower body and wheel wells from the base.
The back of the card gives instructions on how to paint it from the inside. Appearently, thatkept the paint from cracking and peeling after the inevitable track mishaps.
I remember my brother (a very talented model builder in his day) had a painted clear body he took to the local track at the Truman Corners shopping center south of Kansas City.
What's also fun is to see the company the Avanti kept...at least in the eyes of the hawk model company slot car division.
The other cars they list on the back of the card are: 57 Ford T-Bird, Chevy Corsa, Ford Cobra GT (the Daytona Coupe), Corvette "Fast back", Lotus 23, Ford Falcon Sprint, 41 Willys, 39 mercedes W163 (The "Silver Arrows" GP car), Ford GT, Cobra, Porsche RS-60. Oddly, no Mustang.
So obviously, the Avanti was thought of as a performance car.
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