What's New, from 2004:

From Scratchbuilt.com's What's New column.
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Dec. 12, 2004 - Professional racer and slot car collector Ron Hershman sends images of his first chassis, plus chassis built by Bob Cozine and Philippe de Lespinay, and a very famous chassis - John Cukras' Old Reliable!

Dec. 12, 2004 - From Craig Supplee come pictures of his Vintage Brass Pan Chassis and his Wire Wing Car Chassis. Award-winner!

Dec. 12, 2004 - Proxy racers from Russell Sheldon include this Audi R8, a red Lancia- Ferrari and Two More Proxy Racers. Russell earns his Frequent Contributor page, which has Russell Sheldon's Slot Car Biography, too. Happy Holidays!

Dec. 3, 2004 - The Popsicle Stick Wing Car is from Steve Okeefe - Wooden you know!

Dec. 3, 2004 - Three chassis and a controller from Sal Napolitano. So vintage!

Dec. 3, 2004 - I have added seven more vintage chassis to My Collection including: a GP Chassis, a Brass and Wire Scale Chassis, the Triangular Truck Chassis, the Solder Blob, a Sports Car Chassis, another GP Chassis, and a new Chassis of the Month.

Nov. 26, 2004 - A big feast for HO scale fans! Michael Eckstein shows us two cars from his collection, the Quincy Anglewinder and the Quincy Inline. Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 26, 2004 - Michael Eckstein created CAD drawings and interactive 3-D renderings of four HO chassis. We get more hi-tech all the time!

Nov. 26, 2004 - Here's some gravy for your turkey - see this interesting vintage chassis from Steve Okeefe's collection.

Nov. 24, 2004 - Seven! Russ Toy contributed seven new slot cars, including a Ferrari 330 P4, a Chaparral 2E, a Gurney Eagle F1, a Ferrari 348tb, a Lola T-70, the Cartoon Slot Car, and the STP Lola Turbine Car. Go Russ!

Nov. 24, 2004 - By contributing a large number of items over the past two years, Russ Toy gets his own page. Thanks again, Russ!

Nov. 19, 2004 - I have started a new section called Scratchbuilder's Parts. Identifications and contributions are welcomed!

Nov. 17, 2004 - Ezio Scisco sends a report on the Turin 2004 Vintage Slot Car Meet. An awesome gathering of vintage equipment!

Nov. 17, 2004 - See Robert Blaschke bring an old anglewinder chassis back to life.

Nov. 17, 2004 - Here is John Warren's Ferrari, riding on his hand-formed brass chassis.

Nov. 12, 2004 - Steve Okeefe shows us his beautiful vintage-style Porsche Retro Racer.

Nov. 12, 2004 - Russell Sheldon contributed pictures of two of his recent proxy cars, as inspiriation!

Nov. 12, 2004 - Larry Geddes gives the theory behind his 2002 Marconi Proxy chassis.

Nov. 12, 2004 - See four vintage chassis from Ray Martinez' collection. We try to discover who scratchbuilt with square front axle tubes.

Sep. 27, 2004 - I've posted SlotNotes 2, with Emott's Parts List, the Billy Boy Super Jet, and Bulent Cavusoglu's 4wd Nissan with its unusual drivetrain.

Sep. 25, 2004 - Five updates: The scratch builder of John Young's chassis emailed, hello to Graham Sampson.

My Collection #60 resembles a certain Chris Chan chassis.

Found an ad showing Quiz chassis 46 is K&B.

Found ads for 2 chassis from Adam & Sons.

On the Contact Page, I posted a list of Contribution Guidelines.

Sep. 9, 2004 - Mark Misegadis sends pictures of his Tasmania Tiger Proxy Chassis, with its all-modern design. But what did Customs think?

Sep. 9, 2004 - Here's an Indy Turbine Car with a scratchbuilt chassis, this time from Charles Rickards. We just love this car!

Sep. 5, 2004 - Bertil Berggren investigates the story behind the zany dual-motored Swedish Thingie, also known as Ronny 'Spader' Hellquist's Flat-Iron Car.

Sep. 5, 2004 - Here are four recent chassis From Graham Windle's Soldering Block, plus an unusual find.

June 26, 2004 - HO Scratchbuilding, as it appeared in the vintage slot car magazines!
(Update, added pg. 3)
(Update, added pg. 6)

June 26, 2004 - New! Ken Webster contributes images of his HO scale Caprice. Honey he shrunk the car!

June 26, 2004 - See two of Steve Okeefe's HO Scale scratchbuilt chassis. Let's get small!

June 26, 2004 - Noted with great sadness is the passing of our frequent contributor, totoslot, Thomas Sasse.

May 12, 2004 - John Young would like help identifying four 1/32 brass chassis.
Updated May 22, 2004 by John Secchi
Updated Sept. 6, 2004 by Graham Sampson

May 10, 2004 - Joe Palermo powder-coats his chassis - Check this!

May 10, 2004 - Here is Russ Toy's STP Indy Turbine. Whoosh!

May 10, 2004 - Two vintage chassis from Duane Kennard's collection - a John Skeels Twist-O-Flex and JB Baxter's Concours chassis. Cool, Duane!

May 5, 2004 - Darryl built this 60s American Modified with a scale chassis. I hope we see more from down under!

May 5, 2004 - Ezio Scisco sends pictures of his Vintage NASCAR slot car collection. Awesome!

May 5, 2004 - Here are Bits and Pieces of slot car history, contributed by our readers!

May 5, 2004 - I added two more outlines to the Speedway ID page.

Mar. 19, 2004 - A while back, Al Pollack wrote these reminisces about Racing at Polk's!

Mar. 19, 2004 - Here are pictures of my own really shiny chassis, in My Collection 61. Sure reflects well!

Mar. 18, 2004 - We all need help Identifying Those Really Shiny Chassis. This two-page article might help. Or it might not. You'll see!

Mar. 6, 2004 - This vintage sports car chassis hides under a beautiful blue body.

Updated Sept. 25, 2004.

Mar. 6, 2004 - Primitive wire chassis with two motors. Check out this arrangement!

Mar. 5, 2004 - The Fifth Chassis Quiz began March 5.

Most answers added May 5. Please add to our knowledge base, and have fun!

Mar. 5, 2004 - Despite lightweight chassis like this one in My Collection 58, as a scratchbuilding material, sheet aluminum really never caught on.

Feb. 16, 2004 - To follow up on Duane's controller page, we take A Look Inside Several Vintage Controllers.

Feb. 14, 2004 - Andy Smith, aka Professor Motor, sends pics of a Vintage-style Brass Rod Chassis - Very nice!

Feb. 12, 2004 - Doug Azary built a vintage space frame chassis to ride under his 68 Petty Plymouth. Check it out!

Feb. 12, 2004 - Duane Kennard sends pictures of his Scratchbuilt Controller. Oh no, they've invaded!

Feb. 12, 2004 - Doug Azary squeezes Four Motors under a Ford GT40 - See how!

Feb. 12, 2004 - I posted a new Chassis of the Month, The Black Ferret - Enjoy!

Feb. 11, 2004 - I posted new pictures of my 1/32 Brass Pan Anglewinder, after I gave it a much-needed bath.

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