ssmtyper

pics are worth 1000 word as I know almost nothing about it. Lol

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I will post lots more pics when I am near wifi as it is taking foreverrrrrrr. Lol

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I have found a VERY small amount of information on this.  But NOTHING with the 240z body only the porche 917 body. ... this is a kit never played with.. the body is NOT painted. It does have an engine but no electronics or controller. It does have the originall instructions and even an extra carb in case with instructions.

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N1EDM

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I'm not a car person but I'd like to watch this if you're going to do a build on it. Sorry that I'm no help with any information on the car. Which engine is in there (love the pipes).

I'll be lurking in the shadows watching this.

Thanks, and happy 4th!

Bob

TFF

I remember the little 1/8 page ads in RCM as a kid. I loved to look at the chunky tires. I was 4-5 when the last of the big slot cars and tether cars were being run by the big kids so it always made me think of those. You need a new in box Futaba wheel radio and display together.

spaceworm

Looks to be an air-bleed carb with coupled exhaust shutter in the pipe manifold. "very Interesting"

spaceworm

Check this out: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1446967

BTW are you trying to sell this car?

Good luck.

ssmtyper

check this out.... ( NOT my car but VERY simular except mine has never been ran)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUcak...ature=youtu.be

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http://www.savage-central.com/module...ote=viewresult

iflyj3

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Put it on eBay and you will get the right price.

c5boy

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I had one of those around 1975 with the 917 body. A Can-Am driver by the name of Oscar Koveleski had a mail order business by the name of Auto World I believe. He sold some of the first r/c cars and anything to do with model cars. They were a lot of fun. This is not a lot of help but gets you close to the date they were around.

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Auto World. WOW that brings back memories. The store was in Scranton, Pa. and I used to go there in the mid-late '70's .
http://www.oscarsautoworld.com/

By the looks of a few of the completed Ebay listings you may have a few bucks in that box.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Radio-Contro...mplete=1&rt=nc


Looking through this it is a Sidewinder chassis and the kit is from 1971 and probably has a VECO 19 glow engine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1971-VINTAGE-DYNAMIC-Models-Catalog-1-8-scale-RC-to-HO-slot-cars-Mint-/310674166544?pt=US_Radio_Control_Control_Line&hash =item48559f9310&nma=true&si=ZGmhth6aW%252Bb2HktKXT 9oRvSRW14%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p20476 75.l2557

rcguy59

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That is a Veco .19 engine in your photo. I still have one.

KenD

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I have two Heathkit cars with Veco .19 engines that are very similar to the car you have.

ssmtyper

Thanks for the link to the catalog that is way coolre"> ! I guess this will have to be one of those things that I will just have to put a price on and see what happens.

ssmtyper

here is the extra carb I mentioned.. I decided I will make a video and post it to youtube soon... I will add the link here when I do

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUmr...e_gdata_player

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Not too many kits like your Dynamic 917 would exist today. As I understand it, racing RC cars started around 1967 when ROAR was founded. Finally having proportional radios with feedback servos might have finally made the difference. There were several other early car designs that predate cars from the 70's. I've got a Ra/Car that was made in 1968 that also used a .19 sized engine. It is styled like an Indy car (open wheel) and has a two speed transaxle that a third servo shifted. Fortunately it destroyed receiver crystals about as fast as I could install them, so it didn't get much abuse. I saw one go on the auction site for around $2K a few years ago, so I guess the last 43 years in a box has been a good investment of time.

jaymen

Dynamic made slot cars, and many of the first gas powered cars were made by slot car companies like Associated. Gil Losi Jr and Cliff Lett, or the guys from Delta, or Big Jim of Checkpoint would be able to tell you more about them, as they were all heavily involved in gas car racing. We used to see them running at the Briggs Cunningham museum parking lot, and at the Ranch, where gas car racing got it's start on the West Coast in the late 1960s. Gene Hustings and Mike Reedy are sadly gone, but I bet Doug Henline (Douglas Wheels) could tell you about that car, he did it all back in the day. If you go to slotblog, you will find people who can tell you alot more. The slotcar guys know all about the R/C car revolution because that is where many of them went when the slot car market collapsed in '67. Also try looking up Phillipe Delespinay, who runs the Los Angeles slot car museum, and has a website. John Cukras and Mike Stuebe are also good contacts who hang out at the Buena Park slotcar raceway, and can get you in touch with the other oldtimers as they all are good buddies.

Gil Horstman, and John Broadbeck (K&B) were avid slotcar, gas car, and go kart racers back then too, as was Doug Henline, so all of these guys were connected.

Trisquire

'67. That's right about the time that RC equipment started becoming reliable and priced for the average guy.

ssmtyper

Bringing this topic back from Years ago as I still have this car but dont really know much more about it. it seems the 240Z body is basically the Last of its kind in existance.. LOL .. any help is highly appreciated