[JOHN SECCHI]

Howmet
Thats a very nice and well built chassis, should work a treat at the next Tottenham Retro race at NLondon. The rules give inline cars a weight advantage [100g] compared to anglewinders [120g] , Ian Fisher at our club has a similar design [3 rail with drop arm] which is up there with some of the anglewinders!. There are some nice repro bodies for your chassis by Lancer and Russkit [see Chas Keeling at SCD he might still have a few, not cheap but nice], these are sort of semi scale but look really good once spayed up. I notice you have one of the new "translucent" Jet Flags fitted, some people have noticed that they can give lap counting problems on certain tracks that use photocells so its worth checking next time you use it
[oneofwos]

 

[JOHN SECCHI]

Howmet
From memory the standard "Chinese" Super 16D motor is eligable and probably performs as well as any period "Hot" motor!
Regarding your Dyna armature, there is a supplier in the States called Fastrax [go to Cyberslot and click on "Parts Counter" then see the vintage page on the drop menu] that had a good selection of vintage motor parts, don't know if he still has them but he did have the old "one hole" Champion 517 cans with the big bronze bearing in black and chrome [like the Holy Smoke motor] and the bullit proof endbells, he also had the same in Champion 617 [26D] bits but in this case he also had Arco's with the shims! worth a try.
Have not built much retro for a while apart from a "Buzco" all brass iso/drop arm anglewinder kit but i do intend to build a 4" inline [no pans] chassis, thinking of doing a copy of the Terry Schmitt chassis that PDL posted somewhere, are there any more pictures of this chassis anywhere [Mag articles?]
Cheers
[oneofwos]