Post by Pete Shepherd on Aug 28, 2015 21:51:30 GMT
This is something I put together earlier this year but have never shown it anywhere (that I can remember!). The slot car is made by Strombecker and is one of their rarer bodies but not that difficult to find. This one sits on their adjustable brass chassis and runs fairly well.
Unfortunately the original screen was damaged so a vacformed copy was sourced from RMS resins.
History of the real car (taken from the web)
Bob Mckee began his career as one of Chicago's better known speed shops, catering to the dragster and stock car market. He had built a Chevy and a Pontiac for Tiny Lund and then joined the Pontiac stock car team. He then became interested in Indy cars and was Dick Rathman's crew chief for two seasons. Roger Ward decided to go road racing, purchased a Cooper chassis and Bob Mckee was given the job of building the car. Installing an aluminum block Buick, McKee determined that existing transaxles weren't man enough for the job and designed the McKee transaxle. He continued to provide race preparation and fabrication for customers like Augie Pabst and Charlie Hayes while also working on Indy cars.
As his reputation developed he was commissioned to build specials to order and by late 1965 had produced 5 such cars, all different, including the Chevettes of Dick Doane and Jerry Hansen featuring Chevy power. He also produced the LMD, powered by a Ford 427 stock car engine, and a Plymouth hemi special. All of the cars featured tube frames and aluminum bodies.
Beginning with the sixth car McKee switched to fibreglass bodywork and series production, embarking on a run of three cars, of which this car is the first. The McKee Mk VI was introduced at the 1966 SCCA National Convention. This car is the show car. The car was originally owned and raced by Budd Clusserath on the Cro-Sal Racing team w/Gene Crowe as mechanic. It competed in SCCA events in the Midwest from 1966 through 1968, driven by Budd Clusserath and Dr. DeJarld. The car appeared in CAN-AM competition in 1969 (as #64) and 1970 (as #33) driven by Chuck Frederick, at venues including Edmonton, Elkhart Lake, Laguna Seca, Riverside (Texas), and Donnybrook. In 1970 the car had a distinctive red, white and blue livery not pictured in the photos.
The cars were known in their time for a very high quality of craftsmanship and extensive use of domestically sourced parts, to minimize the problem of foreign parts replacement. The only non-U.S. source parts on the car are the steering rack, dampers, and hydraulic master cylinders.
There were only four marques which won points in the 1966 USRRC series, two British; McLaren and Lola, and two American, Genie and McKee.
Thanks,
Pere
Unfortunately the original screen was damaged so a vacformed copy was sourced from RMS resins.
History of the real car (taken from the web)
Bob Mckee began his career as one of Chicago's better known speed shops, catering to the dragster and stock car market. He had built a Chevy and a Pontiac for Tiny Lund and then joined the Pontiac stock car team. He then became interested in Indy cars and was Dick Rathman's crew chief for two seasons. Roger Ward decided to go road racing, purchased a Cooper chassis and Bob Mckee was given the job of building the car. Installing an aluminum block Buick, McKee determined that existing transaxles weren't man enough for the job and designed the McKee transaxle. He continued to provide race preparation and fabrication for customers like Augie Pabst and Charlie Hayes while also working on Indy cars.
As his reputation developed he was commissioned to build specials to order and by late 1965 had produced 5 such cars, all different, including the Chevettes of Dick Doane and Jerry Hansen featuring Chevy power. He also produced the LMD, powered by a Ford 427 stock car engine, and a Plymouth hemi special. All of the cars featured tube frames and aluminum bodies.
Beginning with the sixth car McKee switched to fibreglass bodywork and series production, embarking on a run of three cars, of which this car is the first. The McKee Mk VI was introduced at the 1966 SCCA National Convention. This car is the show car. The car was originally owned and raced by Budd Clusserath on the Cro-Sal Racing team w/Gene Crowe as mechanic. It competed in SCCA events in the Midwest from 1966 through 1968, driven by Budd Clusserath and Dr. DeJarld. The car appeared in CAN-AM competition in 1969 (as #64) and 1970 (as #33) driven by Chuck Frederick, at venues including Edmonton, Elkhart Lake, Laguna Seca, Riverside (Texas), and Donnybrook. In 1970 the car had a distinctive red, white and blue livery not pictured in the photos.
The cars were known in their time for a very high quality of craftsmanship and extensive use of domestically sourced parts, to minimize the problem of foreign parts replacement. The only non-U.S. source parts on the car are the steering rack, dampers, and hydraulic master cylinders.
There were only four marques which won points in the 1966 USRRC series, two British; McLaren and Lola, and two American, Genie and McKee.
Thanks,
Pere
