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Submitted by colin on Tue, 2013-01-08 12:35
Another pair of eBay wins, the Chevelle SS is a really nice body but fitted with a crappy AW chassis, on the upside it came with a very nice Brass Pan weight for the t-jet, I also won a cobra-mite body which goes with the AFX 2 super chassis I won, all for $25 when I've seen them for sale for $200 plus, so I'm a happy boy!
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Not to be Picky, but...
Posted by Plymouth71 on Tue, 2013-01-08 13:41That is an Autoworld Nova, not a Chevelle. Nice Cobramite Body.
The beatings will continue until morale improves- The Captain
Super II
Posted by Mikey Guindon on Tue, 2013-01-08 13:54Nice, great deal on that super II, the Nova is a bonus.
Mikey Guindon
Super II
Posted by colin on Tue, 2013-01-08 19:09It's American FFS! You want to argue the difference between a Mk 1 and Mk 2 Escort or a Capri 3l Ghia and a Capri 2.8i then I'm yer man but that stuff you drove way back when over there, what do I know?? It's got SS on the nose, and it's cute, I wanted the plate really but I've stuck it on an old chassis.
If only my car accelerated like my T-Jet!
Chevys
Posted by Scorner on Tue, 2013-01-08 21:20The Nova is a 110" wheelbased X-Body car.
The Chevelle is a 115"wheelbased A-Body car.
Let's just go bowling!
Scorner
Chevys
Posted by colin on Tue, 2013-01-08 23:04Now you're showing off! We had a thing called a Chevette but that was normaly called a Shove it!
If only my car accelerated like my T-Jet!
We Had Those, Too!
Posted by Stig McQueen on Sat, 2013-02-09 19:09We had a Chevette in the US, too. Not sure if it was the same car, but it was pretty much the same experience...
I just do what the voices in my wife's head tell her to tell me to do.
Different Names
Posted by BarryO on Wed, 2013-01-09 08:24Talking about strange names, has anyone seen the Dash Motorsports Caramel (Camaro) and Chebelle (Chevelle) bodies on Jag Hobbies site.
Cobramite Honker II Body
Posted by mgbbrown on Wed, 2013-01-09 20:15Colin; The Cobramite Honker II is quite a haul! It is not lexan but it's precursor polybutylrate which looks the same but is far more brittle. The bodies themselves were from Lancer molds made by Lloyd Asbury who was then and is now a legend-his bodies are the gold standard. Lloyd is still alive and making bodies. Cobramite along with Dynabrute and Riggen were the three companies that challenged Aurora with their inline and anglewinder brass pan chassis. Tycopro was the most successful in that design type and our Patric Dennis had his hand in that stew. As for their bodies- they were sold individually in a hang display of six bodies and came with an adaptor clip for clamping to the gearplate of an Aurora Thunderjet. They work best if the original gear clamp is retained and
the Cobramite clip placed over it. Wizzard sells the clamps should you need them. The painting was done to help sell to those not inclined to decorate their own cars, but it is interesting in that it represents the fogging that David Bloom made popular. A Lancer Lexan body is below. 
God Bless! Tony mgbbrown
Always drink upstream from the herd. -Will Rogers
Lancer body
Posted by Mikey Guindon on Sun, 2013-02-10 10:33Very nice, they look good. I have a few Lancer bodies for T jets, and was wondering what glue to use to glue in the screw mounts inside the body?? I dont want to use the wrong stuff and melt the body.
Mikey Guindon
Lancer Mounts for T-jet
Posted by Brooklands on Sun, 2013-02-10 12:55Mikey,
It has been about 1/2 century since I mounted a Lancer body on a T-jet, but I do not think I ever had to glue the screw mounts to the body. It was more of a friction thing that kept the body held on by the gray plastic screw mounts.
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Cobramite Device
Posted by Scorner on Mon, 2013-02-11 12:47I haven't seen the grey friction fit screw mounts in a long time. I actually wish I had a few. That's the way I remember them too. The other option was the Cobramite clips. They can still be purchased through Wizzard. Here are a couple of pics. These work by replacing the top plate clip. Tomy has some pictures, I'm sure he will share with us, showing the clip in place. You can see them through the clear cockpits of Tony's Honkers.
A small bit of trivia about the name Cobramite. In the original "Star Trek" series "The Cobramite Maneuver" is the name of an episode. I don't know who coined the name first, but maybe Gene Roddenberry was a slot car fan. I think the converse is more likely true.
Let's just go bowling!
Scorner
Lancer body mounts
Posted by Mikey Guindon on Sun, 2013-02-10 19:11Thanks for the info on the subject, I will give it a try.
Mikey Guindon
I think you mean Corbomite
Posted by Plymouth71 on Mon, 2013-02-11 12:28The Star Trek reference is Corbomite Device, not Cobramite. Don't ask me how I know that...
The beatings will continue until morale improves- The Captain
Cobramite History
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 2013-02-11 12:52For what it's worth - Lius Graziano showed me his new product before introduction and asked my opinion of it. I tried to be kind and diplomatic.
What year....
Posted by Scorner on Mon, 2013-02-11 16:14was that approximately, Patrick?
Let's just go bowling!
Scorner
Re: Cobramite History
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 2013-02-11 16:57Now you are asking a difficult question - I honestly cannot remember the year. Checkout the old Car Model magazine for it's intro and subtract 2 months for leadtime. As a wild guess, I would say 1971.
Another funny story - Luis Graziano sent an unsolicited full box of these to the KMart buyer - our Tyco VP of sales happened to be in that buyer's office when he opened the package. He asked our salesman (who, out of respect, I will not name) if these were any good. After hearing "no", he simply dropped the entire box in his trash.
Pat Dennis
I (once again) will mention my 1/24 Cobra..
Posted by mkgcars on Mon, 2013-02-11 21:13Below, a picture of my 1/24 Cobra, which I believe is a Phaze II. I bought (okay dad bought it for me) back around '71 - it cost around $12.
The below is the original body, but it's gotten a bit brittle and so I don't run it any longer. A couple of years ago I did have a vintage Kirby Lola body painted to resemble the original paint job (the painter made the black portions quite a bit wider than the original, but it looks good).
The original tires were orange - I have them somewhere. The original Mura Group 12 motor is nowhere near as quick as today's Group 12's, but in it's day it was the bomb. I periodically run it on the black 1/32-1/24 track at Modelville, using homemade silicone over sponge tires.
-matt
Cobramite
Posted by colin on Thu, 2013-02-21 19:39The Thunder Road bodies that are around still have the friction/scre mounts but they are not very secure, the Cobramite body clips are still out there and easy to reproduce, thanks for the thread guys, excellent reading and interesting, concentrating on building brass pan/Riggen cars now, painting Lexan is a whole new experience although I am producing some Bullitt Mustang T-jets that'll be Fray legal and go on eBay to fund my HO slot addictions!!
If only my car accelerated like my T-Jet!