When
the idea for a resurrection of Riggen HO cars first came to light, the idea was
to recreate these cars for collectors using original molds made by Gordon
Brimhall for Riggen and recreating the original Riggen HO chassis as carefully
as possible. Every effort was made
to have the chassis and gears made true to the original designs.
It soon became apparent that the original design was fairly flawed and
buyers wanted to race these cool 1970’s Brass Era cars.
Since then RiggenHO has instituted dozens of improvements in both design
and use of modern materials to make the new RiggenHO cars light years better
than the originals. The most recent
improvement is the series 4000 and soon to be series 5000 chassis.
This chassis utilizes the dropped motor design first instituted by Gala
Industries after they bought Riggen industries AND includes rear axle bushings
for a smoother ride and better lubrication of the rear axle.
The dropped motor design also gives the car some limited magnetic
downforce from the motor further improving performance.
This newer style chassis is in stock and available $24.99.
For the serious racer a pin tube shaker plate with pins is now also
available for $9.99.
Old
style RiggenHO chassis on the left, new drop motor (Gayla style) on the right
I also
have two new lines of HO bodies. These
are for the collector and the magnet car racer and are extremely detailed. The
first are from Slot Car Innovations aka, Rich Picard.
Some of you may have met Rich at the 5th Riggen HO Challenge
here at the store. Rich’s bodies
are available as unfinished kits for $19.99.
I am having several professionally finished and they will be offered as
complete rolling vehicles when they are done.
Pictures and prices to follow. My
first offering of these cars is a Porsche 908/3, see kit pictures and a sample
finished picture below. In
addition I will be offering Classic Birdcage Maseratis as both body kits and
rolling vehicles. Kits are in stock, finished cars are 3-4 weeks out.
These bodies fit
Slot
Car Innovations beautiful Birdcage Maserati Kit
From
C&R I have several body kits:
1970
Porsche 917LH fits a Tomy Super G+ with no body clip long wheelbase
C&RBod5
1971 Porsche 917LH fits Tomy SG+ chassis, short wheel base, no body clip)
1998
Porsche GT1 Tomy SG+ chassis (LWB, no body clip)A spoiler comes with the kit.
1998
Nissan R390 Tomy SG+ chassis (LWB, no body clip). A spoiler, mirrors, and wheel
inserts come with the kit.
C&RBod2Ferrari
F430 Tomy SG+ chassis (LWB, with body clip) A spoiler comes with the kit.
Corvette
C6R Tomy SG+ chassis (LWB, no body clip) Spoiler comes with the kit.
These
kits are very nice, but not as crisp as the Slot Car Innovations kits.
Kits are $19.99 and finished rolling vehicles will follow.
Prices will be announced and pictures posted when they become available
in 3-4 weeks.
C&R
Porsche GT1 with wing kit
Thanks and see you soon. Joe