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Can anyone help me find an article. IIRC it was an issue of RCCA and they did a 1955 Chevy "Shoebox" build. I remember reading that article over and over as a kid it has to be either RCCA or RC Modeler but they didn't do a lot with cars. I'm pretty sure this article was pre 1990. I've downloaded all the old scans and just can not find it.

Please help me if you can!

I'll look through my old collection of RCCA and see if I can find it. I remember the article because I was going to do a similar build. I still have the '55 Chevy body somewhere.

Oct. '87 RCCA has the article you're looking for.

I happened to know this because that issue is the Sprint Car special and I've looked through it a bunch for my last build.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

That would also explain why I couldn't find it as that is one of the few issues that isn't available in the historical archive section on RCCA's website!

I knew I wasn't entirely crazy! Well now to hunt down that issue!

Thanks again!

I have a PDF of that issue. PM me you email and I'll send it to you

teman wrote:I have a PDF of that issue. PM me you email and I'll send it to you

Thank you but I was able to track a pdf of it down thanks to this site so the tribute build will start soon. Finding a Hornet shouldn't be a problem but sourcing the wheel/tire combo and a bolink 55 chevy body might take some time.

The search begins!

Please don't tell my wife!

You can buy the body from RJ Speed still. They're the old Bolink molds.

http://www.rccarkings.net/bodies.htm

Phin wrote:You can buy the body from RJ Speed still. They're the old Bolink molds.

http://www.rccarkings.net/bodies.htm

Yeah I have seen those on ebay. I didn't realize that they are the same molds. Good to know, thanks!

Glad you found it! I dug up my old issue (Oct 87) and was gonna scan it for you but I guess you're good to go. I should go track down that body and see if I can find it, it's the original Bolink body. Good luck on your build, can't wait to see how it turns out.

steelhead wrote:Glad you found it! I dug up my old issue (Oct 87) and was gonna scan it for you but I guess you're good to go. I should go track down that body and see if I can find it, it's the original Bolink body. Good luck on your build, can't wait to see how it turns out.

Thanks for the help. I don't know how long this is going to take as like a lot of us on here I do have a few other projects but I am excited about this one and am actively sourcing a hornet and wheels and tires. I will update as parts start arriving and the build begins.

For those that are interested here is the article and basically what I plan on doing. Hopefully I will be able to build it as close to specs as possible but a few things might be hard to source, mostly the wheels and tires and a true bolink 55 Chevy body.

After the 55 Chevy you can do the Petty Grand National (Feb. 88 issue) and Grumpy's Toy VI (March '88).

They're basically the same Grasshopper/Hornet builds with different bodies and wheels.

I have quite a few of the twinn-k/Aj's tires and wheels

Get me some dimensions on what you would like and I probably have them or something close

Can't wait for ya to build this one...I luv the shoebox...

nice mag pics.. when i was a kid i knew someone that had a hornet with that body in blue with the same wheels and tires.. thanks for the flashback