The Snoopy Sleigh Slot Car for Christmas :)

The Snoopy Sleigh Slot Car

Custom Made Side Plates

Bottom View of Sleigh
and view of chassis alone

What's really neat about it is that the tires cannot be seen at all as it moves. It really looks like it's just gliding along. It has almost 1/8th track clearance (maybe a little less). It seems big, but it was tough getting the chassis to fit. Very small area to work with. Notice the front axle is actually the motor's magnet bolt hole. I enlarged it to take the axle, (independent) and it also serves to hold the motor together. The side plates are soldered to the rear carrier, and two brackets that screw into the side of the Aristocraft motor.

The bevels are wearing in nicely, and work great. The pickup shoe did pose some problems, I had to enlarge the area in the front of the sleigh to give it more room. The shot of the bottom of the sleigh before the chassis was put in shows I hadn't cut that area yet. I thought it would fit, but when it came time to assemble it all, it just wouldn't turn.....so out came the Dremel tool again.

Where did Snoopy come from? He was a Whitman's candy toy last Christmas. I bought him at King Kullen, hoping I could convert it to slots. I have another that I put a light in, and it glows beautifully under the tree. Nice thick shiny plastic which is virtually unbreakable. He's a little top heavy, so you can't floor him around the turns, but I don't plan on entering any competitions with him, so that's not a factor. As long as he doesn't get up too much speed, he's fine. It's kind of funny to watch it deslot though. The sleigh just sort of tips ever so slightly, and just comes  to a stop. The sleigh is so wide compared to the wheelbase, and height of the wheels, it never turns over, it just rises up out of the slot, and stops!