Got FTE's?

Jobe Thursday, 10/20/2011

Was doing a little reorganizing last night and pulled out my collection of FTE cars. This doesn't include the loose ones...

Some dupes in there for wheel donors.

I would have more of them out of the package but I have no where to store loose cars. I need to make a cool display that my wife will tolerate!

model40fan 10/20/11

snagged [12] F T E - 1/4 mile coupes, nice rear wheels, decent engine, base works with some early ford bodies, ie. '34 del !
....wally wants $1.07 ......... wally gets...

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Jobe 10/20/11

is a 1/4mile coupe FTE a new one? I've never seen one before

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model40fan 10/20/11

yea, white with american flag graffics, chrome spokes, 5/8" rears x 3/8" fronts, ugly red headers....
wallie in auburn, maine..... need some?

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Jobe 10/20/11

oh , I've seen those...those are FTE style wheels, FTE's are gold. Yeah...those are ugly!

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JDC442 10/20/11

Wow, there's a few in there I've never seen before. And I thought I had a lot of FTEs. Which one is the white one in the second column, 5th one down? Looks sleek.

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model40fan 10/20/11

i have read that the F T E thing is that the axles are nickle plated, that it is not the wheels themselves... i've been wrong before...
what's the straight dope on them ? ?

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WorpeX 10/20/11

i have read that the F T E thing is that the axles are nickle plated, that it is not the wheels themselves... i've been wrong before...
what's the straight dope on them ? ?

You have it right. The axles are nickle plated. Their isn't any special about the wheels themselves. A few of the modders on this site actually remove the wheels from the axels so that they can use a heavier style for an added speed boost.

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redlinederby 10/20/11

Site manager

Having a stockpile of FTE axles is never a bad thing. But keep in mind a "fast" axle is only part of the equation.
http://www.redlinederby.com/2010/02/fas ... ys-faster/

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EconoCarl 10/20/11

We hit all the Walmarts and a few other stores last weekend driving to Marksville, LA (3 1/2 hr one way). I picked up just about all of the FTE's that were on the pegs! I had way to many to test last Monday night. I'll try to get a pic or an inventory later.
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Carl

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Variation-Jason 10/20/11

Wow, there's a few in there I've never seen before. And I thought I had a lot of FTEs. Which one is the white one in the second column, 5th one down? Looks sleek.

Maserati MC12 "05 First edition.

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Jobe 10/21/11

Yeah, I keep finding ones I never knew existing as well.

Wow, there's a few in there I've never seen before. And I thought I had a lot of FTEs. Which one is the white one in the second column, 5th one down? Looks sleek.

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EconoCarl 10/21/11

Here are the FTE's we picked up on our roadtrip (all except the ones uncarded and tested in Austin last Monday).

All I need is #3 & #5 to have all of the 2011 cars. Found a lot of the 2010 cars in Louisiana!

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