Dixie metal works and racing

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Very possible. I would be shocked if true. Especially Bloomquist chassis.

The guy used to work for Bloomer.

[President Clinton]

Heck Randy Sweet and CJ Rayburn should be suing everyone????????

[zeroracing]

Copyrights on Engineering proposals or plans protect your intellectual property. So a set up manual for it would be covered.

Prime example is the architect that pitched an idea for a sports themed park to Disney they passed but years later built a themed park. He won $248 million from Disney. So the debate is would a copyright if they had one on the design drawings cover it?

[Josh Bayko]

Wouldn't it be a patent instead of a copywrite? I was under the opinion that a copywrite protected the name of something ........like the mcnugget or Tide soap or whatever?

Lot of people have those same things they just can't call them that? It's more of a question, im not sure.

I think you’re probably right, it probably would be a patent. Thing is, you want to be competitve in the chassis business, you’re going to be making pretty major changes to whatever design fairly often, and I’d imagine that would have implications on the patent if they had one.

Getting a patent/copyright/trademark isn’t particularly expensive, but the process itself can be a bit of a pain in the ass. I could see it not really being worth the time in a constantly evolving business.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

No big deal. The XR1 is also a copy of a Longhorn...lol

Sure it is, just keep repeating yourself. Must really blow when the XR1 has won both championships and placed top 3 or better in the World and the DTWC.

[fastford]

I asked larry shaw a long time ago why he did not apply for a patent and he said it would be to easy to break, change a few bars that are irrelevant and you have a new product....

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Sure it is, just keep repeating yourself. Must really blow when the XR1 has won both championships and placed top 3 or better in the World and the DTWC.

Its like man and woman. Same creator.

[zyoung25]

The thing that bothers me about these cars, they're not professionally made. They look nice sitting there, i just wonder how safe they really are?

I seen a price, a bare frame was 5600, which is dirt cheap. But again, how safe are they?

[Krooser]

Who sez the guys that weld other chassis are professional? There aren't any credntials required... you need electricity, gas, a welder and tubing.

And $5600 is about right for a bare late model chassis unless it's the latest boutique piece...

BTW... I'm now taking orders for repop'd obsolete Mastersbilt chassis' without the updates.

[zyoung25]

Who sez the guys jay weld other chassis are professional? There aren't any credntials required... you need electricity, gas, a welder and tubing.

And $5600 is about right for a bare late model chassis unless it's the latest boutique piece...

BTW... I'm now taking orders for repop'd obsolete Mastersbilt chassis' without the updates.

I have to laugh at how critcal people are on here sometimes.

So youre saying i could go get a job at longhorn welding cars together on a daily basis, even though i dont know jack sh!t about welding and you would buy it? Cuz we know what that would look like after its done.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I have to laugh at how critcal people are on here sometimes.

So youre saying i could go get a job at longhorn welding cars together on a daily basis, even though i dont know jack sh!t about welding and you would buy it? Cuz we know what that would look like after its done.

There are cars built by people who don't weld all that well. You don't have to be a certified welder. Just build a car and sell it. Or weld good enough for a builder to hire you. In that case, the company is the quality control.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Its like man and woman. Same creator.

And again, never seen actual proof of that, rumors yes, but no proof. You get Mark or Kevin on record saying it, fine. And if true, no different than what Longhorn did. Actually not as bad, Longhorns were awful till Kevin, when the XR1 came out, the older Rockets were just a tick off.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

There are cars built by people who don't weld all that well. You don't have to be a certified welder. Just build a car and sell it. Or weld good enough for a builder to hire you. In that case, the company is the quality control.

And that’s scary, because you can make a weld look good, but if you haven’t actually penetrated and made a strong weld, it’s death. And can all be covered up with powder coating.

[Illtsate32]

These were mod chassis but...ive seen 4 bar brackets literally ripped off the chassis just from the welds not holding...

[Barbecueboy]

And again, never seen actual proof of that, rumors yes, but no proof. You get Mark or Kevin on record saying it, fine. And if true, no different than what Longhorn did. Actually not as bad, Longhorns were awful till Kevin, when the XR1 came out, the older Rockets were just a tick off.

Longhorn copied their own chassis.......FYI

It's way different what they did......of course they were racing a dump truck chassis.