For this listing we offer a Famous Pactra Hemi 400 X-98 with dual end armature High Performance Motor Vintage 1966 slot car motor. New Old Stock made in Japan for Pactra in the 1960's
New Old Stock. The motor has a 16 tooth pinion with lead wires and pick-up guide clips also called Igarashi Motors, in-line or sidewinder application. SEE PICS.
Stock Igarashi Type 2 ( Mid 1966) Open can corners, flush can tabs, two can mount screw holes Called Pactra Hemi 400 X98 .
When Igarashi issued their can motors in 1966, their manufacturing quality compared to that of Mabuchi’s was quite superior, but it had several engineering flaws that reduced its appeal to customers, besides having a higher retail price.
The armature stacks were made of better silicone steel material with thinner laminations, and had a better quality commutator than that of its Japanese competitor. Its magnets were also quite superior to that of the Mabuchi motors. Its endbell was made of a more brittle but much more heat resistant material than that of the Mabuchi.
The endbell is retained by four tabs stamped in the one-piece drawn can, folded in cavities molded on the Bakelite endbell witrh twin shafts .
For Your Info:
(Can Driven) Pinion armature comes out the Can end of the motor. .
(Head Driven) Pinion armature comes out the Head end of the motor.
My Dad owned a Hobby Shop that closed in the early 1970's, and he kept some of the more interesting slot cars and accessories from that era. The items I am listing are in most cases, near new or gently used. I have taken many pictures to show every angle and have tried to describe all features and/or flaws to the best of my ability. Please email with any questions specific to something I may have missed. Please check my other listings as I will be selling many cars, accessories and track in all three scales-- HO, 1/32nd, and 1/24th. If you don't see the car or part you are looking for, please email me. If I have it, I will list it for you. Many of the items in my inventory are NEW OLD STOCK.
These items come from a non-smoking environment.
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