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Can you elaborate on a vac former.. what is that?
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It's a box with holes drilled in the top and a vacuum hose hooked to one side. Plastic sheets are heated until they soften, are placed over a form in the center top of the box and the vacuum is turned on. This pulls the soft plastic down tight to the form. Type vacuum former into google and you'll find plans to build one.
As to bodies, I've found that Tyco 440 Magnum series slot car bodies fit pretty closely with modifications. Another outlet are those cheap playsets that come out at Xmas time in Walmart. They have lots of plastic bodies like vans, trucks, police cars and such. Some work and some are too small, but there are several in each package.
Other than that, you just have to keep your eyes open in toy depts for plastic bodies that look to be the right scale.