I wanted to make a version of the little car dashboard drifter that I could use any hot wheels or similar cars on. It could probably be adjusted and tuned a bit more but I thought I would share it in case anyone else wanted to print one.

Required parts:

8mm x 22mm x 7mm bearing
Model car of your choice
A little drop of hot glue to secure the car

There are three versions of the top piece.

NoTabs - Just indents for the wheels, needs hot glue to secure the car

WithTabs - Indents for wheels and tabs in the front of wheel that sort of hold the front bumper of the car, might require glue still

WithClips - Indents for wheels and tabs on three sides of the wheels. The wheels sort of snap in on this one(with some force) and I think you can get away with no glue. Shout out to the 3d printing subreddit for the idea.

UPDATE 11/11/2025:
I have now added a mini version of both pieces in case you want to just glue your car. I find the clips don't always work right and I end up just gluing it anyways so I figured why not just make it a little simpler and smaller and fit together/print nicer. It doesn't have the angle on the top but if you offset the car when gluing, it seems to work decently well!

Model Car Dashboard Drifter

by ropesgames · original on Printables ↗

Hobby & Makers / Automotive

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ModelCarDashDrifterTop-withTabs.stl
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ModelCarDashDrifterTop-noTabs.stl
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