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Post by old23 on Mar 29, 2016 18:31:51 GMT -5
What an impressive grid of manly racing cars! Have a great time with Matt and your other friends at the Monza birthday bash. Stewart
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Post by munter on Mar 29, 2016 19:32:31 GMT -5
Impressive to say the least.
I guess the order from the UK arrived.
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Post by ken on Mar 31, 2016 11:42:47 GMT -5
We had testing at the club track last night with all the cars that I am taking, we had some dogs who need motor replacements but most of the cars ran within a three tenths of a second range from slowest to fastest. The wheels for two of the Auto Unions are still in the workshop so wheel swaps were needed and one driver lost his head. that is why we test eh? Cheers Ken
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Post by munter on Mar 31, 2016 14:31:29 GMT -5
With that many cars you must have a favourite...or two??
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Post by ken on Mar 31, 2016 15:24:59 GMT -5
Munter. I must have 80 hours or more restoring the number 8 Mac P Alfa and turning it into a 12C and it runs nice and smooth so at the current moment it is my favorite. Many of the cars have stories behind them, like who I got the bodies from or where they may have been raced by their previous owners. The 16 and 24 Alfas raced at Donnington in England and were owned by Nick Garton. The 47 Auto Union came from BJ7 a long time ago and has competed in a land speed record race. The Auto Union type D introduced me to Marlon along with a few more kits that are not shown. The last bunch of George Turner cars celebrate my recovery from Heart failure. As the spring progresses I may change out the resin chassis' on the GTM cars and set them up with smother running wire chassied cars, who knows.
ken
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Post by Peter Seager-Thomas on Mar 31, 2016 15:51:53 GMT -5
That's a nice collection of cars Ken, and I sympathise with the wheel switching situation. I do it with drivers, my least favourite part of a build.
It'll be nice to hear how things work out for the race.
Peter.
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Post by Andrew Rowland on Apr 1, 2016 10:46:41 GMT -5
Absolutely phenomenal....
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Post by old23 on Apr 1, 2016 13:14:59 GMT -5
I sympathize with the lone French-blue car (what is it?) that's about to be steamrollered by the full might of the two axis powers! Stewart
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Post by Chris Wright on Apr 1, 2016 13:41:37 GMT -5
It's a Bugatti T50B
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Post by ken on Apr 5, 2016 11:59:33 GMT -5
The guy who breaks his silver or red car during his heat will finish his race with the fine blue car. Matt finished up three cars in the same spec as what I built only with brass and wire chassis's and they seem to run pretty good on his track. We are both looking forward to a great time, I feel sorry for the guys who have bailed, they will be missing out on something special. You do not see a collection of cars like this every day, let alone race them on a spectacular scale track like Matt's Monza track.
ken
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Post by old23 on Apr 10, 2016 14:59:35 GMT -5
Happy Birthday, Ken. I hope you enjoy your Birthday Birds Races.
Stewart
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