[matthew77]

Please tell us more about no.75 Laurence. It looks great and I like the working steering.

 

[Trisha]

Here it is again, Matthew, including the steering and enormous crownwheel. It's the only Ferrari that competed at Le Mans in 1977, where it finished 16th overall. Its performance was, frankly, quite dismal.

 

[Trisha]

Matthew

The same car competed again at Le Mans in 1978, and finished 16th overall for a second time.

 

[matthew77]

I wish Scalextric/Carrera/Slot-It or ScaleAuto would make it as a RTR car. It looks brilliant and would make a great seller.

 

[Trisha]

Agree, Matthew. Just had a few laps around the Mess, and had a nice surprise. The steering still works. Tyres are well past their best, so I'll look for replacements ASAP. A rather nice slot car and aesthetically pleasing in my view, too.

A Policar version in 1:32 wouldn't be too tragic. Maurizio?

 

[tifosi]

Very nice in the big scale.

The PRS 1/32 Resin model is lovely but at a rather eye watering cost...

 

[matthew77]

Policar would be brilliant to make it.

 

[Trisha]

A Boxer in 1:32 wouldn't look too shabby, either. This is a die-cast I bought in 1977, but I imagine that most roadgoing cars lack the appeal of their racing counterparts.

 

[Trisha]

The lonely business of car testing over half a century ago.

 

[merkit the grof]

There is a Protoslot version of the 512BB here
Here is my favorite BB, This one is a carbon fibre 1/24th body (I thought I had taken a picture of the finished car but can't find it).
There is also a 1/32nd version released many years ago by a company called Slotissimo.

Joel

 

[matthew77]

Great paintings, I particularly like the one with the 917 in the background.

I also like slot versions of road cars so both versions of the BB would be appreciated.

 

[Trisha]

Thanks, Matthew. Most kind of you.

 

[Trisha]

A few more daubings of great cars of yesteryear.

 

[42redcat]

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I know you love Porsches, but there is something about red racing cars that just looks wonderful….
Mike

 

[Brumos RSR]

Very nice in the big scale.

The PRS 1/32 Resin model is lovely but at a rather eye watering cost...





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I wanted this car but based on the racing I do, I couldn’t justify the cost as I would’ve made a few changes. Seeing it though…..if they are still available hmmm

 

[merkit the grof]

512BB road car in 1/24th by Nichimo

Another 1/24th by Kogure

Joel

 

[merkit the grof]

So far we've only seen nice scale cars, here are a few of the rougher crowd.
All 3 made in Germany, the red one by Carrera, the other 2 are by GGN (I think)

This one is closer to scale, made by a French company called Joma, interesting chassis.

Nicer but still a little toylike, a 312T2 made in Argentina.

Have fun


Joel

 

[merkit the grof]

Continuing with the not so nice theme, here are a couple of 1/24th cars from the "slot pancake" era.
This one raced at Wonderland raceway in Southend, chassis designed by Martyn Gale

And this one is a rather rare Tottenham Raceway survivor

 

[tangerinedream]

We had a family holiday in Southend,early seventies, dad and I visited wonderland and had an hour or so on the track with hired cars.
To say it was a bit of a shock would be an understatement, I had a large figure of eight scaley track in the garage at the time, I thought my Revell/ monogram ladder chassis cars were good,this was something else .

 

[Trisha]

A couple more red 'uns.