[alfetta]

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Here are a couple of pics to give an indication of some differences.

 

[Black3sr]

My second one (orange) came yesterday as well as Ortmans. The Orange one is used but other than missing mirror and roll bar rubbing it looks to be brand new.

I installed Ortmanns, trimmed guide and oiled them. I did some painting in cockpit areas. They go rather well. The green one is maybe a tenth or two of a second faster.

I now would like to have some info on decals. I seem to recall on the original car one that there was one one the doors said Jim Clark and also one Powered by Ford with the Ford logo. I am not sure of the placement of this last one. Were they any other significant ones? The number should be 8 on Jim's?

Was an orange paint scheme ever raced?

Thanks

bill

ps I made new mirrors. I used a round plastic push pin. I filed one side flat and hit it with a silver Sharpie. A dab of cement on inside holds it.

 

[Black3sr]

They multipy if left together. Mix green and orange and they begat a blue one. I got it mainly to try putting a Scaley motor in. It went in without any cutting of the chassis. I Super glued the Fleishman pinion. Hot glued the motor. Went so well the others got an upgrade as well. The blue one still has original tires so a little loose. I have added Tarn weight to all three. It made quite a difference. The orange and green ones are shod with grey Ortmans.

These are fun cars and look or so good. Their lap times at 6.8-9 somewhat below most non mag cars at around 6.0 -1 but who cares.

The blue one had a very scuffed up windscreen. A coat of Future/Klear did the trick. Scuffs disappear. I am not happy with my decals so will redo the blue one. I will also do the grilles on rear deck with a Sharpie AFTER I wax again.

In the third pic bottom right - road kill.

Now some pics -

 

[tomwysom]

Well done Bill, very nice indeed. Glad to see the motor conversion went smoothly.
Cheers,
Tom

 

[masmojo]

QUOTE (Black3sr @ 27 Oct 2008, 20:35) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks Pete. Is the difference mainly in the exhaust?

I believe the main difference between the 2 was the 40 was a litle larger to accomodate a more powerful engine. The lotus 30 while pretty was known as being only passable on the track, it apparently needed more power. Thus the 40! I paraphrase someone who at the time said something to the effect the the Lotus 30 had 30 things wrong with it; so when they made the 40 naturally it had 10 more things wrong with it! The 30 was thought of as passable, the 40 was regarded as a death trap!

 

[Zwen]

These little Fleischmann Lotuses are nice.

I have one green original but also had some pieces that I didn't know what to do with. There was a green body and orange chassis with broken motor fitting and no motor. I cut away some of the allready broken motor fitting, installed a Slot.it rear axle with angle winder gear and hot glued a Slot.it 21.5k motor in angle winder position. Mounted NSR rear rims and some sort of Slot.it tyres. The rear wheels are 2-3 mm outside the body, but it was only meant to be a fun car to play with. And it is! With some lead behind the guide it's really cool to drift around with.

Strange enough the drive seem to stay in place. Sticky stuff that hot glue....
/Sven

 

[Quickcars]

I have the Porsche 906 and the Alfa. Both are great little runners. The extra heft seems to make for fairly sure handling. I would love to get a set of replacement rear wheels for my alfa. One of the rims in cracked around the edges. Does anyone know a source for replacement parts? Also, has anyone tried to replace the rather thick guide altogether? I was thinking maybe a Ninco or TSRF unit as a replacement.

I long ago did the scaley fix on the Alfa and it runs pretty well. I'll do the same on the Porsche and a Lotus when I find one.

Regards,

Paul

 

[pertti jarla]

Yesterday I took part in my first race meeting ever, the first vintage slot car meet in Nokwood, Nokia, Finland. I took part in a heat with my Auto Hobbies Cobra Daytona, a Revell Corvette Stingray (both Russkit 22/Revell SP510X powered) and two Fleischmann Lotus 40's. I have to admit I was confident at the start, after all the track has a 9 meter main straight. Well, the Fleischmanns totally dominated. Other Fleischmann models did well in some other heats as well. Of course with me it was largely due to a total lack of skill, but the Corvette driver was no beginner. To quote and freely translate another driver "Fleischmann - bliss of slot car racing without hurry"

 

[TSRF]

I always loved the Alfa 33. one of my all-time favorite slot cars. And indeed, the build quality is superb, as that of all other Fleischmann toys since 1899... in some ways superior to Marklin's.

 

[pertti jarla]

One thing about the periscope Alfa, I was standing at the end of the Nokwood 9 meter straight, and that car made the most wonderful soft whistle as it approached at full speed. Not to mention the looks.

 

[TSRF]

DOHC camshaft gears no doubt...