[montoya1]

Do you have a budget for the 8 cars Gareth, or a timescale in which to get them?

There are a couple of sources to avoid, I will PM you, and probably some cars that will not suit, but without some specifics it is hard to advice you properly.

 

[montoya1]

The obvious starting point would be Micro Scalextric from a point of view obtaining them easily, HO isn't really a 'high street' product you see.

However, I don't know if the braids 'play nice' with the rail on Tyco track. Hopefully others will chip in on that.

One thing that will almost certainly be worth doing is getting a second terminal track and power supply to stop those annoying surges when one car crashes.

 

[montoya1]

It would appear that is fairly easily fixable, judging by how fast they go down at the Worthing Club, which uses Tomy AFX track.

The big plus with MS is that Gareth will be able to approach them directly I would imagine, at least to some level.

 

[montoya1]

Changing shoes is much harder, but happens far less often.

I'd avoid Tyco and choose between AFX and Micro Scalex.

Gareth, do your nephews have any particular type of car or race series they might be 'into'?