Race cars you never heard of

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Kevan

Discussion Starter · 12 mo ago

Whilst surfing for unusual race cars I found this...the McCandless 500

I wonder if it had anything to do with Cromie McCandless, he was a Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1951, when he finished in third place in the 125cc world championship behind Carlo Ubbiali and Gianni Leoni. McCandless won two Grand Prix races during his career.
I've seen him a few times in the TT parade lap they used to do every year bringing out the famous old race bikes of the past, ridden by some famous past racers.

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Mark50

· #961 · 6 mo ago

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Bobsy SR-6 Ford 1974

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tifosi

· #962 · 6 mo ago

Doh! of course it is rthe white elephant, senior moment!

Mark50

· #963 · 6 mo ago

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rastas

· #964 · 6 mo ago

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This one was posted earlier this thread and now you can 3d print your own, Would make a great addition to any La Man's line up.
Cheers,
John.

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tifosi

· #965 · 6 mo ago

Marcos GT Xylon , does anyone make a slot body of this one?

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Revvvs

· #966 · 6 mo ago

Howmet's Happy Hour progress... | SlotForum

Hard to believe this was over 18 years ago now!

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Qcar

· #967 · 6 mo ago

Revvvs said:
Howmet's Happy Hour progress... | SlotForum

Hard to believe this was over 18 years ago now!

I've just read that 'cover to cover' I wonder if Russell still has the master to 'blow' (or should it be suck) some more

Mark50

· #968 · 6 mo ago

tifosi said:
Marcos GT Xylon , does anyone make a slot body of this one?

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Peter,
Talk to Phil.....he has one!
Mark

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Kevan

Discussion Starter · #969 · 6 mo ago

Soviet sports car

GT Shcherbina

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Kevan

Discussion Starter · #970 · 6 mo ago

The KVN circuit racer

Using parts from the Moskvich 407

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Kevan

Discussion Starter · #971 · 6 mo ago

Twin gas turbine powered 'Pioneer 1'

Between 1961 and 1972 established 13 world speed records

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merkit the grof

· #972 · 3 mo ago

Long time since we played this game.

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Kevan

Discussion Starter · #973 · 3 mo ago

What is it?

merkit the grof

· #974 · 3 mo ago

That's the question.

Joel

JasonVizor

· #975 · 3 mo ago (Edited)

Racingsportscars.com seems to indicate its a Lola T294, not claiming I knew.

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chappyman66

· #976 · 3 mo ago

The Lolas were quite varied in that period.

Anglocanadian

· #977 · 3 mo ago

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Trisha

· #978 · 2 mo ago

I'd quite forgotten about the Unipower GT. Possibly not many left.

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PatB

· #979 · 2 mo ago (Edited)

Trisha said:
I'd quite forgotten about the Unipower GT. Possibly not many left. View attachment 342370

Don't know about survivor numbers, but those that are left seem to fetch staggering prices when they come up for sale. Like 100,000 quid staggering. TBH, if I had 100k to spend on a car, good and historically significant though the Unipower may be, I can think of a whole lot of other things I think I'd rather have, probably with change left over for a GTM or summat, if I really wanted some mid-engined Mini action as well.

Edit: Sorry, my mistake. I remembered the 100k figure from after I'd converted to AUD. Still seems like an awful lot for a Mini engine and some GRP.

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Gripping Pneus

· #980 · 2 mo ago

Yup. The GTM imho is by far the prettiest of the bunch. See earlier in this thread for photos! At the bottom of the pile looks-wise is the Mini Marcos/Mini Jem. Yuk.

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