Hi guys, i may be able to cast a little light on these cars.
The number "1" W154 was the car i built for the abergaveny rail race run by jeff davis.
You could say it was a pre, pre-Add car if that makes sence!
The body is of balsa wood, it sports a brass chassis and the motor is an Atlas.
the story behind the motor is that on a visit to Dereck cooper to get hold of a few bits
he gave me abox containing a couple of rather sad atlas motors , both non-runners.
i stripped and cleaned them, then using the good bits built one good motor, thats the
motor in the car.
After the meeting Dereck purchased the car from me, later i found out it had been resold
to a colector in the USA, that i think must have been you Bernard.
BWA, the wheel inserts where of a very fine photo-eched type, i had a few of these but
cant for the life of me remember where they came from.
the car differs from the Pre-add kit in that the exhaust pipes are a seperate item, the
grill has a more "heavy " look and the mirrors and screen frame are "one offs "
The other number " 16 " car is a Pre-Add shell having the exhausts cast into the bodywork
The grill has a lighter look about it, the method i used on this and other kits was to use .020"
plasticard with again " .020 " spacers giving a more scale look, again this was reproduced in
the kit casting, the mirrors, screen frame and steering wheel where standard kit fittings.
The decals on the "16 " car are not a kit item.
the luovers of both cars where made from plasticard sheet, on the " 1 " car they where
glued on, as you see starting to part company with the body, on the "16 " car the same
method was used but they where cast into the bodyin prodution.
To clear up the name thing, " Ralph Cooper ", in the book by Jeff Davis there where many
errors, the wrong names on the wrong pictures etc, etc etc , the names should read =
Ralph parker and Dereck Cooper but there you go !!!!
Hope that is of some help, now back to the boat building !!!!!
Cheers
Mac P
