Its ONLY moment of glory sadly, but what an amazing piece of engineering! 
Your Golden Epoch?
Most motor racing folk look back to their favourite eras from time to time because we have brains that store memories. Like all 'disciplines' motor sport, in all its forms, has gone through highs and lows, but even during troughs, we can often reflect on something that has been stored in our minds with affection.
As usual your views and images will always be of great interest. And thanks.
A few memory joggers below.
As usual your views and images will always be of great interest. And thanks.
A few memory joggers below.
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There ain't no substitute for cubic inches!
Of course being Tom Kriestensen helps too.
To introduce some slot car content, here is a contemporary photo of an ECRA CanAm Porsche that I built at the time. The lexan body is showing its race battering. There were no decal sets in those days!
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This one really took a bashing when I pranged it because it was much heavier than the others I put two Mura Group 20s in it to try and replicate the sort of power that the real ones had. I discovered the remains of the chassis a few weeks ago in a long unopened tin. The motors were contra-rotating which is not the most efficient way to go but when you have that much surplus power, who cares?
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It was not a success of course as it was too heavy, but it was fun trying. Various bits have been robbed out for use in other cars but you get the idea.
This one really took a bashing when I pranged it because it was much heavier than the others I put two Mura Group 20s in it to try and replicate the sort of power that the real ones had. I discovered the remains of the chassis a few weeks ago in a long unopened tin. The motors were contra-rotating which is not the most efficient way to go but when you have that much surplus power, who cares?
It was not a success of course as it was too heavy, but it was fun trying. Various bits have been robbed out for use in other cars but you get the idea.
Thanks for the vid, Gripping. A rather exciting mish-mash of film with wonderful cacophony and whooping. Good to see Dr Grumpy in the Alfa again, too.
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