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Can you inch the Sedan years back to 1950?
I fancy something like this Buick 46 Jetback
Life is like a box of Slot cars...
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1949 Ford Tudor.
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Probably just a coincidence but I think the Showdown “Sportsman Class” start date of 1954 might have been based on the first Revell model of a Hot Rod model kit in 1954 ( sold as Revell Highway Pioneers series of Hot Rods for juniors) ??
Anyway I am now thinking the “Hotrods” could form part of of a 3 Event Proxy for American Sedans which would include Nascars, Trans Am and Hotrods. Possibly to be called “ Racing American Sedans”
However still at an early stage of development, so don’t go planning any models as yet.
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(8th-Oct-26, 04:42 PM)KensRedZed Wrote: 1949 Ford Tudor.
just curious, is that "The Ring" track?
I enjoyed the race reports there since it all disapeared!
Sorry for the off topic.
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So am I running a 69 lowered Charger, GTO, Chevelle SS or am I running a TA Mustang, Cuda or a V3.0of a Camaro? We have had several opportunities to run TA cars recently and if we are running hot rods run hot rods.
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(19th-Oct-26, 10:54 PM)Brumos RSR Wrote: So am I running a 69 lowered Charger, GTO, Chevelle SS or am I running a TA Mustang, Cuda or a V3.0of a Camaro? We have had several opportunities to run TA cars recently and if we are running hot rods run hot rods.
I was thinking to run a “Hot Rod only Proxy” as I think it had an appeal as a stand alone theme (like the Raid proxies which I have previously run) but I am not really confident that we would raise enough interest for it to work alone, whereas if I combine it into one proxy as part of a general theme (ie “Racing American Sedans”) I can see more scope for attracting a wider audience.
So Nascars would form one Event, Trans Am another, and with HotRod sedans as a third to make 3 Events featuring American Sedans.
In regard to the Trans Am Event I am thinking to arrange this differently from the recent ones I seen.
And the entire proxy with the 3 Events included would not be until after next years Racing the 60”s has been completed.
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I have changed the title of the proxy to reflect the change in direction towards a more inclusive proxy
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Got it Graham, thank you for the clarification….I will wait for the rules.
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