[chrisguyw]

I got my first Slot car set for Christmas in 1962.....my Dad brought a VIP set back from the London toy fair, and I was the happiest kid alive !!. The track was metal with really good grip and looked great, and the cars (a F1 lotus 18 and a F1 Cooper) had steering front wheels, looked beautiful, and I thought, were the fastest things imaginable.......I ran thousands of laps, and believed I was Stirling Moss.

The next year, my uncle bought a Monogram set, and a couple of Monogram "kit" cars (the Cooper Ford and a Lola GT), and when we visited him and he showed me his track, I was amazed at the speed/handling of the Monogram cars......don't forget, all is relative as this was 1964 

I never did end up owning a Monogram, as at the time, faster/better handling cars were coming out weekly. Fast forward many years, and I managed to obtain/build a few of the cars that had made an impact on me as a kid......

This is a build up of a Monogram Lola GT, incorporating many modifications that I have learned over the years.

Cheers
Chris Walker

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The chassis has had extensive stiffening/strengthening (they were flimsy little buggers) using piano wire, and a .064 pan hung on the bottom (they were also quite light, and the big chunk of brass did wonders). A heavily reworked Monogram "Tiger" motor, and some original formulation Ortmann tires, and the car is a match for any of my plastic cars on a club type track.

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The car has been painted to represent the Augie Pabst car from Sebring in 1964.

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Getting past on the inside by Stirling Moss (lotus 19)

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Just staying ahead of a Cox Cheetah, and, a Strombecker Dino.....( the camera lens and picture angle do funny things....the Lola looks longer than both the Cheetah and the Dino,....they are basically the same length).

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