[Graham]

Well, I did give my Avant/Mitoos Truck a run and managed a 65.115 sec run with a Fastest lap of 6.492
I found it more eratic to run than my Merc, but it was out of the box as such without any Mitoos chassis adjustments.

But in the Spirit of the Dakar Rally, I will take my version to the Whitchurch Round on your behalf and if it beats me Merc, so be it.

The motor type is actually the same as fitted in yours, so should be comparable in motor power terms.

Graham, as prompted, I have undertaken the repair to the truck and got it back in the post to you, so you should have it in time for the Whitchurch round.

It was a Cartrix TX-5 Genius motor in there that had failed, not sure how old that must have been. Have fitted a Mitoos M6+ in it's place, as per the current Mitoos spec for the chassis. It's a 1k slower motor, so that might help make it a bit more driveable. It's held in place with screws through slotted holes in the metal chassis, so there was some fettling required to get the gear mesh just right. And I found some original Mitoos plastic pinion gears in my box, so that made for a nice original install. 

Now, give it some welly!

That’s great, I am sure the guys at Whitchurch will do it justice.