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Because the Grundig Lancia 037 version of Fly appealed to me, I bought this one.
The first thing I noticed was the wrong year on the plinth. Darniche drove this 037 during the Rally d'Antibes in 1986, not in 1983, as stated.
Due to an accident on the public road, he couldn't reach the finish.

Upon further inspection of the slot car itself, I noticed that the windows were not properly positioned on the inside of the roof.
I decided to solve this by carefully removing the interior tray, where I quickly found the cause.
The melted material from one fuel cap at the inside of the body was blocking space, preventing the correct installation of the windows.
After the fuel cap pin was shortened and glued, the windows fit perfectly into the body.

I thought I had completed the job successfully, but that turned out to be too optimistic.

       


When mounting the bodywork on the floor pan, I noticed that the bodywork above the front wheel arches was torn on both sides. 
This couldn't be repaired and it was my own fault, I thought, so I bought a new one.
The windows on that car were also not perfectly positioned, but not as bad as the first car.
On this car I noticed small hairline cracks in the paint above both front wheel arches, which are not present on my other Fly 037 Lancias.
This confirms that Fly has a serious problem in the production process that quality control should pay attention to.
Despite all these issues, I still think it is a nice version of the Lancia 037.

       

       

[Kevan]

SW motor should be a brilliant car if the BMW M1 is anything to go by...(thankfully we don't have an IL only rule for Rally).