Retro Muscle Car Masters
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:32 pm
Hi All,
I've just hijacked my post from the 2012 Geoghegan Trophy thread as I think it may be interest to fellow Retro racers.
Muscle Car Master has kicked off well with a full field for the first round of a 4 round series.
The Retro Nats at M.R on November 10 will include Muscle Car Masters as a class.
Join in the fun and see if you can outbuild and outrace your Southern Bretheren.
Here is a link to the rules;
http://www.mrslotcar.com.au/race/showthread.php?t=2189
The bodies used in this class exclude some period cars due to a percieved Aero advantage, also to keep the flavour of the class as to what raced in ATCC 1:1 racing in 1968-74 and what is racing in Muscle Car Masters now.
The sunset bodies used in the approved body list are the exact same ones that you could buy in 1974.
Most people these days can relate to XY GTHO's, L34's, MACH 1 Mustangs, LJ GTR XU1's and the like, because they grew up with them, saw them on the street and on the TV racing, or maybe they had one or Dad had one.
Dodge Daytonas and AMC Javelins are percived as being too slippery and simply don't cut it as nostalgia fodder except to someone that raced one back in 19??
We are trying to appeal to a broader audience than just those of us that were racing slot cars back in the day, otherwise it would be a pretty slim field.
Three blokes that raced in State, National and Club events in 1974 put this concept together, simply put; Up to 1974 Muscle and touring car bodies with sealed 501 16D's, a brass and wire chassis and not much else.
I've not seen such enthusiastic acceptance to a new (old) class before, blokes are buying up jigs and soldering irons and having a go at scratchbuilding for the first time, others are putting togehter slick 7 kits, some have blown the dust of a 1973 chassis, others are having cars built for them.
BTW; the fastest car in this class to date, outperforming modern slick 7, and many other designs is a 1973 Tom Thumb repica chassis virtually identical to the one in Andy's photos (because Andy also built it).
Chassis design? Open slather just wire and brass,
and if you think you can build a Kick arse 2012 C.A.D designed floating pan, pillow blocked bullet that will wipe out the competition, go for your life!
Thank's to Chuck for starting this topic, your idea and what the southerners are doing align perfectly!
It's all Good!
Cheers,
Rob
I've just hijacked my post from the 2012 Geoghegan Trophy thread as I think it may be interest to fellow Retro racers.
Muscle Car Master has kicked off well with a full field for the first round of a 4 round series.
The Retro Nats at M.R on November 10 will include Muscle Car Masters as a class.
Join in the fun and see if you can outbuild and outrace your Southern Bretheren.
Here is a link to the rules;
http://www.mrslotcar.com.au/race/showthread.php?t=2189
The bodies used in this class exclude some period cars due to a percieved Aero advantage, also to keep the flavour of the class as to what raced in ATCC 1:1 racing in 1968-74 and what is racing in Muscle Car Masters now.
The sunset bodies used in the approved body list are the exact same ones that you could buy in 1974.
Most people these days can relate to XY GTHO's, L34's, MACH 1 Mustangs, LJ GTR XU1's and the like, because they grew up with them, saw them on the street and on the TV racing, or maybe they had one or Dad had one.
Dodge Daytonas and AMC Javelins are percived as being too slippery and simply don't cut it as nostalgia fodder except to someone that raced one back in 19??
We are trying to appeal to a broader audience than just those of us that were racing slot cars back in the day, otherwise it would be a pretty slim field.
Three blokes that raced in State, National and Club events in 1974 put this concept together, simply put; Up to 1974 Muscle and touring car bodies with sealed 501 16D's, a brass and wire chassis and not much else.
I've not seen such enthusiastic acceptance to a new (old) class before, blokes are buying up jigs and soldering irons and having a go at scratchbuilding for the first time, others are putting togehter slick 7 kits, some have blown the dust of a 1973 chassis, others are having cars built for them.
BTW; the fastest car in this class to date, outperforming modern slick 7, and many other designs is a 1973 Tom Thumb repica chassis virtually identical to the one in Andy's photos (because Andy also built it).
Chassis design? Open slather just wire and brass,
and if you think you can build a Kick arse 2012 C.A.D designed floating pan, pillow blocked bullet that will wipe out the competition, go for your life!
Thank's to Chuck for starting this topic, your idea and what the southerners are doing align perfectly!
It's all Good!
Cheers,
Rob
