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« Reply #1200 on: February 07, 2009, 05:19:45 pm » |
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« Reply #1201 on: February 07, 2009, 06:46:03 pm » |
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Renault 5 Turbo?
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« Reply #1202 on: February 07, 2009, 07:00:51 pm » |
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Just too slow.....!!!!........I was just going tosay that....bugger
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« Reply #1203 on: February 07, 2009, 08:34:51 pm » |
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Hmm, well in that case a Renault 5 Gordini Turbo. He did say it was a turbo! Still want a green  |
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« Reply #1204 on: February 07, 2009, 08:44:42 pm » |
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Hmm, well in that case a Renault 5 Gordini Turbo. He did say it was a turbo! Still want a green Correct, But who is "he"  Now on to the green - what can you tell me about this one? |
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« Reply #1205 on: February 07, 2009, 10:19:23 pm » |
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I keep thinking its a Marcos
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« Reply #1206 on: February 08, 2009, 02:02:37 am » |
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I keep thinking its a Marcos
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« Reply #1207 on: February 08, 2009, 02:23:01 am » |
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may be - but I want more
Erm as in it is a Marcos XP Mantis? I could add that the car in the picture has some front end damage where it hit a jackrabbit. |
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« Reply #1208 on: February 08, 2009, 07:08:55 pm » |
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Marsh and Costin must of designed that when suffering a hangover.
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« Reply #1209 on: February 08, 2009, 08:03:37 pm » |
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Found some more info as well while we are waiting for the next red.
"The original Marcos Mantis was produced in 1968. Powered by a Formula 1 Repco Brabham engine, It was a one off car built for racing, and was not intended for production."
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« Reply #1210 on: February 09, 2009, 09:24:17 am » |
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Found some more info as well while we are waiting for the next red.
"The original Marcos Mantis was produced in 1968. Powered by a Formula 1 Repco Brabham engine, It was a one off car built for racing, and was not intended for production."
Ok Ok - "hold you horse power" While i go down to the damp cellar, ohh my bones, did a toy car manufacture make a model of a Marcus XP and Mantis. Another Marcos Mantis  The next question, back in a min. |
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« Reply #1211 on: February 09, 2009, 05:43:29 pm » |
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That weird green Mantis - the original Marcos use of that name - was a very trendy car for slot-racing in that era. People like GT Models would produce acetate "blob" bodies for cars quite cheaply, and I certainly bought a Mantis, although whether it ever got a chassis and onto the track is another matter entirely. I think Model Cars magazine, then the slot-racers' monthly bible in the UK, ran a feature on the prototype, which will have helped. The slatted back end has a bit of Miura about it, perhaps.
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« Reply #1212 on: February 09, 2009, 05:57:59 pm » |
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OK - back with the red ball Just remember that it may have driven over those speed bumps around here What can you tell me about this one, |
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« Reply #1213 on: February 09, 2009, 07:31:13 pm » |
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That weird green Mantis - the original Marcos use of that name - was a very trendy car for slot-racing in that era. People like GT Models would produce acetate "blob" bodies for cars quite cheaply, and I certainly bought a Mantis, although whether it ever got a chassis and onto the track is another matter entirely. I think Model Cars magazine, then the slot-racers' monthly bible in the UK, ran a feature on the prototype, which will have helped. The slatted back end has a bit of Miura about it, perhaps. Oh god I remember it well. I think I met Gordon Tapsell of GT models, becuase he was only at Beckenham. I preferrred his M8A, Mustangs, Oldsmobiles and Dodges Oh and the red car does look familiar, but can I remember, and it often depends on whose bodywork it is |
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« Reply #1214 on: February 09, 2009, 08:33:50 pm » |
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That weird green Mantis - the original Marcos use of that name - was a very trendy car for slot-racing in that era. People like GT Models would produce acetate "blob" bodies for cars quite cheaply, and I certainly bought a Mantis, although whether it ever got a chassis and onto the track is another matter entirely. I think Model Cars magazine, then the slot-racers' monthly bible in the UK, ran a feature on the prototype, which will have helped. The slatted back end has a bit of Miura about it, perhaps. Oh god I remember it well. I think I met Gordon Tapsell of GT models, becuase he was only at Beckenham. I preferrred his M8A, Mustangs, Oldsmobiles and Dodges Oh and the red car does look familiar, but can I remember, and it often depends on whose bodywork it is I'm sure Corgi or Dinky made one, seem to remember seeing them years ago |
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