Yeah - i love the look of it too. I bought it purely because i love all things MG, but it turns out these had quite a following and are fairly sought after today. They have some sort of free-floating lead weight arrangement on the chassis which shifted under acceleration and braking to aid stability. Cutting-edge at the time. Mick Goddard also handwound the motors etc.... which i guess is where he primed his skills prior to his RC days.
Last night I also discovered that he offered a motor heatsink option on these slot motors as well.... and when i saw one it immediately reminded me of the base plate on my prototype RC motor of his. Wouldn't surprise me if he made the base plate out of a blank slotcar heatsink he had left over! I now have my feelers out in slotcar circles to try to locate a heatsink for my car.
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There is also an old review on these from a 70's slot car magazine. As soon as i get a decent copy of it i will post it up.
The car itself is called an 'MG 550 ISO.' I am told this was because it cost 5pounds 50p to buy!
CAT SWB&XL, Meteor (x3), RC10 custom, RC10 Graphite, Goldpan, 870c (x2), Works 91, Samurai, Pro Radiant (x2), Mini Mustang&Maxima, Mid Turbo, TOP Hybrid , Coyote, Hot Trick Optima, Supercharge, Brimod, 'Rory Cull' Hotshot, SRB.
After much digging i finally located a Mick Goddard motor heatsink. Speaking to Mick he reckons he only made around 100 of these back in the 70's, so a pretty rare find.
CAT SWB&XL, Meteor (x3), RC10 custom, RC10 Graphite, Goldpan, 870c (x2), Works 91, Samurai, Pro Radiant (x2), Mini Mustang&Maxima, Mid Turbo, TOP Hybrid , Coyote, Hot Trick Optima, Supercharge, Brimod, 'Rory Cull' Hotshot, SRB.
we got an old shool bicycle thread, so why not a slot car one. :)
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