Hi, Guys, I just joined the group yesterday. I grew up in upstate NY in the late 50's/early 60's and cut my teeth on (what was then) NASCAR Sportsman and...
sorry, forgot to mention that photo album is New York Sportsman&Mods John at the Beach 60's--- In open-wheel-models@yahoogroups.com, "cabooses2003" ... was ......
Yeah, I ran em down yesterday. Good lookin cars! Reminds me of Nazareth inna ole days. Nifty lil collection.......show us some more! And perhaps a word about...
... Ah, Nazareth..........the days of Frankie and Tas.....and Langhorne, and Reading, and Labor Day at the NY State Fair in Syracuse..............remember 'em...
Welcome John, Semi open wheel or not your models are really neato! Our local racing (Central OKlahoma) was rcing coups and sedans like that in the 50's and...
Hey Joel. I've seen your stuff on various sites. Looks great. I build mine a generation or two past yours, but look to all modified models for ideas. I've got...
Scott: Thanks for the kind words. You referred to me as Joel, but that was my brother who drove a late model in central NY in the early 70's. I have posted a...
Hey, just in case any of you dirt fans haven't seen them, there have been some great books published in the last couple of years about Northeast dirt guys....
Well, I was way young then...lived in Easton....but I seem to recall Mario thrashing about Nazareth in a "jalopy". Must have been about 53....or 54 ...
Any comments/opinions on this line of 1/43 kits. I'm most interested in his early Indy cars. It seems like a rather extensive line of kits, but i don't recall...
I have purchased the 1912 Natioinal and the 1914 Delage. I've only built the Delage so far. Some of the white metal pieces require significant clean up, but...
Ed, you'd be correct about Mario. Made his U.S. racing debut at Nazareth. Jalopies, modifieds, whatever they called 'em back then gave him a great start. One...
Charles, the "MA" stands for Mike Arensdorf.. he is very prolific in what he creates.. the majority of his replicas are developed by using existing models...
Is anybody from these lists going to the Mopar Million at Eldora in two weeks? Robert __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder -...
Scott, what Perth are you referring to? NY? If so, I grew up not far from there and there used to be an old dirt track there in the late 40's/early 50's so...
Ya'll should buy or scrounge a peek at the book "Andretti" by Rare Air, Ltd...... Great stuff on Mario and lots of photos in and around that locale. Captures ...
John, I was referring to Perth, Australia (where Ed's living). Hey, I worked with a bunch of ex-I/R employees for a while in the early to mid 80's. I was...
In the mid 60's my parents own a commercial slot car track and amusement center and I worked there weekends and after school. At one time I had over 300...
Nah! That would be me mate Cliffy.........he's the one downunder...... I'm firmly enscounced right here in Tallahassee ("Tallawacky") Florida. Cheers, elh ......
... amusement ... had over ... concours ... ago when ... slot cars ... Carson, ... those ... Terry, i have 2 of the small 1/32 midget racers, but the 1/24 ...
What sort of Sprint cars do you race Slots? I am trying to get in touch with Hack Chassis to buy a car or two but he is hard to get hold of, at least from...
... I don't remember the 1/32 scale midgets, how about posting a photo in the group photo folder. I would say of the slot car kits that came out from the early...
The eastern oval series starts next month, check out there website http://pub25.ezboard.com/beasternovalserieshotline That might be a good way to get in touch...
Thanks heaps Todd, I hope I can get in touch with him, the car I have is awesome, the soldering is superb, the design seems really well balanced, I need to...
Hi, may be it can be helpful, here is the web site address of the guy doing some 1/24 th resin dirt track racers: ...
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That's great, thanks Matt! Terry Sanderson ... From: <MDodinot@...> To: <open-wheel-models@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:35 AM ...
Terry, i'm not sure if i can post this now. but if you are looking for something close to the 60's kits in an open wheel slot check out www.ejshobbies.com...
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