Ford-Ferrari Wars Proxy - The Grid

[Audi1]

I've received some cars in the past week and since I'm going to be away a good part of next week on business, I decided to start posting pics of the cars that will be on the grid. If all the pre-registered car make it to the starting line, we'll be in the 40's for car numbers, so I'll work on this thread as the cars come in, so that everything doesn't get pushed together right after the 31st.

I'm going to give the weighs of the cars, along with the pics, and will post some driving notes as soon as I've had a chance to run them on the track. The driving notes won't be a qualification, that will be done after March 31st (by someone familiar with the track and who doesn't have a car in this proxy), when we have all of the car in house, but it will give everyone an idea of how their car performs at The River Run.

So, here are your grid cars, so far:

1. Eightwheels - Ford GT-40 / #20 - 70.70g







2. Aloha - Ferrari 312 PB / #85 - 73.29g







3. Aloha - Ford-GT-40 / #9 - 77.68







4. Audi1 - Ferrari 330/P4 / #24 - 82.50g







5. Audi1 - Ford GT-40 / #24 - 76.96g







6. Florida_Slotter - Ford GT-40 / #8 - 74.03g







7. Chrisguyw - Ford GT-40 / #24 - 69.93g







8. pappy - Ford GT-40 / #24 - 65.38g







9. urbanwarrior - Ferrari GTO / #11 - 75.85g







10. urbanwarrior - Cobra Daytona Coupe / #5 - 81.96g







11. chappy - Ferrari 312P coupe / #23 - 91.87g







12. orakei racer - Ford P68 / #33 - 82.75g







13. retro racer 44 - Ferrari 312 PB / #87 - 89.16g







14. retro racer 44 - Ford GT-40 / #9 - 111.80g







15. brumos RSR - Ferrari 312 PB / #33 - 68.40g







16. redlynr - Ford GT-40 / #2 - 83.43g







17. smokeio - Ford GT-40 / #70 - 80.66g







18. nhdungeonracer - Ferrari 512 P / #22 - 83.11g







19. steeveew - Ford P68 / #7 - 63.90g







20. gascarnut - Ferrari 350/P4 / #4 - 103.63g







21. gascarnut - Ford Mirage M1 / #1 - 97.71g







22. arrold - Ferrari 512 Coda Lunga / #11t - 80.21g







23. arrold - Ford GT-40 / #6 - 71.72g







24. jscot111 - Ford GT-40 / #3 - 70.57g







25. slotting since 1963 - Ford P68 - 66.80g

[Retro Racer 44]

My two cars and also Tony's just pulled out for the long trip to MA. This should be exciting, eh?

Cheers,

Keith

[CrockettNZ]

nice to see the Ferrari 312 pb in there
I love those little cars and race the slot-it version in my clubs 65-80 sports class
in fact it is the same one

[TuscoTodd]

Some good looking cars there already!
But I have to give an extra thumbs up on the Marty Stanley car - BRAVO gentlemen! BRAVO!

[Z-carfan]

I must say that the Marty Stanley car is looking good!


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[Audi1]

Glad you all liked the #8 car; it was fun to put together.

Decals by mike (Z-carfan), body by Slot.It and spirit by Marty (Florida_Slotter)

Note the neat little 8 in the side window of eightwheels's car. :text-bravo:

Now, let's see some more cars arriving.................. I have extra 8's, courtesy of Mike............just let me know if you want one added to your entry(s).

Allan

[eightwheels]

As this is my 2 proxy, could you tell me what is the White striped tape for on the bottom of the other four cars? Thanks for the info. Larry

[Audi1]

Hi Larry,

That's Scotch Shipping (strapping) Tape. A lot of racers will leave the pod somewhat loose and then "tune" it using some form of tape. This Scotch tape is popular because the cream-colored strips don't stretch (or they stretch very little).

Allan

[Audi1]

Another car showed up today; this one from Chris (chrisguyw). A Ford GT-40; looks good!

Allan

[Audi1]

Three more cars arrived today. A GT-40 from pappy and a Ferrari GTO and Cobra Daytona Coupe, both from urbanwarrior. Check out the first post in this thread for pics of these new arrivals.

Allan

[Audi1]

Five more cars showed up today, so we're getting into the swing now..............! Those were from: chappy, orakei racer, retro racer 44 (2 cars) and brumos RSR. Check the first post on this thread for pics and weights.

Allan

[valie]

Chappy's Ferrari is a 312P Coupé, not a 330/P4 ... just my 2 cents worth.

[Audi1]

Thanks Gert. Looks like you nailed it.



Correction made.

Allan

[Retro Racer 44]

Wow!

I didn't realize that my Ford weighed 111g. No wonder it felt heavy in the shakedown laps. It is 40g more than some of the others.

Message to myself - buy a little scale and either build lighter or drill a lot of holes.

Oh well, someone always has to come last, eh?

Keith

[chappy]

Come on Keith,,,,, I was born in the day, but not yesterday,,, lol. :lol:
Next you'll be saying Ive never played this game before. ;)
You old sandbagger you. :banana-dance: