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[68Caddy]

Well we got a early start to head up to LA for the slot car event. Thanks to cheater for donating tickets for Flygirl and me.

The museum and the eateries around the place.



Across the street you had this old school diner... way cool.



Flygirl getting exited.



Main entrance for the show.





Ticket area and the entrance for the slot car event.



Here we have Flygirl and Bob Scott, the first good guy we meet. He sure builds some sweet tracks... ask Philippe.



Here we have the "usual suspects": Philippe, Mike Steube, Paul Sterrett, and Keith Tanaka.



Philippe making sure every thing is kosher. He is very detailed-oriented, our leader.



Bob and Philippe.





Of course JC was there... the Jet, John Cukras.



Now guess who are the guy in the blue plaidshirt? Greg, give it a go, hint: he cleaned the clocks in the last years of Can-Am racing.



I'm always stoked when I see these two, Bryan Warmack and Phil Nyland.



After some hours the event got really busy and it got pretty crowded. Scott Bader's track was way sweet; sadly I never
had a chance to run some laps on it but Bob Scott sure build the ultimate home track that will be at LA slot car Museum. The first two
gentlemen two the right are Bob's friends from Arizona, very nice guys and I'm glad to meet them.





Philippe showing the fine art of turn marshaling.



Of course we ran into Dennis Samson and he had a exhibition of slot cars, very nice. There was this guy who had slots from way back then in mint condition and I had to drag Warmack to look at them, Bob (forgot his last name, sorry)













Dennis had this beautiful restoration of a slot car chassis that he found at Victors (TrueScale) and it was a chassis build by Mike Morrisey. Thanks, Dennis, for sharing that one.



I got to finish this post because I took over a hundred pictures at the event. But I learned some new things, and that was John Cukras used to have a real dragster and Keith Tanaka took a good pic of it and I hope he will post it.

Second thing is I'm a lucky dog and having friends like this is way too good.



I got a lot of pictures from the museum and that would kill this... One pick for the collection and who was the lucky President that rode in this ride?





I would like to apologize for my misspelling of names.
Supermarket tabloid Journalist.

Thanks, Greg, but you are killing me... I had to work fast. Looking forward to Keith's pictures, mine were one was fast and ugly one.
Every one's computer will crash now.

The best part of it was, it was for MS.

Nesta

[Phil Irvin]

Thanks, Nesta... I'd do it in a heartbeat...

OLPHRT
PHIL I.

[Pablo]

Very, very, very cool.

Thanks, Nesta.

Flygirl looks great.

Those are timeless photos.

[Jairus]

Excellent post, Nesta! Thanks.

[Flatout]

Kicking myself for missing this! Had to wrap up a project at the shop today... darn it.

Gonna go pout in the garage now.

[68Caddy]

Thank you, guys, but it comes down to this the guys the "Veterans" at this time, passing down their childhood memories for us who weren't there and that is so great.

For some reason this clip by Rod Stewart passing on his fame to a new person is so great. Click here

These are the things that count for me and some of you are sure doing it. It is amazing that all the people at this event for MS did put down so much hard labor into this event, that was incredible. I hope that we all will do this one way or other in the future.

Have to say most of you guys are always willing to help out and share their experience. Thanks...

Nesta

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Great pics, Nesta! Thanks for showing all us that could not make it there!

See ya at The Stone!

[Keith Tanaka]

Nesta, the guy with the old cars was Bob Hackl. Bob raced at one of our D3 races awhile back.

I got home late tonight and will be going to BP early tomorrow (to watch the 1/1 F1 race). I won't be able to post some photos of the Petersen Museum event until probably late Sunday night or Monday.

The charity event for MS Friends was special. Some of the old time slot racers got to see/talk with Gene Husting. Gene's in his late eighties I believe and he was surprised to see some of the old racers (like Steube, Cukras, Warmack, etc.).

It was also nice to see all of the tracks at the event and race on some of them. The celebrity guests (Vic Elford, Tony Adamowicz, and Bob Muravez) were all interesting to talk withand hear some of their stories of the glory days. Tommy Ivo couldn't make it (food poisoning two days ago), but all the guests present made the event special.

Thanks to Stephen Farr-Jones and Bruce Talamon and the Farrout slot car members/volunteers for this special charity event at the Petersen Museum.

Keith

[The Bugman]

Well, it was a very good show. If you weren't there and you're a slot racer, you really missed out.

The old guys from the past were cool to see. I knew Gene Hustings as a kid, from Western Speedway in Gardena.

Nesta, you really got some cool photos.

It was a good dog and pony show... LOL!!!

[don.siegel]

Thanks, Nesta, great photo-reportage!

Looks like a wonderful track, and was very glad to see it was for MS, since we have several close friends with MS...

Don

[Tex]

Great pics, Nesta & Flygirl! Thanks from those of us that couldn't be there.

[MrWeiler]

Thanks, Nesta.

Sorry I was too sick to go.

Realy wanted to be there, looks like you had fun.

[Bill from NH]

Nesta, another great photo presentation! I liked the presidential Imperial. I'm guessing it was Dwight Eisenhower's car.

Keith, I remember Bob Hackl. In the days before D3 was thought of, BPR ran a 1/24 class using Parma 16D powered Eurotoy chassis with JK vintage bodies. Bob won several concours awards in this series. If my memory is good, Paul Sterrett won several too. The concours photos were once posted on the BPR website but I doubt they still are.

Concours photos are still there. click on "Concours Corner" at the bottom of the BPR home page. Paul Sterrett actually won 6 or 7 times, Bob Hackl 5.

[One_Track_Mind]

Thanks Nesta!... pretty kewl!

[Farrout]

Nesta, wonderful photos! Thank you for helping us document something special. Saw you and Flygirl several times but somehow managed to miss you in person, sorry.

I just wanted to say thank to everyone who attended, supported MSFriends, enjoyed, and volunteered for the event.

For me personally to be able to put on what we think is likely the largest ever single-day slot car event in the US that tried to represent a broad spectrum of how we all enjoy the hobby in such very different ways and to pull it off with out any major hiccups was just fantastic.

Meeting many of you for the first time (Jon C, Keith T, Paul, Mike S) was icing on the cake.

Please let me know any thoughts or improvements for next time thru personal conversation. Feel free to be as critical as you like, everything can always be improved.

All the best,

Stephen

[Farrout]

Oh and I forgot that Auto Week and Car & Driver are likely to do coverage and we got two stores in good rotation Friday and Saturday on KPCC NPR/Offramp. Shows are here:

Slot cars museum event to raise money for MS relief

A Race Down Memory Lane

Please let me know if we see other coverage during the next week.

Stephen

[Cheater]

Well, it was a very good show. If you weren't there and you're a slot racer, you really missed out.

I couldn't make it but did send a couple of representatives on my behalf... LOL!!!

[Steve Deiters]

Looks like it was a great event. Congrats to all the organizers for a job well done for a good cause. Hope some new and some new/old racers come out of the event and become regulars. Could Vic Elford and Tony A to Z look anymore intense with those controllers in their hands?!!!

[68Caddy]

Imperial was used by President Roosevelt and President Truman.


Nesta

[TSR]

Imperial was used by President Roosevelt and President Truman.

Or at least one of their ghosts, because this is a 1953 model and Truman was no longer the prez, Dwight Eisenhower was, and of course FDR was long gone to progressive heaven, wherever that is.
This particular Imperial was called "The Detroit Car". It was frequently used by Eisenhower. The federal government could not take title of the Chrysler because of its policy not to accept gifts.
Nowadays, they simply slip the cash under the table.

[68Caddy]

Well I must have misread the sign, ops sorry Gentlemen. Thanks Philippe for setting the record straight. Here is Petersen listing and Philippe caught it.
Vehicles on display include:
1925/34 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe "Round Door Rolls"
1927 Ford Hot Rod Magazine 50th Anniversary Track T Roadster
1929 Ruxton Model C Roadster
1932 Duesenberg Model J Roadster by Murphy
1932 Ford Hot Rod "Ray Brown Roadster"
1939 Bugatti 57C by Vanvooren originally owned be the Shah of Iran
1942/46 Lincoln Presidential Limousine used by Presidents Roosevelt and Truman
1948 Tucker 48 originally owned by Preston Tucker
1952/56 Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton used by President Eisenhower ****Here you see that Philippe is right.
1952 Ferrari 212/225 Barchetta originally owned by Henry Ford II
1953 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe by Ghia originally owned by Rita Hayworth, and seen in Iron Man 2
1953 Cunningham C-3 Vingale Coupe
1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL "Gullwing" Coupe
1959 Scimitar retractable hard top designed by Brooks Stevens
1967 Toyota 2000GT
1969 Barber Shop Car by Joe Bailon
1970 Campbell V-8 Juice Roadster by George Barris
1971 DeTomaso Pantera formerly owned by Elvis Presley
1993 Harley Davidson Hot Rod Magazine 45th Anniversary Motorcycle


Nesta

[Tim Neja]

Nice Pics Bella----I've been down sic all weekend--MAN---missed it!! If you have them--it would be great to see pics of all the tracks that were there.
Thanks
Tim
PS--that's Pepe's lifetime challange!!!!

[Mr. Dynamic]

Hi, Nesta-

It was a pleasure meeting you yesterday and sharing the whole experience. Just to give you a little background, I raced at nearly all the L.A. tracks 1965-67 along with my school friend, Del Zahner. The box was his originally, given to me when he upgraded; contents include two cars I built at the time (all parts purchased at Bernie's, Hollywood), now cleaned and restorerd: --Mura "silver" EBD motor; iso-fulcrum wire/nickel chassis; Lancer Watson Indy (an outrageous $15 in parts)--Thorp EBD; Dynamic Dyna-Flex w/drop arm; Russkit butyrate Gurney Eagle F1 and my period RTR's: --Classic Asp (re-acquired)--(2) Cox Cucarachas (I raced #3 back in the day; still as-is though cleaned) --Cox 2E iso "Chaparacha" (signed by Jim Hall at 2004 Peterson/Hall event) and some '60's builds I did circa 2005 using 100% period components: --Ranalli/Dynamic/Lancer butyrate Brabham Indy--Hemi-French/U-Go wire frame/Dubro butyrate '67 Foyt Coyote Indy--Champion/Dynamic/Lancer butyrate Lola T-70 Can Am
At age 12, having a soldering iron wasn't an option, so Dynamic parts and pre-made wire frames was the best alternative; you just added the hottest motor available and called it "semi pro."

In 2003-2004 I restored and vintage raced a Lotus 69 FF 1600 (popularized by Emerson Fittipaldi and Graham Hill in FF, F2 and F3 versions). I mention this by way of thanking the slot car "pros" in attendance who taught us kids why details matter. Long may you run.

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[68Caddy]

To bad with your sickness Tim, but I don't have them all. I think Keith Tanaka or Eddie might have recorded all of them?


Nesta

[68Caddy]

Bob it was great to meet you at the event and I was so stoked to see your collection, just beautiful. Let me say welcome to the blog and I hope that you stay around.
Hope to see you at BPR so you can check out the D3 racing that's going on their. After all you meet some of them and you know about them in the past.
Take care and see you soon.


Nesta

PS your Lotus 69FF 1600 is way sweet, do you still have it?