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[Gary Bluestone]

This kit had already been started so I thought I'd try to finish it as a slot car. The first owner began to try to remove the mold parting lines (as per Strombecker instuctions), so I felt obligated to continue this tedious process of scraping, filing, sanding and polishing. It was issued as a motorized model, using 2 AA batteries, or as a pylon kit(extra accessory), with a dry cell and two wires from the pylon to two tiny holes in the body, or could be converted to slot racing with a slot guide flag and front end parts of nylon. Eventually I found one of these conversion kits (accessory# 9088) and after breaking out the plastic top suspension unit, I discovered that the kit didn't really fit and would require a complete removal of the model kit frame and transplanting of the nylon parts. I considered this at first and then came to the conclusion that this nylon front end would be the stongest link in a weak chain. There wasn't much point in butchering the model frame, since the wheels , tires, gear, motor, axles and bearings weren't up to slot racing standards, so I decided to go back to the original parts, and just use the slot guide for a ceremonial lap if possible. Not sure when exactly the kit was issued, the real MG-A twin cam 1600 ,was made from 1958 to 1960

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Gary,
This kit line by Strombeck-Becker that included a Mercedes, Lancia-Ferrari and Maserati GP cars as well as a Scarab, Jaguar D-type (sans fin) and Aston-Martin DBR1 sports cars, all in the 1/24 scale, began production in late 1958. The MGA and the Austin-Healy were the last to be issued in 1959.
Nice project. The MGA was also molded in gray-blue and was also available for retailers only as a factory assembled car mounted on a base for window display.
I always liked both the MGA and the Austin-Healy. Note that the motor, a KMK (Mabuchi) with side pockets to house the square magnets, was also used in not only the second series of Strombecker 1/32 scale cars, but also could be found in Revell and Monogram battery powered models...