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[Edo]

Hi Guys
I was lucky to find this beautiful Pactra Ferrari 365P2:







Pactras are definetly my favourite vintage RTR cars as the chassis (in his numerous versions) is so well made and it preludes to the scratchbuilt jaildoor kind of 66 and 67.
The seller was very nice because many weeks later he found the instructions sheet and sent it to me.
Watch this space for my entire Pactra collection to be cleaned and restored soon.
Kind regards
Edo

[Edo]

BTW please note how the previous owner has lowered the body moving the pin holders higher up.

[Jairus]

Note the burn marks on the front wheel openings?
I have a Porsche 908 RTR that I got as a kid (my first car I already talked about in another thread) and the front wheel openings have the same "dark'ning". Weird or normal? Mostly I see it only on silver cars!
Jairus

[Edo]

Jairus
it apparently was some gas that the rubber was letting off in time. I do have a few that are like that, namely a orange Classic Stinger and Classic models in general.
Pity eh?!
Kind regards
Edo

[Allan Feldman]

The body you have is a Drogo 1967 Ferrari 365P2/3 but it should actually be painted White with roundels in in Blue with the number 26. The tail fins should be Blue with little White Elephants painted on them. It finished up in the infamous sandbank in the 1967 Lemans 24 hour race (the car was nicknamed the White Elephant).
Regards Allan

[Edo]

Hi Allan
you mean like this Nart by Tom Andersen?:



The silver one looks like is a factory paint. Is that the way Drogo was making them?
Regards
Edo

[TSR]

Drogo rebodied only one of the 330P2, after if was crashed. It belonged to the NART team and ran at Le Mans 3 times, once with the original body. The silver color was of course never used on the real car but all the Pactra P2 I have seen so far were silver. The unpainted body was also sold separately.
The darkening of wheel wells due to a form of electrolytic discharge is unfortunately as common on old slot cars as the packing foam disintegration that ruined so many Cox, Mura and other parts and motors. It also affects injected bodies.

[Allan Feldman]

Yes Edo
Tom Andersens body paint is very good. But he has used the numbers 18 from the 1966 Lemans when 0838 ran with no tail fins. The Pactra body is the 1967 Lemans NART No 26 entered White Elephant. It had a spoiler across both wings Like the 917 langheck.
And to repeat myself the fins were Blue with little White Elephants painted on them.
Regards Allan

[Edo]

Thanks Allan
I'll point this out to Tom in case he will want to do the Elephant version.
Kind regards
Edo

[TSR]

Yes, elephants are kind of rare in southern Switzerland since the good old Hannibal days.

[Allan Feldman]

But Philippe
I think your are refering to the Pink Elephant version!
Regards Allan

[Edo]

Hi Allan
actually for once in his life the Evil Dokk is right: we did have Hannibal crossing the Alps with elephants. That was around the time Dokk was born.
Regards
Edo

[tjsguns]

:shock: :shock: Did U all see the WONDERFUL Pactra Porsche thats on ePay right now?? Somebody will post a link....I'm sure! Wonder what the reserve is???

[Edo]

Beautiful, pity somebody wants it so bad
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[Allan Feldman]

Edo, I was not disputing the Dokk's comments about Hannibal elephant crossings. My thoughts are why slotcar manufacturers at the time came across large quantities of metallic paint? And applied them to their ready to runs!!!!?
I have a ready to run Pactra Ferrari Dino but at least that was painted red.
I have a AHC catalogue from 1966 and metallic painted bodies are much more expensive compare with solid paint.
Regards Allan

[tjsguns]

8) 8) 8) Black and green is TOO COOL ......AND the # 69...just what EVERY Boy wants!! Too bad this boy apparently can't get close to the reserve!! :cry: :cry:

[Edo]

Sometimes a guy gets lucky and finds his favourite vintage RTR (beside Thingies, off course!) for practically peanuts:







Here the Champion Ferrari and the Pactra side by side (have you noticed the difference?)



And here the 2, unfortunately,shelf queens together:



I am dying to get them rolling on my track but the Evil Fierce Dokk will not talk to me anymore if I ever do that! Talking about freedom!
Kind regards
Edo

[TSR]

You better believe it since you can get the bodies and all the parts separately all over the place.
Check this out (last one on the page)

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[idare2bdul]

He probably bought it for its collectible number.

[Edo]

Mike
I just got your joke now! Man, I'm so slow.
66(6) the devil's number!
Kind regards
Edo

[rdmac]

Hey EDO ! Just noticed your Pactra Ferrari 365 P2/3...Anyone make a Repop?

Try here.
Tom Andersen, Vintage Slot Cars
Direct Link to Bodies

[Allan Feldman]

Edo
Sorry to be such an Anorak but I said in another forum that Number 18 is the car as it raced in 1966 Le mans entered by NART with no tail fins.
The Pactra body is the 1967 car known as the White Elephant again entered by NART. The tail fins were painted blue with a White Elephant logo. It was numbered I think on blue roundels 26. Indeed as the Dok would agree it was a White Elephant as it succumb to the famous Sandbank. If you see the original copy of the Ford that Beat Ferrari you can see the car's final resting place in the picture behind the winning Ford MKIV.
Since Tom has done such a neat job on the body. Go and find another one for the White Elephant version.
Regards Allan