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#1 Dennis David

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Posted 29 March 2016 - 11:47 AM


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Posted 29 March 2016 - 05:24 PM

LOVE this post !!!!

I cant believe they drove those BIG CARS on skinny tires & no down force !!!!!!

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#3 Dennis David

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Posted 29 March 2016 - 08:14 PM

Not only that but the tires would not last the race under the strain of the engines.
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Posted 29 March 2016 - 10:55 PM

Hey Dennis, appreciate your continuing focus on  Pre-WWII Grand Prix racing (wonder how many

members of Slot Blog know of your previous publishing on the subject?)  Prompted me to build a

slot car of that era for Pelican Park's.open wheel "Monza" class.

 

Here's my 1/24th 1939 Mercedes W-154. Body from a 1960 vintage Hawk kit. Scratch built mchassis,

Parma Death Star motor, Pro-track tires.

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When I built this in 2005  never dreamed I would see the real car until I was at the Goodwood Revival,

UK, 2012.

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The late Doug Haynes' 1/24th caricature of Mercedes Race Director Alfred Neubauer at a Pelican Park

speedway version of a 1955 Mercedes F-1 starting grid.He managed Mercedes racing from 1926 to 1955,

retiring after the horrific Mercedes crash at the 1955 Le Mans. W-196 & W-196 Stromline Reslient Resin

bodies.

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#5 Dennis David

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Posted 29 March 2016 - 11:00 PM

They could have used those rear tires LOL

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Posted 29 March 2016 - 11:57 PM

Never ceases to amaze me about tires those days, all that power; all that speed, especially at Avus Rennen in 1937.


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Posted 30 March 2016 - 09:14 AM

Another very interesting post from DD. Wonder why the aversion to odd numbers on the cars? Another typical European superstition? 


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Posted 30 March 2016 - 05:48 PM

Not aware of that have not paid much attention to car numbers but Gilles Villeneuves's number was 27 and Mansel raced with red number 5. If you like this sort of thing check out my website: http://www.grandprixhistory.org


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