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[gc4895]

With no glue, now- currently, there is no racing. Of course. It's in moderation. Tires plus a well moderated amount of glue equals what many of of now think of as racing. Yes, I remember slathering copious amounts of STP on track surfaces to facilitate cornering. Or braking. Or whatever. Like F1 with DRS or the change from 3 liter engines to the current technology, things change. Let's celebrate the evolution.

[Tom Eatherly]

I mentioned John Stephan earlier, but ,PDL brought up another name: Bruce Paschal. He also bought cars from Steube and others. Maybe the mystery owner?

[Martin]

Tom and all, for keeping my hope alive while trying to find the mystery racer. But after many hours looking for a clue I finally found the card that was with these cars. I blocked off the phone numbers to protect there privacy. Some of them still are active. I know this because when I first got this collection (10+ years ago) I called them.

So what I get from this card is this mystery guy knew all the right people you would need to know to win racers, not your average racer I'm thinking.

Long distance at the top of the card would indicate the mystery racer is from somewhere in the country not listed on the card. #s from East, West, Texas Indiana and Ohio. That still leaves a lot of unknowns, but it does add some clues, at least we know it not anybody on this list. John Stephan and Bruce Paschal not on list. Good candidates ?

which includes Emott NJ

                        PVA   NJ

                        Steube CA

                        Gilbert CA

                        Warmack CA

                        Morrissey CA

                        Schmid    CA

                        Joe Sullivan(Dart Racing) TX

                        Zimmerman CA

                        Kean   NJ

                        Mura CA

                        Certus IN

                        Bloom IL

                        Mini Wheels NJ

                        Parma OH

                        Nutley  NJ

                        Gorski  NJ

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[endbelldrive]

Looks like Bruce Paschal's handwriting.  Standard style of cursive writing taught in a lot of schools during the Depression era.  Philippe will be able to verify it one way or the other.

[Kevin Donovan]

Personally, I think doing away with front tires is one of the best things I've ever seen in the hobby.
Front tires only make cars heavier and raise the center of gravity.
Slot Cars handle better without front wheels and you can't even see them when the cars are running anyway.
Modern Eurosport and Production cars are impressive.
Keep the rules simple and the cars fast.
These things aren't static models.

Better tires and Spray Glue are good too.

[Martin]

Bob, really ? I never even thought of a hand writing analysis. I thought everybody wrote like that back when we used to write.

Where did Bruce Paschal make his home base?

Would there be race reports with Bruce and his cars, can you remember any?

Thanks for your insight.

Martin.