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Re: It Arrived

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:19 pm
by JamesD
Thanks guy! just have to put in a lot more hard work and hope it pays off more often.

Re: It Arrived

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:09 am
by Watercool
JamesD69
I got a spare Matchbox Caterham in red like the one Pine posted here, I can put it in the toybox if you want it, would be a nice addition to your real car.

There used to be a member of the Porsche club that owned and sometimes raced a Donkervoort, it is a mutant, super 7. Boy was that thing fast, had an Audi 1.8 or 2.0 liter turbo engine, but he opened a big can of whoop ass when he went on the track with that thing. I just loved it, super light, fast and beautiful. He said that it costed him more than his GT3 at the time.
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Re: It Arrived

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:18 am
by JamesD
Haven't seem them here yet and the matchbox supplies are drying up fast for some reason. So toybox me please! That way if i dont find one then atleast i'm covered. Thanks Henry. There isn't an Exige in blue hiding in your doubles list by any chance as well?

Re: It Arrived

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:20 am
by Watercool
I will go and see if I can find one for you. I will put the Caterham in the box for you.

Re: It Arrived

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:40 am
by JamesD
Can believe it. when you have a car that weighs in at 630kg WITH driver then amazing things happen. Some of the Class A cars here also have a hefty price tag behind the engineering. silly money but they also go silly speeds and have inboard suspensions like Formula cars. If aero mods were allowed then they would would be scarey fast...

I'm busy drawing up a design for a new rear suspension for my car. I had an idea, modeled it and then found out i had made a Watts suspension, so that was a nice surprise, at least i know it works. Though further research revealed that a mumford setup may be better.

cool, thanks, much appreciated

Re: It Arrived

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:46 pm
by arnocill
About 4 or 5 years ago i got these two from pick & pay, but i have'nt seen any recently

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Re: It Arrived

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:46 am
by JamesD
I got the same cars like 2 years ago i think! But the boxes are different. AND they were like R25 each. well actually i think my mother found the one and my girlfriend found the other. For the TLR racers breakfast run last year, they took one of these cars and made a mould and made plaster casts from it and used them as weights for ballons and what not. Its a pity you in the cape and not up here, the Lotus Register is rather fun to be part of...

Re: It Arrived

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:57 am
by arnocill
Yeah in cape town there's not a lot of intrest under the lotus guys to have get togethers and runs