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05/12/2024 11:43 pm
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
06/12/2024 12:18 am
Here is the link to the 1st Chapter of the restoration of this incredible machine.
06/12/2024 12:18 am
That is a sensational-looking white metal replica from Brooklin-SMTS. You could certainly go through the drive-in pick-up window at the local burger joint quite rapidly with that bright red machine ! 
06/12/2024 12:24 am
Restoration Part 2 ...........
06/12/2024 12:29 am
Restoration Part 3..........
Topic starter
06/12/2024 12:30 am
Great videos! Thanks.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Christopher Moroni reacted
06/12/2024 1:04 am
Awesome promotion AND videos. Until 5 minutes ago, I had ZERO knowledge about this "machine!" Pretty cool. 😎 😎 😎
John Kuvakas reacted
06/12/2024 1:24 am
There was no intention from me to highjack this tread but I saw these three documentary segments about 2 months ago and I thought there would be some interest to see this mechanical marvel of a beast to hit the racetrack.
Topic starter
06/12/2024 10:09 am
@nickies, no problem. I thought the videos were great. Thanks.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
16/12/2024 7:29 pm
I wonder if SMTS acquired the old circa 1979 Western molds for this. Here's my Western, purchased in 1980 for a mere $42 (hey, that was big bucks back then!) I also have the Schylling wind-up version and once had Ugo Fadini's very slightly underscale resin version.
BTW, I saw the real thing at Beaulieu in 1981, but only have old photos pasted in an album somewhere. It was sitting with an early 1920s Sunbeam (in pre-Bluebird colors), the 1964 Proteus-Campbell turbine-powered LSR contender, and the 1929 Irving-Napier Golden Arrow.
17/12/2024 12:23 pm
SMTS without the spats
(photos: Brooklin Models)
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