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Originally Posted by david5
My latest
Bob Janes 1971 ATCC winner,I Frank Gardner bought the 427 ZL1 motor out of this car & used it to good effect in Europe.
Cheers David
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Very nice too!!
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Originally Posted by Slartibartfast
Is there an appointed distributor/retailer for OZ related diecast subjects in Europe?
I would like to get my hands on one or two models, but can't face the huge shipping charges of having them sent by airmail....
On a related topic, I got hold of the recently introduced Bastos RS500 from Minichamps, but be aware there are one or two problems. First is the rear ride height - The second is easier to correct - there are no air jacks sticking out of the underside of the car.
Speaking of Minichamps, their decision to offer a new line of MKII rally Escorts is odd. More so when you consider that the Roger Clark Cossack Escort was (reasonably) done by SunStar in the recent past. And yes - I add my voice to those who think we need a decent Rover Vitesse/SD1. Question is - will it be 'wider' than it should be?....... :>)
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I'm not sure that there is an appointed distributor. The Biante stuff is sometimes just marketed as Autoart in some European ebay and trade ads? My JPS 635 is just Autoart, but i'm sure it has Biante on the box in Australia?
I've got that Bastos Sierra too but hadn't taken the time to check it over in great detail. My Eggenberger/Texaco one certainly does appear a bit high at the rear though but my 'Dicko' one doesn't which is a bit odd when they've all come from the same mould/build process?
Cough cough, splutter, I don't know about your last bit..... I think we had an ex TWR engineer come on in the Rover thread and scoff at all the 7/8ths size rumours. He was quite upset actually!!
Perhaps we all need to rally one of the diecast manufacturers (Minichamps have a 1:43 imminent) to build a 1:18 Bastos Vitesse at the very least!!