Handbuilt Vintage 70's Slot Car - Mick Goddard MG chassis

[dinglem]

Oh no, what have I started???! Something I know absolutely nothing about

eBay made me do it, and I couldn't resist.... this is what Mick Goddard of MG motor fame did before RC.

I guess i need a bodyshell next.

[matt1ptkn]

Now that's cool . Funny enough, I've been heavily looking at slot cars on eBay lately, too. Nothing has called out to me yet, though .

[dinglem]

Yeah - i love the look of it too. I bought it purely because i love all things MG, but it turns out these had quite a following and are fairly sought after today. They have some sort of free-floating lead weight arrangement on the chassis which shifted under acceleration and braking to aid stability. Cutting-edge at the time. Mick Goddard also handwound the motors etc.... which i guess is where he primed his skills prior to his RC days.

Last night I also discovered that he offered a motor heatsink option on these slot motors as well.... and when i saw one it immediately reminded me of the base plate on my prototype RC motor of his. Wouldn't surprise me if he made the base plate out of a blank slotcar heatsink he had left over! I now have my feelers out in slotcar circles to try to locate a heatsink for my car.

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There is also an old review on these from a 70's slot car magazine. As soon as i get a decent copy of it i will post it up.

The car itself is called an 'MG 550 ISO.' I am told this was because it cost 5pounds 50p to buy!

[dinglem]

After much digging i finally located a Mick Goddard motor heatsink. Speaking to Mick he reckons he only made around 100 of these back in the 70's, so a pretty rare find.