DonW

Hi Noel What did you make of the Panther when you saw it for real? I must admit to rather liking it but have never seen it in the flesh. Poor old John Woolfe, there's a man who lived and died the dream... Cheers, -Don.

Now there's a coincidence! I just sold a die-cast TSR-2 this morning on Ebay! My dad was chief test pilot at Rolls Royce when the TSR-2 programme was axed so he almost got to fly it - few did. A beautiful thing, it's good to see your version. Looks good in green. Sorry the image is so big! Cheers, -Don.

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You don't suspect fowl play?

I like it a lot, I agree about the clean look on this car.

Nasty! I love the paint, and the straight through exhausts with Cherry Bombs!

Hi Noel Veering a bit off topic - now you point it out, I agree about the SS100 lookalike. As you probably know, Panther did such a car, the J72 with the trusty XK engine. Probably their best offering, to my mind. All the best, -Don.

That's simply great!

HI Noel I think you made a typo. it's a DeVille, not a SeVille. I can't see one in the last picture, just the Limas and the 6 of course. Cheers, -Don.

Always my favourite kit and this is easily the best I've seen. Revell's finest hour imho...

Arguably the most forgettable car ever built, yet a few of us got it right away! Maybe, as per Faust's philosophy, it is noteworthy for being so unexceptional! Thanks Michael

I wish I had the space and the money. I'm 'between contracts' and also own a 2002 race car with a Garret T03 turbo that I now have to move on as I don't have the money for that either... My first 2002 had a 300 degree cam, twin 45DCOEs, lsd and big alloys with hand-flared arches, I really miss that car. That was totalled by a drunk driver just by Hammersmith bridge in West London back in the eighties. I truly hate to see them die as well, maybe somebody who shares our passion will take on the 328 as is... Cheers Bill, -Don.

It looks from the later distance view that you got your leaning wall sorted out. It's all pretty impressive.

Looks great, can we see some pictures of the engine and chassis please?

Yeah, and I'm 3rd party only. The garage owner (also called Carl ?) has some cover, and apparently his insurance company is assessing all the cars that were in the yard so we shall see. Otherwise she's a breaker... Hope your wife gets better soon, glad it wasn't so much worse...

Thanks for the kind words, Bill The car has already risen from the dead after I drove into an unmarked and unexpectedly deep 'puddle' a couple of years back and hydraulicked the engine, That time the water didn't get into the interior or the electrics (much), it was just the tidal wave slurping into the air intake, so we put in another engine from a breaker and she ran again. This time the car was in standing water up to the waistline. Sadly well beyond economic repair even though I'm notorious for keeping my BMWs going at all costs. At least I still have my 1995 530i touring (also a manual 'box) on the road! So I have to move on. Hope to get some money for parts from it, my insurance is 3rd party only and doesn't cover floods.

My BMW 328i was parked in the yard at my friend Carl's workshop waiting for an engine management issue to be sorted. I got a call just now from him - the site was flooded out in last weeks storm Dennis and it along with sixteen other vehicles is looking like a write-off. It was a good car, had a manual gearbox and will be hard to replace for the money I can afford. His shop was flooded out too. Not sure yet how much if any will be covered by insurance.

Really well done and not what I expected from the Subject - Mordor is for me where Sauron dwelt and the Ring was finally consumed in fire... From Lord of the Rings: Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. Just slightly off-topic. Mind you, it's not a bad ride for a Dark Lord... He'd not fear to put a Chevy engine in a Ford!

Mine too. It seemed so easy but I am now stumped! Can't wait to see what it actually is!

And it does. As you probably know, he finished in second place in that race, in a stripped down 4-seat touring car amongst a field of single-seat Grand Prix racing cars. From Wikipedia: 'The Bentley driver used his horn to warn the Bugatti to move over, surely a unique occurrence in Grand Prix racing! With seven laps to go Zanelli made another pitstop and Birkin was up into second place. ' Also from Wikipedia: The car’s outright speed was proved when Birkin set a new 135.53mph lap record at Brooklands. Thanks for re-awakening these memories. -Don.

Amazing but I feel dizzy now....?

I love it when the planets align!

Genius! Makes me think of this kind of taillight. Just the round bit.

I'm with Ray. That is a great machine, sorry, Macchina!

There's one in there that I like and it's orange. I like it a lot.