If you've ever wondered about the NNL non-competitive model car events movement, what "NNL" stood for, or how it all got started, et al...here is the story.

[tim boyd]

Recently Doug and Giovanna Whyte (the team behind the "Model Car Muse" YouTube video series) decided to take on the task of arranging and recording a "Zoom Meeting" of sorts with five of the original six modelers who came up with the NNL idea (and the sixth and last member, who passed away just one year ago, via a previously recorded event).   I can't even imagine the countless hours it must have taken for them to edit down all the resulting material, but they did, to a 1 hour and five minute video program you can see here.   

If you've ever wondered about how the NNL got started, what those three letters represent, what the NNLs were like in the early days, and how the NNL was/is related to the MPC National Model Car Customizing Series of 1969 to 1979 and the GSL contests from 1981-2023, it's all in here, and much more.  

As one of the "interviewees" in the program, and on behalf of the other five participants, I'd like to say a huge "Thanks" to Doug and Giovanna for all their work on this video and bringing this material to a historic presentation, and also an equally big THANKS!!!! to each and everyone of you who ever set foot in any NNL Non-Competitive Model Car event around the world over the last 43 years, as well as the countless individuals who have organized and run those many, many NNL's over the years!  While it may have been our idea, you all were the ones who made it work!!!!   TIM  

Edited February 25, 2023 by tim boyd

[lordairgtar]

Awesome historical content.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Thanks Tim.   

[Mr. Metallic]

It was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.